The 61 member wineries of the Winegrowers of Dry Creek Valley are mainly family-owned and operated and most have estate vineyards. The pride and the diversity of the people who live and work within this narrow, gentle geography are reflected in the special character of Dry Creek Valley grapes and wines.
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The Rafanelli family has been making wine in the Dry Creek Valley for four generations, producing 10,000 cases and specializing in estate-bottled Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
2306 Magnolia Drive Healdsburg, Ca 95448 707/433-5987 www.alderbrook.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Alderbrook is a Terlato Family Winery and embodies the family's dedication to producing distinct wines of exceptional quality. At Alderbrook, we make old-vine Zinfandel that captures the rich character unique to Dry Creek Valley, and also produce other award-winning varietal wines.
Amista ~ making friends. Our family-run, artisan winery showcases the beautiful fruit and friendly spirit of Dry Creek Valley. Our goal is to produce delicious wines that pair well with food and friends. Come visit our new tasting "barn", enjoy our wines and picnic area in the heart of our vineyards surrounded by fabulous Dry Creek Valley views.
4791 Dry Creek Road, Bldg #6 Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/4317767 www.amphorawines.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
For 33 years, Rick Hutchinson has transformed the fine grapes of Sonoma County into world-class wines. In 1997 he produced his own label, honoring his passions: wine and the art of pottery. Open daily from 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for tasting.
2201 Westside Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/433-2222 www.armida.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Open Daily 11:00 - 5:00
Visit the home of the dome for an experience that is out of this world! Lunch on the expansive deck overlooking Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys, play bocce ball and pet the dog. Award winning Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon, plus "PoiZin...the wine to die for" and "The Antidote".
9711 West Dry Creek Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/473-9014 www.bellawinery.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Bella Vineyards was established by Scott & Lynn Adams in 1999. Travel to the outer reaches of West Dry Creek Road to enjoy estate grown, award-winning Zinfandels and Rhone varietals. Explore the wine caves and enjoy the incredible serenity and breathtaking views while tasting small-production wines in our underground tasting room. Open daily from 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and tours are available on Saturdays and Sundays by appointment.
Varietals Produced: Petite Sirah | Syrah | Zinfandel
Steep hillside vineyards, graced with a 60-foot waterfall, provide the character for dense and fruity Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon. Vines planted on 30-degree slopes and 1000-foot elevation create intense flavors and aromas. Open daily at the Family Wineries Tasting Room, at Timber Crest Farms.
Picnic amidst the Golden Delicious apple orchard. Family owned/operated estate vineyard and winery. Award winning, extremely limited production wines available only in tasting room result of creative genius, passion, and inspired winemaker and owner.
Our family has grown grapes in the Dry Creek Valley for four generations. We are dedicated to producing premium red wines from estate grown fruit. For decades, Ray Teldeschi Vineyards has provided grapes for some classic Zinfandels. Now, our family invites you to enjoy our own Cabernet Sauvignon, and our Zinfandel made from century-old vines.
Founded in 1972 by David S. Stare, Dry Creek Vineyard was the first new winery in the Dry Creek Valley following Prohibition. Our family-owned and operated winery is known for producing outstanding Fume Blancs and Zinfandels. In addition to these flagship varietals, we also produce several other signature wines including Zinfandel, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Our friendly and helpful tasting room staff continues the family's tradition of educating our guests and making them feel a part of the Dry Creek Vineyard family.
Visit our family-owned small-production winery, specializing in vineyard-designate wines. Sip our award-winning wines while enjoying the panoramic vineyard and hillside views from our picnic gardens, or relax by our indoor or outdoor fireplaces.
Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery is home to world-class wines, five acres of award-winning gardens and breathtaking vineyard views. Taste classic wines in the Villa Fiore Wine Shop, or sample reserve and limited release wines in the all-new Enoteca in the underground cellar. Daily 10 a.m. tour and private group tasting packages are available by appointment.
5141 Dry Creek Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/431-8886 www.forchini.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Open 11:00 - 4:30 Friday - Sunday; By Appointment Monday - Thursday
Forchini Vineyards and Winery is family-owned and operated, and a premium producer of estate-grown and bottled Cabernet, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Old Vine Zinfandel and signature European style red blends. Minimally processed, handcrafted wines are what we produce from our historic Dry Creek vineyards. Quality winegrowers since 1971, the 3,000 case winery's Tuscan-style tasting room offers sweeping panoramic views. A glimpse of Italy awaits you!
