The Many Terroir Of Tehama County

Tehama County is a beautiful place comprised of many different and unique Terroir.


Northern Tehama County - Jelly Ferry's Bend Area
This is the view east from the Riverview Ranch home of our award-winning Riverview Ranch Tuscan Blend. The soil here is relatively shallow, volcanic, and rocky with clay pockets in areas. Water retention is varaible here. This hillside gets full sun all day and the rocky floor of the orchard radiates heat. Thus, these olives ripen earlier here than they do in Tuscany or Napa.

Woodson Bridge, Sacramento River - Corning Area - 20 Miles South Of The Riverview Ranch
The orchards that produce our award-winning Woodson Bridge Sevillano Olive Oil are located behind the trees visible on the bank. The soils here are rich and the environment is humid. Water is well retained in the soil.

Ternero Ranch - West Corning - 10 miles southeast of Pacific Sun's Millhouse
This ranch is from where many of the Mission Olives used in our award-winning Tehama County Blend come. This ranch is situated on gradual, rolling hills west of I-5 near Corning.
This picture was taken looking south. The soil here is rocky with clay pockets and turns to a thick soup when it gets wet. Since we harvest the Mission olives late in the season when the ground is wet, it is tricky to get the olives out of this orchard. Because it is located in the valley and is exposed to the North wind, the olive here ripen slower than they do at other ranches.

Coke Ranch - 4 miles South west from the Ternero Ranch - Corning area
This picture was taken looking west from the edge of the Coke Ranch from whence our Ascolana Olives come. The mountains in the distance are the eastern edge of Mendocino county. The soil here is well suited for olive cultivation. This orchard gets colder earlier than many other ascolana orchards so the olives here generally ripen later than in other orchards.