West Wind Estate And Winery for Sale

A one-of-a-kind American Sukiya is available for the fi rst time. An estate and winery where the Japanese philosophy of living meets the Northern California wine-country lifestyle. Your dream home awaits you. The vision was to build beautiful homes that would last. With the gorgeous views, the owners knew that each home and building at West Wind Estate needed to be a style that would blend into the land and one where the inside-outside boundary would be blurred. The decision was made to use Japanese construction and build a Sukiya style, or formal Japanese home, for the aesthetics, the unsurpassed quality, and the low environmental impact. Nevada City based East Wind Construction Company, along with highly select craftspersons from Japan were chosen to do the building and authentic Japanese joinery practices.

The Japanese philosophy of living is very compatible with the California lifestyle of living within nature, building with organic, sustainable and energy-efficient materials. Japanese design characteristics include harmonious asymmetry, assimilation with the environment, varying roof pitches and angles, external amado and interior shoji to enhance the insulation while adding aesthetic detail and Japanese gardens to “bring the outside in” to the home. These are the characteristics the team brought to West Wind.