Tiny, one-man estate. Hidden and quiet. Friendly. Nice views. Delicious Syrah, Viognier, Cinsault and Merlot from the hillsides of Dry Creek. Artisan fermented and aged in small lots.
24691 Dutcher Creek Road Cloverdale, CA 95425 707/894-3389 www.fritzwinery.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
The revolutionary three tier, subterranean winery design provides a unique environment where wine production is gently aided by gravity from crush to barrel. Stop by to try our award-winning wines: Estate Zinfandel, Russian River Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Dry Creek Cabernet and our Estate Sauvignon Blanc. Open Daily 10:30-4:30.
Join us at our tasting room on the Plaza in Healdsburg and enjoy a flight of our award winning Winemaker Signature Series, Single Vineyard and Estate wines. We also offer a vineyard experience that gives you the opportunity to "walk the land, touch the vine and taste the wine".
Varietals Produced: Merlot | Petite Sirah | Pinot Grigio | Pinot Noir | Port | Syrah | Zinfandel
9100 Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Rd. Geyserville, CA 95441 707-433-2371 www.gfvineyard.com
Open by appointment only
Picnic Area
The Dry Creek Mountain Vineyard, owned and managed by the Gustafson family, is situated at 1800 feet above sea level - the highest elevation estate vineyard and winery in Sonoma County. Enjoy the ten-minute drive from the Lake Sonoma Dam to visit the winery, the barrel cellar and picnic area. Open Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., or by appointment
7462 West Dry Creek Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/433-1645 www.gopfrich.com
Open by appointment only
Picnic Area
We produce small lots of fine red wines from the Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Syrah and Merlot grown in our own vineyards. We also have selected white varietals from the Klemmer family winery in Germany; our sister Old World winery. All are very limited production, only available at the winery.
John Hawley started his winery after 25 years of winemaking at some of California's most influential wineries. Today he and his two sons, Paul & Austin Hawley, produce unique wines from their certified organic vineyards and select Sonoma County grapes. The Hawley's pour their wines daily from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at their tasting room in downtown Healdsburg, which also showcases artwork by Dana Hawley. The winery and vineyards are located in Dry Creek Valley, with visits available by appointment.
4551 Dry Creek Rd. Healdsburg, CA 95448 707-894-2431-main / 707-332-7917 - Owner Winemaker www.kachinavineyards.com
Open by appointment only
The name "Kachina" represents god of good harvest and prosperity. We produce just 2500 cases per year. Our fruit comes from both selected Dry Creek Valley and our own Estate Vineyards that sit above the valley floor. Warm hot days and cool breezes in the evening provides for on of the best growing conditions in the world for our big and bold Cabernet Sauvignon. With such low production, we are able to have a very hands-on approach to our wine making and picking process. With the beginnings starting in our pesticide and sulphur free vineyard, we are able to pick the fruit when it is at perfect ripeness for our wines. We handpick by rows, not blocks. Please feel free to call us for a private wine tasting!
Varietals Produced: Cabernet Sauvignon | Chardonnay | Port | Zinfandel
We focus on Zinfandel & Cabernet Sauvignon from Dry Creek Valley and Pinot Noir from Russian River Valley, with an emphasis on single vineyard wines that show a distinct terroir. We believe that our small production techniques and relationships with growers allow us to make wines that are as individual and unique as the vineyards they were born from.
Known for our Bordeaux varietals and blends, Lambert Bridge produces 13 different wines in hand-crafted, small lots. You are invited to enjoy our lush picnic grounds and discover the "Ultimate Wine Country Experience!"
MacPhail Family Wines specializes in sustainably farmed, cool-climate Pinot Noir, hand-crafted in small lots. Because of our extremely limited production we are open by appointment/invitation only to our active mailing list customers Monday - Friday from 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Manzanita Creek Winery is not your typical classy run-of-the-mill wine making operation. Oh sure, we have oak barrels, we age and test our wines to perfection, and we make among the best wines in the business. However, we have another quality- we are extraordinarily particular. We are obsessed with the idea that no wine from our winery will ever be a bore; we will sell no wines that are not among the finest and most unique. From our growers to the grape to the wine, with our customers in mind, we put forth our best - we offer an awakening to the wonders of great wine.----Original.
