1140 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, CA 95667
Saureel
Vineyards
A 116-acre estate in the El Dorado County foothills, with four residences, a private lake, planted vineyard and a full equestrian facility.
- Asking
- $7,999,888
- Land
- 116.86 acres
- Residences
- Four
- Private lake
- 9 acres
Professional photography of Saureel Vineyards is being commissioned. Existing imagery of the property is held by third parties and is not published here.
The property
What you are actually buying
Saureel Vineyards is a 116.86-acre estate at 1140 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, CA 95667, in unincorporated El Dorado County. The property holds four separate residences, a private nine-acre lake, planted vineyard in the El Dorado AVA, and an equestrian facility with a 21,600 square foot covered arena.
The listing describes four income activities running at once: weddings and events, wine grape sales, a short-term rental and horse boarding. The offering is the land, the buildings and the infrastructure. Which of the businesses convey, along with their bookings and contracts, is a matter for the purchase agreement. Establish it with the seller.
- Asking price
- $7,999,888
- Land
- 116.86 acres
- Residences
- 4 separate homes Estate residence, historic home, lake house and rental residence.
- Estate residence
- Built 2009 Single level, seven baths, with an attached guest apartment. The listing records 7,814 sq ft and 5 bedrooms; the county assessor records 6,635 sq ft and 3 bedrooms.
- Private lake
- 9 acres
- Covered arena
- 21,600 sq ft With show barn, mare motel, feed barn and an outdoor arena.
- Zoning
- PA-20 Planned Agricultural. General plan AL, Agricultural Lands. Not under a Williamson Act contract.
- Parcel
- 089-010-052-000 El Dorado County. Sections 32 and 33, T.11N., R.10E.
Where the records disagree
The listing records the estate residence at 7,814 square feet with five bedrooms. The El Dorado County assessor records 6,635 square feet and three bedrooms. The two have not been reconciled, so both are shown. Ask for the appraisal or a measured floor plan.
Jurisdiction
Unincorporated El Dorado County, outside the City of Placerville. The mailing address is Placerville, but the city does not permit here. El Dorado County does, which governs every question about what the commercial operations are allowed to do.
Available separately
Three additional parcels held by the same owner, with citrus groves, vineyard, residences and outbuildings. These parcels are offered separately and are not included in the 116.86 acres described on this page. One of them, 1095 Cold Springs Road, appears to have closed as a separate sale in May 2026. Availability, terms and price must be confirmed with the listing agent.
Cold Springs Road
Ground that has been worth working since 1848
Cold Springs
Cold Springs Road runs north out of Placerville through the ground where the California Gold Rush actually started. Sutter’s Mill at Coloma, where James Marshall found gold in the tailrace in January 1848, is three and a half miles from this gate. The camps that followed spread across these hills within a year. One of them, Cold Springs, gave the road its name and then largely disappeared.
What replaced the camps was slower and more durable. The decomposed granite and volcanic soils that made the placer diggings frustrating turned out to suit orchards and wine grapes, and El Dorado County has grown both ever since. The county has designated this stretch of Cold Springs Road a scenic corridor.
The name
Saureel is a made name. It joins Sauer, the family name of the owner who assembled the vineyard operation, with Creel, his mother’s maiden name. The pastures were replanted to wine grapes beginning in 2015.
What is actually here
The arena is the tell. Twenty-one thousand six hundred square feet under roof, at sixteen hundred feet of elevation, an hour east of Sacramento. Nobody builds that for two horses. It was built to run a business, and so was most of what surrounds it: the lake, the event lawn, the four separate front doors.
Most foothill properties at this price are one thing done well. This is four things sharing a deed. The listing describes weddings, wine grapes, a short-term rental and horse boarding running at once. None of those figures have been independently verified, but the county assesses the vineyard plantings alone at $221,112, before anyone counts a wedding or a boarding stall.
