Bricoleur Vineyards
February 11, 2020 | By Glenda Cunningham
Bricoleur | bri · co · leur | French — One who starts building something with no clear plan, adding bits here and there, cobbling together a whole while flying by the seat of their pants. Our guests tell us there’s no other place in Sonoma County wine country like Bricoleur Vineyards. We are proud to be the stewards of […]
Wine Guerrilla
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
Wine Guerrilla is a family-owned winery in Forestville, California specializing in Sonoma County Zinfandel sourced from all over West Sonoma County, including Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, and Alexander Valley. Owned and operated by Matt Railla and his father, Andrew Railla, Wine Guerrilla is a small winery focusing on one varietal. With ambitions of not […]
Martinelli Winery
July 9, 2019 | By freshmint
The Martinelli family has been growing grapes in the Russian River Valley since the 1880’s. At the ages of 19 and 16, Giuseppe Martinelli and Luisa Vellutini eloped from their small village in the Tuscany region of Italy, making their way to California looking for land to farm and start a winery. Giuseppe had been […]
Limerick Lane Cellars
July 8, 2019 | By freshmint
Once known as The Boreen, an old Irish word meaning a small, unpaved country road, Limerick Lane has been home to small farms and vineyards for more than a century. The Del Fava family planted our oldest currently producing vineyard in 1910. Without the benefit of modern scientific methods now used to determine the best […]
Hook & Ladder Winery
July 8, 2019 | By freshmint
In 1970, San Francisco firefighter Cecil De Loach and his wife Christine staked their claim in the wine grape business by purchasing 24 acres of old-vine Zinfandel in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. In the early seventies, the De Loaches decided to acquire additional vineyard land. For several years they watched others make […]
Harvest Moon Estate and Winery
July 8, 2019 | By freshmint
Harvest Moon Estate and Winery was founded on growing, producing and bottling world-class Russian River Valley wine in a balanced, elegant style. Our premise is that Russian River Valley Zinfandel can be just as layered and complex as any Pinot Noir or Bordeaux variety in the world and receive the same respect. The Pitts family […]
Hartford Family Winery
July 8, 2019 | By freshmint
Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1994 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford’s appreciation for the wines, the people, and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific Coast. Making delicious wines of high […]