Our tasting room is open Friday & Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Sunday - Thursday by appointment only.
Martorana Family Winery specializes in estate-grown Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Olio Di Gio. Visit our wine cave with living roof and enjoy a game of bocce in the picnic area.
The Mauritson Family has grown grapes in Dry Creek Valley for six generations. Production includes two Dry Creek Zinfandels, Dry Creek Sauvignon Blanc, a Cabernet Sauvignon and several single-vineyard Rockpile wines. At the corner of Dry Creek and Lytton Springs Roads.
1400 Lytton Springs Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/431-8159 www.mazzocco.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Open Daily 11:00 - 5:00
Mazzocco Vineyards is a small, family-owned winery in the rolling hills between the Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys. The best grapes from the best vineyards create limited productions of handcrafted wines.
Influenced by his family's 400 years of grape growing and winemaking in Alsace, Jacques Schlumberger is committed to producing small lots of fine wine imprinted with the distinct terroir of the estate's steep hillside vineyards. Winemaker, Mike Brunson, applies the highest standards to compose classic wines. Cheese and wine pairings and reserve library tastings all by appointment only.
Mill Creek Vineyards and Winery is still operated by the founding Kreck family. After over a third of a century, our wines continue to garner national awards and praise. The tasting room, complete with working water wheel and two picnic areas, offers expansive views.
1750 Lytton Springs Rd. Healdsburg, CA 95448 707-433-4320 www.moniclaire.com
Open by appointment only
Beginning in Italy with my grandfather and continuing today with our daughters, we now four generations that have enjoyed the rigors and pleasure of grape growing and winemaking. Today, our winery is located on the benchland of the Dry Creek Valley near Healdsburg, California, and is named for our two daughters, Monica and Claire. Our vineyards are head pruned in the Italian tradition, the crop is managed to insure intense varietal flavors.
We strive to create hand crafted wines that express both the characteristics of our land, as well as our stylistic preferences.
Varietals Produced: Petite Sirah | Sauvignon Blanc | Zinfandel
Montemaggiore specializes in estate-grown red wines and olive oils. Visit our unique mountainside vineyards with spectacular views across Sonoma County. Discover why we focus on Syrah, a rich, full-bodied, and cellar-worthy wine. Taste the strength, vitality and extraordinary character of mountain-grown, estate wines. Learn about our organic and biodynamic farming methods-reflecting the traditions of our ancestral home in southern Italy, a small hill town called Montemaggiore.
Quality through sacrifice is our priority at Mounts Family Winery. For over 50 years and three generations, Mounts Family has carefully and passionately farmed their 120 acre ranch in Dry Creek Valley. In 2005, love for their vineyards opened the door to creating intense complex wines, hand-crafted from their Estate. We welcome you to join us down in the cellar, below the barn for a tasting you will never forget. Our small, family-owned winery is open by appointment. Please call or email us to schedule a truly unique and exciting wine tasting experience!
Fred and Ruby Henderlong planted Zinfandel next to the winery site in 1927.Their granddaughter, Lee, her husband, Doug Nalle, and their son, Andrew, produce Zinfandel, Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc in their above-ground cave.
Optima is an intimate, family-owned and operated winery. Mike Duffy has proudly produced premium wines for 25 years. Optima specializes in Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Zinfandel Port, Petite Sirah, and Chardonnay.
Varietals Produced: Cabernet Sauvignon | Petite Sirah | Port | Zinfandel
Committed to non-interventionist winemaking, Papapietro Perry uses only hand-Harvested fruit and handcrafts in small lots. Their premium Pinot Noirs and Zinfandels from Russian River and Dry Creek Valleys, are winning awards and receiving 90+ ratings from reviewers and customers alike.
Passalacqua Winery is family-owned and operated, drawing upon four generations of wine experience in Sonoma County. Beautiful views of Dry Creek Valley, a redwood shaded veranda, and bubbling fountains invite picnicking and strolling while enjoying Passalacqua wines.
Visit our wine cave on our picture postcard century-old property with Syrah planted on ten steep hillside acres bordered by Viognier. Our small family winery produces Syrah co-fermented with 3% Viognier in the classic Cote-Rotie method of the Northern Rhone. This dark handcrafted, unfiltered, unfined, richly aromatic wine offers complex layers of violets, mixed black fruits, dried apricots, with overtures of spices, cocoa, honey and vanilla...a great beginning, middle and finish. It is said, Syrah without a hillside is like St. George without his Dragon. We've got our Dragon. Join us in a toast to Syrah.
