Action – finally – at former Satiety Winery spot
Also, weed for Woodland, a Yolo County Daiso, and musings about CVS

There’s a liquor license posted outside the former Satiety Winery space in Woodland – but it’s not who you’d expect.
Clarksburg-based Nitty’s Cider plans a tasting room at the site – 40101 County Road 25A in Woodland. Nitty’s also has a pending ABC license for a third taproom and new production facility in Lincoln, at 3111 Lincoln Newcastle Highway.
I’ve been covering plans for a taphouse called Yolo Beer Ranch on the site. But owners Gregg Herrington and Tim Beeman recently abandoned that proposal. Nitty’s brewer Nicholas Vellanoweth said Beeman contacted him, thinking the cider company would be a good fit. Nitty’s took over the lease in December.
“He was bowing out, and he thought our cider would be a good spot for that,” Vellanoweth said Thursday. He owns the cider company with his brother Christian Vellanoweth and friend Adam Secondo. He’s been in the alcohol industry for 17 years. His partners are in the ag industry.
According to its website, “Nitty’s Cider started in 2018 when Master Nitty (Nick) decided it was time to venture out on his own to make cider. His passion for cider making began after he graduated from University of Oregon, and shortly after began working in the industry. He mastered the necessary skills to create what many local cider drinkers believe to be one of the best ciders out there.”
Nitty’s, produced at 53653 S. River Road in Clarksburg, has a tasting room at 3201 Folsom Blvd. in East Sacramento, offering cider and beer on tap, and wine poured from a can. Hours are 3 to 9 p.m. weekdays and noon to 9 p.m. on weekends. It has Skee-Ball machines and several other games. Food trucks feature burgers, pizzas, crepes, Lumpia, Central American and fusion food.
“Mainly, we’re just trying to expand our footprint outside of Clarksburg,” Nick Vellanoweth said. “To go into new markets.”
He said they have licenses to make beer and wine as well. “Our main focus is cider. Cider is our specialty. We got into the beer industry last year, and every now and then we’ll make some wine.”
You can purchase their ciders at the Nugget Market at 1414 E. Covell Blvd. in Davis, which carries their dry cider, cherry pomegranate, blackberry cherry and blackberry blueberry flavors in four packs of 16-ounce cans. Since 2020, it’s done three collaboration brews with Berryessa Brewing of Winters, to produce an apple lager.
He said permits are submitted to Yolo County for the Woodland taproom but he expects it will take at least six months to open. The layout is the same as what Yolo Beer Ranch planned for the site, including adding more bathrooms (it has just one), and shade sails outside.
“We plan on having live music, and making it as family friendly as possible,” he said.
Speaking of cider, I looked up the Three Mile Brewing license, and it’s still pending.