Who this suits
This property rewards a buyer who wants the businesses, or a buyer who wants the land and is content to lease, wind down or ignore them. It is less suited to someone looking for a turnkey second home. Four dwellings, a vineyard, a lake and a boarding facility require management, whether direct or hired.
The most natural fit is an owner-operator who intends to live in the estate residence and keep some part of the operation running, and who understands foothill property: wells, septic, agricultural water, fire hardening and county permitting. The parcel sits in a CAL FIRE high hazard severity zone, which is ordinary for this part of El Dorado County and which a buyer should price into insurance from the start.
Improvements
Nine structures. The arena alone is 21,600 square feet.
The covered riding arena has a larger footprint than all four houses put together. That ratio is what separates a ranch with horses on it from a facility built to board and train them.
- Residences
- Equestrian
- Support
- Areas in square feet
Residences
Four separate dwellings.
- Estate residence approximately 7,814 (pending confirmation) sq ft
- The principal residence, built in 2009 on a single level, with five full and two half baths and an attached guest apartment. It looks out over the private lake.
- Historic home 3,338 sq ft
- A 1906 residence, rebuilt in 1990, carrying the older layer of the property’s history on the land.
- Lake house 1,500 sq ft
- A separate house at the water. The operator has run it as a short-term rental under the name The Lakehouse.
- Rental residence 1,050 sq ft
- A fourth dwelling, used as a rental. The county assessment records five dwelling units on the parcel and a secondary residence use code.
Equestrian
Built for a working boarding and training operation.
- Indoor riding arena 21,600 sq ft
- A covered arena large enough to ride and train through a foothill winter. The single largest structure on the property.
- Show barn 7,560 sq ft
- The primary barn, serving the stalls and both arenas.
- Mare motel 6,750 sq ft
- Covered shelter-and-paddock housing of the kind used for boarding operations.
- Feed barn 6,400 sq ft
- Dedicated hay and feed storage sized to the scale of the equestrian facility.
Support
- Garage and fitness room 2,500 sq ft
- Attached garage space with an interior fitness room.
The lake
A private nine-acre lake sits at the center of the property. The estate residence, the lake house and the lakefront event space all address it.
The vineyard
Planted blocks in the El Dorado AVA, a high-elevation appellation on decomposed granite and volcanic soils. The operator lists Malbec, Mourvèdre, Petit Manseng, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah among the varieties grown.
The operator's stated planted acreage covers the wider ranch, which is larger than the 116.86 acres offered here. Planted acreage within this parcel should be confirmed before it is relied on.
Systems
- Water
- approximately Well water with dual agricultural-rate water mains, per the listing record (pending confirmation)
- Sewer
- Septic system
- Power
- 220V and 440V service, approximately Solar system (pending confirmation)
Well production, water rights on the lake, septic capacity, solar ownership or lease status and the terms of agricultural water service through El Dorado Irrigation District are buyer due-diligence items. Request the seller’s disclosure package.
- Outdoor arena
- 20,000+ linear feet of steel pipe fencing
On the record
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532
large animals sheltered
What the facility did in 2021
During the Caldor Fire in 2021, Saureel Vineyards served as an official large-animal evacuation site, housing 532 animals with South County Large Animal Rescue running operations. The property itself was not damaged. Cold Springs Road sits well outside the Caldor burn scar.
Source. Mountain Democrat, "All paws on deck for four-legged evacuees"; corroborated by CAL FIRE Caldor Fire incident updates
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$221,112
in growing improvements assessed
The plantings are real, and assessed
El Dorado County assesses the vineyard and orchard plantings on this parcel separately from the land and the buildings. The 2026-27 roll values them at $221,112, which independently confirms commercial plantings in production rather than a decorative row of vines.
Source. El Dorado County Assessor, APN 089-010-052-000, 2026-27 roll
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None
agricultural contract
No Williamson Act contract
The parcel is absent from El Dorado County’s agricultural preserve layer, which carries 448 enrolled records including immediate neighbors. No Land Conservation Act contract restricts a sale or constrains a change of use, and there is no cancellation penalty to negotiate around.
