Renderings revealed for Project 8 Winery In Penryn, Placer County
Project 8 Winery driveway with octagonal building in the background. Design by Scott Edwards Architecture.
Author
Andrew Nelson
Date published
February 20, 2021
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Dramatic renderings have been revealed for Project 8 Winery, proposed for 7615 Callison Road in the community of Penryn, Placer County. The development would build 18 acres of a 44.14-acre property, including a wine cave network, restaurant, and octagonal building with views across the oak woodlands. Scott Edwards Architecture is responsible for the design.
Project 8 Winery cross section. Design by Scott Edwards Architecture
According to the architecture firm, “the sloping site was selected based on the client’s desire for a multi-level production facility, creating a gravity-flow winemaking process.” The new winery is expecting to produce approximately 50,000 cases every year with grapes grown on-site and purchased from specialized vineyards.
The complex will span around 140,000 square feet, with the 75-foot octagonal building spanning around 29,250 square feet. Built into the northern hillside of the site, the octagon building will include a rotating tasting room, restaurant, a commercial kitchen, restrooms, storage, a residence, and an administration area.
The site will also include a 23,500 square foot warehouse and processing building, below-ground storage for grapes, parking for at least 90 cars, and event space. The wine caves will cover approximately 32,000 square feet.
Placer County is by far the furthest east SFYIMBY has covered. Located between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe, the region only contains a population of roughly 400,000 people, less than Oakland. Penryn is in unincorporated land, north of Roseville and south of Auburn.
Project 8 Winery property and surrounding area. Image via Google Satellite
BEM Inc will be the project engineer. The project owner and sponsor are not yet known, nor is the estimated construction cost. Work is expected to take 30 months from groundbreaking to completion, though a timeline has not been established.
