Answers.Body: <p>[O-Neh-Da Vineyard in the Finger Lakes of NY is America's oldest dedicated sacramental winery, operating strickly in accord with Canon law.  Founded in 1872 by Rochester's founding Bishop, Bernard J McQuaid, O-Neh-Da is the only certified valid ad licit estate producer of approbated sacramental wine.</p>
  
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    <p><a href="http://onehda.com/wine-selection/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">O-Neh-Da Authentic Sacramental Wines</a> are available direct from the Vineyard to clergy and churches only. </p>
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    <p>The nation's largest producer, the <strong>Mont La Salle Altar Wine Company</strong> in the Napa Valley of California, makes a rose of petite sirah, zinfandel, ruby cabernet and cabernet sauvignon.</p>
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  <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/11/garden/sacramental-wine-lowest-profile-of-all.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">From the NY Times: Sacramental Wine, Lowest Profile of All</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.montlasallealtarwines.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mont La Salle Altar Wines website</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>In the <em>Land Down Under</em>, the  <strong>Sevenhill Cellars</strong> is the only winery in Australia specializing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramental_wine" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sacramental wine</a>, and the only one recommended by the Catholic Church to be used in Mass.</p>
  
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    <p>Easter is a busy time of year for the oldest operational winery in South Australia’s Clare Valley, Sevenhill Cellars. As Maria Tickle writes, the winery supplies the bulk of the sacramental wine for Australasia, pumping out <strong>90,000 litres a year.</strong> </p>
    
    <p>The winery’s story began in 1851 when a group of Jesuit priests bought 100 acres in the heart of the Clare Valley and named it Sevenhill, hoping to create a Catholic cultural centre akin to the Sevenhill district of Rome. </p>
    
    <p>The Jesuits started a winery that began supplying sacramental wine to the surrounding parishes in 1858.</p>
    
    <p>Brother John says his sacramental wine stacks up rather well even on the international market. 'I’ve even actually tasted the altar wine which they sell in Cana of Galilee, where the Lord changed the water into wine, and I’ve tried that wine, I prefer ours,' he says. - <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rnfirstbite/clare-valley-winery-sevenhill-cellars-produces-a-heavenly-drop/5381562" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Clare Valley winery Sevenhill Cellars produces a heavenly drop.</a>  </p>
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  <p>All three types of their Altar Wines are made in accordance with Canon Law.</p>
  
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    <p>Sevenhill's sacramental wine is made in three styles in a similar fortified method to Apera (the official name for sherry in Australia). Sweet Red is a blend of Grenache, Ruby Cabernet and Pedro Ximenez grapes. Sevenhill's sacramental wine is made as naturally as possibly with minimal winemaking intervention in conformity with the requirements of Canon Law. - <a href="https://www.sevenhill.com.au/wine-portfolio/sweet-red" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wine Portfolio: Sacramental / Altar Wines</a></p>
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Answers.Body: <p>Is there such a thing as dedicated sacramental wine?  After a bit of research, my own conclusions are that it is simply wine.  </p>
  
  <p><a href="https://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=329152" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Catholic Forum</a> also had this to say. Thus I believe that it is difficult to answer as possibly the wine could be simply purchased.</p>
  
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    <p>A lot of people don't realize this, but there's nothing particular
    that makes altar wine "altar wine". The wine for the Precious Blood
    must be true wine, made from grapes, and have no additional sweeteners
    or flavorings, or preservatives (beyond a bare minimum), or anything
    else. The vast majority of wines available on the shelf might
    potentially be used as altar wine. The only difference is that a
    competent authority in the Church has certified this wine for use at
    the altar.</p>
    
    <p>That's a long way of sayiing that vintners produce a line of wine and
    most of the bottles get "regular" labels, and some of them get "altar
    wine" labels, but the product inside is identical. It might already be
    on the shelf at your local store, but it's just not labeled the same.</p>
    
    <p>So you could contact the winery, ask who their distributors are, and
    buy all you want. A very few wineries cater exclusively to Catholic
    churches, so you might have some difficulty getting them to sell it to
    you--not because they can't but simply because they don't have any
    method of selling to a private person.</p>
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Answers.Text: "Throughout the world there are some wineries that exist either solely for the production of sacramental wines, or with sacramental wines as an auxiliary business. The same is true of wine used by other religions, e.g., kosher wine. These wineries are small and often run by religious brothers, priests or dedicated laity." - [(Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramental_wine)
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Body: <p>As the question states, I would like to know what is the largest winery that supplies sacramental wine for the Catholic Church?</p>
  
  <p>By largest supplier to the Catholic Church of sacramental wine, I mean by volume sold to the Church in liters/gallons?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Another good question to ask is, "what winery supplies the wine that they use in the Vatican?"
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ThreadText: # What is the largest winery that supplies sacramental wine to the Catholic Church?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-03-30)
  
  As the question states, I would like to know what is the largest winery that supplies sacramental wine for the Catholic Church?
  
