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Sonoma set California's sustainability standard. These are the county's organic, biodynamic, and certified-green producers — farming as deliberately as they make wine.

The Wineries45 estates
Halleck Vineyard Estate Winery & Wine Tasting Room

Halleck Vineyard Estate Winery & Wine Tasting Room

At 900 feet, Halleck is one of Sonoma County's highest vineyards.

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Bricoleur Vineyards

Bricoleur Vineyards

Bricoleur pairs each wine with dishes from its onsite culinary team, not just a tasting flight.

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The Donum Estate

The Donum Estate

Donum combines single-vineyard Carneros Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with more than 50 monumental sculptures.

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Hamel

Hamel

Hamel dry-farms volcanic hillside vineyards using certified Biodynamic practices.

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Gundlach Bundschu

Gundlach Bundschu

California's sixth-oldest winery, making wine continuously since 1858 on Rhinefarm.

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St. Francis Winery

St. Francis Winery

Joe Martin planted his first vines here in 1971, and St. Francis now farms over 400 certified sustainable acres.

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Silver Oak Alexander Valley

Silver Oak Alexander Valley

Silver Oak makes one wine — Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon — and has since 1972.

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Cline Family Cellars

Cline Family Cellars

Fred and Nancy Cline founded this Rhône-focused estate in 1982 on 350 acres in Sonoma-Carneros.

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Jordan Vineyard & Winery

Jordan Vineyard & Winery

The 1,200-acre estate produces only Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon since the 1970s.

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Paradise Ridge Winery

Paradise Ridge Winery

A Russian River Valley estate featuring a sculpture grove and three tasting options.

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Emeritus Vineyards

Emeritus Vineyards

Founded in 1999 by Brice Cutrer Jones, Emeritus grows Pinot Noir exclusively on Goldridge soil.

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Flowers Vineyards & Winery

Flowers Vineyards & Winery

Flowers farms Camp Meeting Ridge and Sea View Ridge on the far Sonoma Coast for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.

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Capo Creek Winery

Capo Creek Winery

Mary Roy combines chef training with organic winemaking on this Dry Creek Valley ranch.

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MacRostie Winery Estate House

MacRostie Winery Estate House

Floor-to-ceiling windows frame Russian River Valley from a ridgetop Estate House.

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Merry Edwards Winery

Merry Edwards Winery

Merry Edwards founded this label after collectors backed her to bottle her own Pinot Noir.

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Dry Creek Vineyard

Dry Creek Vineyard

Founded in 1972 by David S. Stare, this family winery is among Sonoma's few remaining truly private operations.

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Zialena Winery

Zialena Winery

Mark Mazzoni built Zialena around ten open-top concrete fermenters in 2016.

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Sangiacomo Family Wines

Sangiacomo Family Wines

Family farming since 1969, now pouring their own Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from estate fruit.

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Amista Vineyards

Amista Vineyards

Amista produces Sonoma County's first 100% organic sparkling wines alongside Rhône varietals.

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Benziger Family Winery

Benziger Family Winery

Benziger produced Sonoma County's first Demeter-certified Biodynamic wine in 1995.

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Lynmar Estate

Lynmar Estate

A 100-acre Russian River Valley property with working vegetable gardens and an orchard.

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Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens

Kendall-Jackson Wine Estate & Gardens

Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay has been poured here since 1982, and the culinary gardens feed the kitchens year-round.

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Iron Horse Vineyards

Iron Horse Vineyards

Founded in 1976, Iron Horse serves its sparkling wines outdoors with vineyard views to Mt. St. Helena.

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Gary Farrell Vineyards

Gary Farrell Vineyards

Single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from named Russian River Valley growers.

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Matanzas Creek Winery

Matanzas Creek Winery

Rows of blooming lavender frame six thousand square feet of purple in Bennett Valley.

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Bartholomew Estate Winery

Bartholomew Estate Winery

Bartholomew Park's 1922 mission-style building opened as a winery in April 2019 on Agoston Haraszthy's 1857 estate.

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Anaba Wines

Anaba Wines

Winemaker Katy Wilson, VinePair's 2025 NextWave Winemaker of the Year, crafts Rhône varietals and Pinot Noir.

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Martinelli Vineyards & Winery

Martinelli Vineyards & Winery

Six generations farm 470 acres, including Jackass Hill—Sonoma County's steepest non-terraced vineyard.

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Kivelstadt Cellars & WineGarden

Kivelstadt Cellars & WineGarden

Jordan Kivelstadt sources organic grapes from historic California vineyards for minimal-intervention wines.

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DaVero Farms & Winery

DaVero Farms & Winery

Ancient Tuscan olive trees and Sagrantino vines grow side-by-side on this working biodynamic farm.

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Ridge Vineyards (Lytton Springs)

Ridge Vineyards (Lytton Springs)

Ridge's Lytton Springs property farms 1885 vines on Dry Creek Valley benchland.

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Mazzocco Sonoma

Mazzocco Sonoma

Mazzocco specializes in single-vineyard designate Zinfandels from Dry Creek Valley.

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Ram's Gate Winery

Ram's Gate Winery

Ram's Gate sits where three AVAs converge, with winemaker Joe Nielsen crafting Pinot and Chardonnay.

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Keller Estate

Keller Estate

A family winery in the Petaluma Gap where Mexican heritage meets cool-climate viticulture.

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Ledson Winery & Vineyards

Ledson Winery & Vineyards

A Norman-style castle stands between Kenwood and Glen Ellen on Highway 12.

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Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery

Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery

A 120-year-old Sonoma producer where antique redwood tanks still stand in the barrel room.

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Soda Rock Winery

Soda Rock Winery

Ken and Diane Wilson opened this family winery in 2000 with two tasting locations in Healdsburg.

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Deerfield Ranch Winery

Deerfield Ranch Winery

Robert and PJ Rex have been making wine here since 1972 and ferment with their CleanWine® process.

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Rodney Strong Vineyards

Rodney Strong Vineyards

Sonoma County's 13th bonded winery, founded in 1959 by dancer-turned-vintner Rod Strong.

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Pedroncelli Winery

Pedroncelli Winery

Pedroncelli has been family-owned since 1927 and still pours Zinfandel from the original 25 acres.

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Quivira Vineyards

Quivira Vineyards

Quivira's certified organic vineyards border Wine Creek, which the winery actively restored to support native salmon runs.

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Hartford Family Winery

Hartford Family Winery

Don and Jennifer Hartford founded this winery in 1994 to produce single-vineyard Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and old vine Zinfandel.

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Ferrari-Carano Vineyards

Ferrari-Carano Vineyards

Five acres of terraced gardens surround Villa Fiore, where 100-year-old olive trees shade pergola tastings.

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Wilson Winery

Wilson Winery

Wilson Winery produces its award-winning Zinfandels inside a century-old tin barn from 1993.

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DeLoach Vineyards

DeLoach Vineyards

DeLoach Vineyards pours Estate Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from organically and biodynamically farmed Russian River vines.

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