Source. El Dorado County TRAKiT GIS parcel services agricultural preserve layer
Imagery
What you will see
The opportunity
Four businesses on one deed
The listing describes four unrelated activities running at the same time. Each uses infrastructure that is already built, and each can be continued, leased, scaled back or stopped independently of the others. None of the figures behind them have been independently verified.
In operation
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Weddings and events
Saureel Vineyards has operated as a wedding and event venue, with a lakefront event space, a restored barn, a bridal salon and parking for roughly 200 vehicles.
Evidence. Listed as an active venue by The Knot, WeddingWire, Eventective and the Visit El Dorado county tourism authority
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Wine grape sales
Planted vineyard blocks in the El Dorado AVA, sold as fruit rather than finished wine. The county assesses growing improvements on the parcel separately, which corroborates commercial plantings.
Evidence. El Dorado Wine Grape Growers Association member listing; $221,112 in growing improvements on the 2026-27 assessment roll
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Short-term rental
The lake house has been operated as a short-term rental, marketed by the operator as The Lakehouse.
Evidence. Operator website
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Horse boarding
The equestrian facility, with stalls, paddocks, a covered arena and an outdoor arena, supports a boarding and training operation.
Evidence. Named as a revenue stream in the listing remarks
Hypothetical, not projected
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Owner-user estate
A buyer could occupy the estate residence and operate, lease, scale back or retire any of the businesses independently. Four separate dwellings allow for staff, family or continued rental use. The parcel is not under a Williamson Act contract, so no agricultural contract restricts a change of use.
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Expanded hospitality
A lake, an event space, multiple dwellings and vineyard frontage are the raw material for a broader hospitality use. Any such use depends entirely on El Dorado County zoning, permitting and use approvals, which a buyer must confirm independently and should not assume from current activity.
Entitlements: establish these first
The parcel is zoned for agriculture. A search of published El Dorado County records did not turn up a use permit, Ranch Marketing registration or other entitlement for commercial events, lodging or boarding here. That may only mean the county has not put the file online. Either way it is the first thing to establish, and it should be established before contingencies come off, not after.
Wildfire and insurance
CAL FIRE maps this parcel High under the fire hazard severity zones adopted in 2024, which is ordinary for this side of El Dorado County and is an insurance question before it is a fire question. Get quotes in the first week of escrow. One wildfire perimeter has touched this land on record, an unnamed fire in 1931; the Caldor and Mosquito fires did not reach it. The parcel is in FEMA Zone X, an area of minimal flood hazard.
Why there are no numbers on this page
Saureel Vineyards has operated as a wedding and event venue, a wine grape grower, a short-term rental and an equestrian boarding facility. No income, expense or occupancy figures are published on this site because none have been independently verified. Financial records are available to qualified buyers on request and under confidentiality.
Any use described on this site as potential is hypothetical. It is not a projection, a forecast, or a representation that any result can be achieved. No return of any kind is offered or implied.
Request the financial recordsWhat a buyer needs to confirm
A buyer should independently verify zoning, permitted uses and the entitlement status of all commercial operations with El Dorado County, obtain a preliminary title report and a survey covering every parcel in the offering, inspect all structures and systems, evaluate well production and water rights including rights associated with the lake, review septic capacity, assess wildfire risk and confirm insurability, model property taxes on the purchase price rather than the current assessment, and review all permits and licenses associated with the event, lodging, grape and boarding operations.
Location
El Dorado County
Saureel Vineyards sits at about 1,600 feet on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, on the ridge between Placerville and Coloma. It is in unincorporated El Dorado County, outside the Placerville city limits, which is what determines who issues its permits.
1140 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, CA 95667Directions open in your own map application.
Distances from the property
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Coloma and Sutter’s Mill
10 minutes 3.6 miles
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, where James Marshall found gold in the tailrace in January 1848 and started the Gold Rush. It is closer to this gate than the town of Placerville is.
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US Highway 50
12 minutes 4.9 miles
The Placerville Drive interchange, and from there the main corridor across the Sierra between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe.