  By largest supplier to the Catholic Church of sacramental wine, I mean by volume sold to the Church in liters/gallons?
  
  **Tags:** wine
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Another good question to ask is, "what winery supplies the wine that they use in the Vatican?"  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-22. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  [O-Neh-Da Vineyard in the Finger Lakes of NY is America's oldest dedicated sacramental winery, operating strickly in accord with Canon law. Founded in 1872 by Rochester's founding Bishop, Bernard J McQuaid, O-Neh-Da is the only certified valid ad licit estate producer of approbated sacramental wine.
  
  > [O-Neh-Da Authentic Sacramental Wines](http://onehda.com/wine-selection/) are available direct from the Vineyard to clergy and churches only.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-03-31. Score: 4
  
  > The nation's largest producer, the **Mont La Salle Altar Wine Company** in the Napa Valley of California, makes a rose of petite sirah, zinfandel, ruby cabernet and cabernet sauvignon.
  
  [From the NY Times: Sacramental Wine, Lowest Profile of All](http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/11/garden/sacramental-wine-lowest-profile-of-all.html)
  
  [Mont La Salle Altar Wines website](http://www.montlasallealtarwines.com/)
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: I was going to suggest that you would know the answer.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-04-01. Score: 3
  
  In the *Land Down Under*, the **Sevenhill Cellars** is the only winery in Australia specializing in [sacramental wine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramental_wine), and the only one recommended by the Catholic Church to be used in Mass.
  
  > Easter is a busy time of year for the oldest operational winery in South Australia’s Clare Valley, Sevenhill Cellars. As Maria Tickle writes, the winery supplies the bulk of the sacramental wine for Australasia, pumping out **90,000 litres a year.**
  >
  > The winery’s story began in 1851 when a group of Jesuit priests bought 100 acres in the heart of the Clare Valley and named it Sevenhill, hoping to create a Catholic cultural centre akin to the Sevenhill district of Rome.
  >
  > The Jesuits started a winery that began supplying sacramental wine to the surrounding parishes in 1858.
  >
  > Brother John says his sacramental wine stacks up rather well even on the international market. 'I’ve even actually tasted the altar wine which they sell in Cana of Galilee, where the Lord changed the water into wine, and I’ve tried that wine, I prefer ours,' he says. - [Clare Valley winery Sevenhill Cellars produces a heavenly drop.](http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rnfirstbite/clare-valley-winery-sevenhill-cellars-produces-a-heavenly-drop/5381562)
  
  All three types of their Altar Wines are made in accordance with Canon Law.
  
  > Sevenhill's sacramental wine is made in three styles in a similar fortified method to Apera (the official name for sherry in Australia). Sweet Red is a blend of Grenache, Ruby Cabernet and Pedro Ximenez grapes. Sevenhill's sacramental wine is made as naturally as possibly with minimal winemaking intervention in conformity with the requirements of Canon Law. - [Wine Portfolio: Sacramental / Altar Wines](https://www.sevenhill.com.au/wine-portfolio/sweet-red)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-03-31. Score: 3
  
  Is there such a thing as dedicated sacramental wine? After a bit of research, my own conclusions are that it is simply wine.
  
  [The Catholic Forum](https://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=329152) also had this to say. Thus I believe that it is difficult to answer as possibly the wine could be simply purchased.
  
  > A lot of people don't realize this, but there's nothing particular
  > that makes altar wine "altar wine". The wine for the Precious Blood
  > must be true wine, made from grapes, and have no additional sweeteners
  > or flavorings, or preservatives (beyond a bare minimum), or anything
  > else. The vast majority of wines available on the shelf might
  > potentially be used as altar wine. The only difference is that a
  > competent authority in the Church has certified this wine for use at
  > the altar.
  >
  > That's a long way of sayiing that vintners produce a line of wine and
  > most of the bottles get "regular" labels, and some of them get "altar
  > wine" labels, but the product inside is identical. It might already be
  > on the shelf at your local store, but it's just not labeled the same.
  >
  > So you could contact the winery, ask who their distributors are, and
  > buy all you want. A very few wineries cater exclusively to Catholic
  > churches, so you might have some difficulty getting them to sell it to
  > you--not because they can't but simply because they don't have any
  > method of selling to a private person.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: "Throughout the world there are some wineries that exist either solely for the production of sacramental wines, or with sacramental wines as an auxiliary business. The same is true of wine used by other religions, e.g., kosher wine. These wineries are small and often run by religious brothers, priests or dedicated laity." - [(Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramental_wine)  
  > **username_4**: I did wonder about my answer, and it certainly looks like @Steve S has gone a long way to answering it.  
  
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