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How Sierra Verde Got Its Name
People ask if “Sierra Verde” is a marketing name. It isn’t. It’s just the address.
We grow the green chiles for this one right here — 2,800 feet up in the Sierra Nevada foothills, at the edge of the pines in West Point, Calaveras County. High, dry, sunny country with real seasons. Sierra for the mountains, verde for the green. That’s the whole story.
It matters because where a pepper grows shows up in how it tastes. Our green chiles get a long, sunny season and cool foothill nights, and we think you can taste that high-country brightness in the bottle: tangy, herbal, clean. Then we ferment it the slow way, like everything we make, so it’s alive instead of just hot.
Name a sauce after the place it’s from, and you’ve got to keep growing it there. Suits us fine.