Open daily 11:00 - 4:30 for wine tasting and sales
Peterson winery produces small quantities of big, hand-crafted Dry Creek Valley wines. After 30 years of winegrowing experience, Fred Peterson is able to craft wines that truly capture the flavors and aromas of the exceptional Dry Creek vineyards that grow the grapes for his wines.
Tasting Room Opening Soon. To craft wines of exceptional character with a distinct sense of place, commands the enthusiasm of an entire team devoted to a singular passion. At Pezzi King Vineyards that team is a family of employees and their passion is Dry Creek Valley winegrowing and winemaking.
Lou and Susan Preston's farm is a metaphor of historic Dry Creek Valley. Wines: the signature Zinfandel and Sauvignon Blanc; Mediterranean-inspired Barbera, Syrah, and Viognier: Lou's masterpiece, L. Preston red. Farm products: hearth breads baked in the winery forno, olive oil, olives and organic produce in season. No large groups or buses please.
4900 West Dry Creek Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 800/292-8339 www.quivirawine.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Open daily 11:00 - 5:00
Quivira Vineyards is a certified organic and biodynamic winery, specializing in Zinfandel, Sauvignon Blanc and red Rhone varietals. We invite you to stop by our beautiful tasting room to try our award-winning wines. Bring your lunch to enjoy in our shade-covered picnic grounds, overlooking the Dry Creek Valley. With lots of fun events offered year-round.
Relax and taste estate wines from grapes that Raymond Burr, the famous actor, planted in 1986. Magnificent valley view, picnic grounds, orchid greenhouse tours and the Emmys welcome.
Varietals Produced: Cabernet Franc | Cabernet Sauvignon | Chardonnay
650 Lytton Springs Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/433-7721 www.ridgewine.com
Open to Public
For over 40 years, Ridge has championed single-vineyard winemaking and those rare vineyards where climate, soil and varietal are ideally matched. Zinfandel accounts for most of the production. The balance is Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Grenach, Carignane and Chardonnay. Our tasting room is open daily, excluding major holidays, 11 to 4
3850 Dry Creek Road Healdsburg, CA 95448 707-433-3261 ruedvineyards.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Open daily 11:00 - 4:30
The Rued Family started a tradition of farming and grape growing in 1882 in Sonoma County. We have now started a new tradition of making wine. Please come, meet our family and taste our wine.
9990 Dry Creek Road Geyserville, CA 95441 707/473-2992 www.sbragia.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Open Daily - 11:00 - 5:00
Sbragia Family Vineyards is a small, family run winery in the Dry Creek Valley. The wines are intesely personal and an expression not only of terroir, but of the family's winemaking heritage. The only thing better than the view is the wines. Sbragia family vineyards is also available for weddings and special events.
14730 Grove Street Healdsburg, CA 95448 707/433-3579 www.seghesio.com
Open to Public
Picnic Area
Open daily 10:00 - 5:00
Sharing uncommon ground since they first planted vineyards in 1895, four generations of the Seghesio Family have tended remarkable vineyards with the perspective gained from history, the humility of farming, and the enduring passion to improve with each vintage. Today with over 400 acres of estate vineyards, the family remains true to their oldest plantings as they specialize in Zinfandel and Italian Varietals with acclaimed results at the hands of winemaker, Ted Seghesio.
Talty Winery specializes in estate-grown Zinfandel and single vineyard designates. If you are searching for a new discovery, make sure to visit our small, family-owned and operated winery. Our estate Zinfandel comes from the 40 year old head-trained and dry-farmed William Talty Vineyard. Our other Zinfandels come from vineyards like ours. If you love Zinfandel, try Talty.
Truett-Hurst Winery is Dry Creek Valley's newest Biodynamic winery. Our commitment to earth-friendly stewardship is paramount and echoes throughout everything we do, from the scenic stretch of bucolic Dry Creek on which we reside, through the vineyards and tasting room. We are planting heritage clones of Zinfandel and Petite Sirah and intend to produce world class wines from them. We will also produce traditional, decadently delicious Port. We intend to bring forth the best of what Dry Creek Valley has to offer. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy creekside and come see us for a relaxing, enjoyable experience. We are open Friday - Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday by appointment only.