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Historic Downtown Placerville
13 minutes 6.5 miles
The El Dorado County seat, with Main Street, the county offices and the courthouse. Placerville was called Hangtown during the Gold Rush and kept the street grid that came with it.
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Marshall Medical Center
16 minutes 7.5 miles
The region’s hospital, on Marshall Way in Placerville.
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Apple Hill
23 minutes 13.0 miles
The orchard and ranch district east of Placerville that draws heavy visitor traffic through the autumn. It is the reason this region has an established agritourism economy.
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Folsom Lake
33 minutes 16.8 miles
Browns Ravine, and the western edge of the Sacramento commute.
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Downtown Sacramento
about 1 hour 45.9 miles
The state capital, measured to the Capitol.
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Sacramento International Airport
about 1 hour 15 minutes 57.4 miles
The region’s primary commercial airport.
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South Lake Tahoe
about 1 hour 35 minutes 66.3 miles
Lake Tahoe’s south shore, Heavenly, and the Nevada state line. Winter conditions and weekend ski traffic extend this considerably.
Routed by road from the El Dorado County address point for this parcel. Free-flow estimates: they do not model traffic, weather, Highway 50 chain control, or Apple Hill and Tahoe seasonal congestion.
El Dorado AVA
The property lies within the El Dorado American Viticultural Area, a high-elevation appellation established in 1983 and known for Rhône and Italian varieties. The county assesses the plantings on this parcel at $221,112 as growing improvements, separately from the land and the buildings.
Gold Country
Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma in January 1848, three and a half miles north of this gate. The mining camp of Cold Springs, which gave this road its name, was one of the settlements that followed. El Dorado County has designated this stretch of Cold Springs Road a scenic corridor.
An established visitor economy
Apple Hill, the county’s wineries and the Highway 50 corridor to Tahoe bring sustained visitor traffic through this area. That existing demand is the context in which an event venue and a short-term rental on this property have operated.
The address
There is no 1110 Cold Springs Road
This property is at 1140 Cold Springs Road. That is the address the owner uses, the address on the listing, and the address the United States Postal Service recognizes.
El Dorado County has assigned three address points to the parcel: 1100, 1140 and 1142 Cold Springs Road. The assessment roll carries 1100 as the address of record, and a county property search for either 1100 or 1140 returns the same parcel, APN 089-010-052-000. A search for 1110 Cold Springs Road returns nothing, and no 1110 Cold Springs record exists anywhere in the county.
A buyer should rely on the assessor parcel number in the preliminary title report rather than on any street address. Three of them point at this land.
- Assessor parcel number
- 089-010-052-000
- County address points on this parcel
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- 1100 Cold Springs Rd
- 1140 Cold Springs Rd
- 1142 Cold Springs Rd
Who to talk to
Andrea Lembach
Broker Associate & Team Leader · Lembach Group at Keller Williams Realty
CalDRE #01900099
Andrea Lembach is a Broker Associate and Team Leader of the Lembach Group at Keller Williams Realty, working across Sacramento County, Placer County and El Dorado County.
She lives in the Placerville area on five acres of her own. That matters more on a property like this one than it does on most listings. Foothill land brings questions that a suburban transaction never raises: well production and water rights, septic capacity, agricultural water service, road maintenance, wildfire hardening and insurability, and what El Dorado County will and will not permit. Andrea works on those properties by choice and can walk a buyer through them.
For a buyer evaluating Saureel Vineyards, she can arrange access to the financial records, coordinate with the county on zoning and permitted uses, and assemble the inspection and specialist team an estate of this complexity requires.
More about Andrea Lembach at andrealembach.com
Andrea Lembach is a licensed real estate Broker Associate in the State of California, CalDRE #01900099, affiliated with Keller Williams Realty. Confirm current listing representation and availability directly before relying on any detail on this page.
Due diligence
Documents
Financial records, disclosures and operating detail for Saureel Vineyards are released to qualified buyers under confidentiality. Request access through the inquiry form and the listing agent will respond with next steps.
