Some places make wine. This one was built for it.
Silvara, from the Latin silva, meaning forest. The wine, the hill, and the people who keep coming back.
Of the forest.
The name came first as a feeling, then as a word. Of the forest. It's why the glass keeps finding notes of forest floor, cedar and dark fruit.
Everything here, the tiers in the Silvan Society, the way the light falls on the terrace, the wines themselves, grows out of that one idea.
Mostly Washington grapes, poured on the hill.
Silvara's wines are Italian and Bordeaux varieties, made mostly from Washington grapes. The hilltop above Leavenworth is where you taste them.
You don't need the wine words to enjoy a glass. You'll know what you like by the third one.
A room that matches the wine.
The tasting room was designed by architect Jeri Locati, because a wine made with this much care deserved a room that matched it.
It's the kind of place you settle into rather than pass through.
The work keeps getting better.
Silvara has been making wine since 2008, and it shows in the glass: first vintage, first gold, and now 100+ medals, including a Double Gold at the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.
- 2008Founded
- 2010First vintage
- 2011First medal
- 201950th medal
- 2026Double Gold, SF Chronicle
Silvara Cellars was founded in 2008 by Gary Seidler, a serial entrepreneur who built and sold six companies and then, instead of starting a seventh, went to study wine.
The Silvan Society is the closest a member can get to standing inside that decision.
You read this far. Come taste what we make.
Find the three or four wines that are actually yours, in the room that was built for them.