Tehama County lies approximately midway between Sacramento and the Oregon border and offers the ultimate in healthful, leisurely living. Tehama County is the central point of widespread recreational areas that provide hiking, camping, scenic tours, golfing, boating, hunting, and fishing. As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,829. The county seat and largest city is Red Bluff.

In the small, dusty town of Vina California, a fifth-generation winemaker and a community of Trappist-Cistercian monks create handcrafted, award-winning wines. With a focus on quality and sustainability, New Clairvaux Vineyard produces a variety of notable and unique wines.

The brothers of the Abbey of New Clairvaux are a community of Trappist monks living a life of contemplative prayer and work. This abbey belongs to the worldwide Catholic Order of monks called the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance.