Grower Spotlight | Sunview

Sunview Marketing International, Family Grown Grapes

Sunview Vineyards and Marketing is Your Single Source™ of supply for the highest quality table grapes from California’s Central Valley. Family-owned for over seventy years, Sunview has been farming conventional and organic table grapes on their company-owned vineyards for over three generations.

Sunview was built on the founding pillars of reliability, trust, and integrity. They believe that high-quality, safe produce should not come at an environmental cost. As the third generation to farm their land, they are dedicated to doing everything to sustain and protect soil, water, air, and wildlife. Their initiatives include recycling, implementing pest control management, utilizing efficient irrigation methods, composting, and dedicating time and resources to constant improvements.

FAMILY AND TRADITION

“Just as the light peeks out from behind the soaring Sierra Nevada mountains, in the early morning twilight, there is a special bit of magic in the Sunview vineyards. This is our favorite time of day as we tread out among the vines for our morning survey. Before the day’s heat, the air is crisp and almost buzzes with the energy of the awakening day. We grew up here, playing in these fields, helping, and learning our family’s practices. Walking along the rows, we see not only the results of our challenging work but also the love that has nurtured this land for generations. For us, this land is our childhood, our great grandfathers’, grandfathers’, father’s and family’s life’s work, and our children’s future. It is a legacy.”

Over a century in the making, Sunview Marketing was built upon the knowledge of generations. Grape growing is not just their business; it is their passion and way of life.

For the Zaninovich family, America meant hope. When a blight wiped out grapes throughout Europe in the late 1800s, the family’s vineyards and livelihood were lost. Setting out across an ocean, leaving everything they had known, they persevered, determined to create a better tomorrow.

Already multi-generation grape farmers, the family found their way to California, where long days of warm weather and golden sunshine created the ideal conditions for the one thing they knew well: growing grapes. In the fertile Central Valley, they started a new chapter in the tiny town of Delano, California. It may have been a fraction of the land they had once held, but it was a start, and it was the seed of a dream.

In 2021, the Sunview family marked its 100th anniversary of arriving in America. Now operated by third-generation brothers Marko, Andrew, and Morgan Zaninovich, the fourth generation is being trained to continue the Sunview family farming tradition.

SUNVIEW GRAPE BRANDS

These exclusive grapes are grown sustainably and responsibly only by Sunview Vineyards on their family’s third generation owned farms.

This exquisite green seedless grape is famous worldwide for its large berry size, crisp texture, elongated shape, and superb sweetness. It is known as a “California Classic.” The sunshine and excellent growing conditions in California’s San Joaquin Valley define the quality of this exceptional proprietary brand.

Sparkle is a fantastic red seedless grape that is prized worldwide for its crisp texture and sweet taste. This grape is exceptionally large and elongated with a bright red color you will be sure to love.

A unique, golden-colored grape with a new and exciting flavor will remind you of a classic carnival treat. It is a medium-sized grape with a crisp/firm texture. Sweet Carnival was naturally developed using century-old techniques and is non-GMO.