Varietals Produced: Petite Sirah | Port | Zinfandel
Unti Vineyards is a small, no-frills, family-owned and operated winery specializing in red varietal wines with vineyard personality. George & his son Mick believe Dry Creek Valley's climate is ideal for making full-bodied, fruity reds from Zinfandel, Rhone & Italian varietals. In 2004 the Untis began using biodynamic vineyard practices designed to make the vines more self sustaining and adaptive to their natural environment. The Winery established in 1997, produces small lots of estate grown Zinfandel, Syrah, Grenache, Barbera, Sangiovese, Petite Sirah and a Dry Rosé. The winemaking includes artisan methods which enhance & support an ability to make wines with a sense of place. Almost all of the wines, and opinions, are unfiltered.
WEST Wines is a boutique winery producing outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Viognier Wines. The WEST Wines methods of winemaking combine the best of the traditional European winemaking with New World modern techniques, resulting in rich and full-bodied, yet sophisticated wines. All wines are produced from grapes exclusively grown in the WEST Wines vineyards in Dry Creek Valley. Learn more at www.westwines.com
Imagine visiting a tasting room where they greet you warmly as an old friend, where you love every gold-medal winning wine you try and each new wine seems to taste better than the last as your host perfectly pairs each wine with a simple, elegant food sample. At Williamson Wines you will find a different, delightful and informative tasting experience. Join us and share our wine country lifestyle in our downtown Healdsburg Tasting Room located at 134 Matheson Street, just of the Square by Oakville Grocery. Open daily 11:00 a.m - 7:00 p.m. Walk-ins welcome or phone 707-433-1500 to book a private tasting or email: dawn@williamsonwines.com.
We are a small, family-owned and operated winery. We specialize in estate-grown red wines only. The winery is located in one of the oldest bonded wineries in California. Visit our tasting room with one of the finest panoramas of Dry Creek Valley.
Yoakim Bridge is an intimate winery specializing in estate-grown old vine Zinfandel. This 1886 landmark homestead consists of four acres of dry farmed vines, ancient oaks and picturesque valley views. Virginia Morgan and David Cooper proudly produce award-winning red wines in very limited quantities, available for purchase only in our tasting room or through our website.
Zichichi Family Vineyard is a family-owned and operated winery. Enjoy our estate-grown old-vine Zinfandel and Petite Sirah. Our new tasting room and beautiful picnic area are in a picturesque setting overlooking the valley.
Varietals Produced: Cabernet Sauvignon | Petite Sirah | Zinfandel
4685 West Dry Creek Road
2306 Magnolia Drive
3320 Dry Creek Road
4791 Dry Creek Road, Bldg #6
2201 Westside Road
9711 West Dry Creek Road
4791 Dry Creek Road
7485 Dry Creek Road
999 Foreman Lane
4939 Dry Creek Rd.
3770 Lambert Bridge Road
8533 Dry Creek Road
435 West Dry Creek Road
3555 Dry Creek Road
8761 Dry Creek Road
5141 Dry Creek Road
23072 Walling Road
24691 Dutcher Creek Road
320 Center Street
9100 Stewarts Point-Skaggs Springs Rd.
7462 West Dry Creek Road
36 North St.
4551 Dry Creek Rd.
4791 Dry Creek Road
4085 West Dry Creek Road
851 Magnolia Drive
1441A Grove Street
5956 West Dry Creek Rd.
2859 Dry Creek Road
1400 Lytton Springs Road
4155 Wine Creek Road
1401 Westside Road
1750 Lytton Springs Rd.
2355 West Dry Creek Road
3901 Wine Creek Road
2383 Dry Creek Road
498 Moore Lane, Unit C
4791 Dry Creek Road
3805 Lambert Bridge Rd.
3491 West Dry Creek Road
1220 Canyon Road
4791Dry Creek Road, Bldg. 7
412 Hudson St.
9282 West Dry Creek Road
4900 West Dry Creek Road
8339 West Dry Creek Road
650 Lytton Springs Road
3850 Dry Creek Road
9990 Dry Creek Road
14730 Grove Street
7127 Dry Creek Road
5610 Dry Creek Rd.
4202 Dry Creek Road
P.O. Box 2040
134 Matheson
1960 Dry Creek Road
7209 Dry Creek Road
8626 West Dry Creek Road