Fritz Winery
Frank Family Vineyards
Fields Family Wines
Easton Winery
EASTON Wines is located in California on the West Slope of the Sierra Nevada in Amador County’s Shenandoah Valley. An artisan winery established in 1986 by winemaker Bill Easton and Jane O’Riordan, we make 30 different wines, most of them very small lots of 100-400 cases. Look for our wines in retail stores and restaurants […]
Dry Creek Vineyard
Premier Winery Experience participant The history of Dry Creek Vineyard is a long and colorful one. Founded in 1972 by David S. Stare, Dry Creek Vineyard paved the way for a renaissance of winemaking and viticulture in the Dry Creek Valley. Before his arrival, the Dry Creek Valley was little more than a few family […]
Chronic Cellars
At Chronic it’s all about the ‘C’s: Casual. Creative. Colorful. Comfortable. And let’s throw in cost-effective, coastal California, and character. Or, is that charact-ers? When the Beckett brothers, Josh and Jake, decided after college to go all-in on winemaking they joked around about the notion of a good wine that captured the casual lifestyle. After […]
Buena Vista Winery
Only in California would the state’s first premium winery be founded by a Hungarian Count and branded with a Spanish name, using grapevines sourced from across Europe. Progressive, international, diverse, visionary…makes perfect sense! And, the entrepreneurial spirit is very much alive and well at Buena Vista, where French winery scion and California wine promoter Jean […]
Bella Vineyards and Wine Caves
When making your Zinfandel pilgrimage to the Dry Creek Valley wineries, Bella better be on your short list of stops! Century-old vines, check. Gold standard Zins, check. Tastings in the cave or under ancient olive trees, check. Bella is a small, family-owned winery founded and operated by Scott and Lynn Adams who specialize in ancient […]
August Briggs Winery
Armida Winery
Passport to Zinfandel participant The Zin Brothers of Healdsburg One memorable view of Russian River Valley; six outstanding Zinfandels; three geodesic “Bucky domes” buildings; a picnic-friendly, family-owned environment – all done in the spirit of fun and tradition courtesy of the Cousins families, founders of Armida Winery. (Cou-Zins no less!) For 25 years, Steve Cousins […]