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Offering memorandum
The complete offering package: property description, structures, operations overview and terms.
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Property brochure
A short printable overview of the estate, the land and the facilities.
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Financial statements
Income and expense records for the event, rental, grape and boarding operations. Released to qualified buyers under confidentiality.
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Rent roll and booking history
Occupancy and booking records for the rental residences and the event calendar.
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Seller disclosures
The statutory California disclosure package, including natural hazard, wildfire and well and septic disclosures.
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Parcel map
Assessor parcel map showing every parcel in the offering and the adjacent parcels available separately.
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Floor plans
Plans for the estate residence and the additional dwellings.
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Inspection reports
Reports commissioned on the structures, systems and the well.
What is the address of Saureel Vineyards?
Saureel Vineyards is at 1140 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, California 95667. The property is in unincorporated El Dorado County, outside the Placerville city limits, in the Sierra Nevada foothills area historically known as Gold Hill.
Is Saureel Vineyards at 1140 or 1110 Cold Springs Road?
There is no 1110 Cold Springs Road. El Dorado County has assigned three address points to this parcel, 1100, 1140 and 1142 Cold Springs Road, with 1100 as the assessment roll’s address of record and 1140 as the address the owner, the listing and the Postal Service use. A county property search for 1110 Cold Springs Road returns no result and no such record exists anywhere in El Dorado County. Rely on the assessor parcel number, 089-010-052-000, in the preliminary title report rather than on a street address.
What kind of property is Saureel Vineyards?
Saureel Vineyards is a 116.86-acre estate ranch with four separate residences, a private nine-acre lake, planted vineyard in the El Dorado AVA, and an equestrian facility including a 21,600 square foot covered arena. MetroList classifies the listing as three or more houses on one lot; the El Dorado County assessor’s use code is rural residential land over 20 acres with at least one single-family residence.
How large is Saureel Vineyards?
The Saureel Vineyards offering at 1140 Cold Springs Road is 116.86 acres, confirmed by the El Dorado County assessor, the county parcel layer and the listing record. Marketing materials describing the ranch as 148 or 150 acres are describing a larger four-parcel holding under the same ownership, not this offering.
How many homes are on the Saureel Vineyards property?
There are four separate residences. The estate residence was built in 2009 on a single level with seven baths and an attached guest apartment; the listing record puts it at 7,814 square feet with five bedrooms, while the El Dorado County assessor records 6,635 square feet and three bedrooms. Both figures are given because they have not been reconciled, and a buyer should ask for the appraisal or a measured floor plan. The others are a 3,338 square foot home originally built around 1906 and rebuilt in 1990, a 1,500 square foot lake house, and a 1,050 square foot rental residence.
What is the asking price for Saureel Vineyards?
The most recent listing record for 1140 Cold Springs Road shows $7,999,888. Price, terms and current availability should be confirmed directly, because the figure reflects a prior listing record rather than an executed agreement.
Is Saureel Vineyards currently available?
Current availability of Saureel Vineyards should be confirmed directly with Andrea Lembach of the Lembach Group at Keller Williams Realty, at (916) 524-3535. The multiple listing service record for this property has changed status during 2026, and status on any single-property website can lag the multiple listing service.
Is Saureel Vineyards an investment property?
Saureel Vineyards has been operated with four income activities on one parcel: a wedding and event venue, wine grape sales, a short-term rental, and horse boarding. Those activities are described in the listing record and are each evidenced by the property’s public operating presence, but no income, expense or occupancy figures have been independently verified and none are published on this site. Financial records are released to qualified buyers on request and under confidentiality.
Next step
See it in person
Saureel Vineyards is a private, working property. Showings are by appointment, arranged through Andrea Lembach.
Proof of funds or lender pre-approval may be requested before access. Financial records and the disclosure package are released to qualified buyers under confidentiality.
Saureel Vineyards Estate, Equestrian & Event Center
1140 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, CA 95667
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