Top Tasting Rooms in the California Wine Country

This is a list of our favorite tasting rooms to visit in California Wine Country. Check back frequently, we are always discovering new and wonderful wineries to visit. If you have a winery to suggest for the top listing, go to our Contact Us page.

Here is a helpful book to bring along with you to the wine country. Moon California Wine Country (Moon Handbooks)

Top tasting rooms in California wine country

The Stryker Sonoma Tasting Room in the Alexander Valley

Carneros

Cuvaison - Napa Side
Domaine Carneros - Napa Side
Robledo - Sonoma Side

Mendocino

Navarro Vineyard - Anderson Valley
Golden Eye Winery - Anderson Valley
Campovida Winery - Hopland

Napa Valley

Robert Sinskey Vineyards Silverado Trail Wine Trail
Domaine Chandon - Historic Wine Trail
Buehler Vineyards - Hidden Wine Trail
Smith-Madrone - Hidden Wine Trail
Tres Sabores- Hidden Wine Trail
Corison Winery - Hidden Wine Trail
Hendry Winery - Mount Veeder Trail

Paso Robles

Thatcher - Vineyard Drive
Tablas Creek - Vineyard Drive
Pipestone - Hidden Westside
Westberg Cellars - Hidden Westside

Russian River Region - Sonoma Country

Stryker-Sonoma Winery - Alexander Valley
Lambert Bridge - West Dry Creek
Preston Vineyards - West Dry Creek
Field Stone Winery - Alexander Valley
Bella Vineyards - West Dry Creek
Foppiano Vineyards - Old Redwood
Hop Kiln - Westside Road

Santa Barbara

Sunstone Winery & Vineyards - Santa Ynez Trail
Rancho Sisquoc - Foxen Canyon Road
Rusack Vineyards

Sierra Foothills

Cedarville Vineyard - Fair Play
Skinner Vineyards - Fair Play
Wildrotter - Shanendoah
Twisted Oak - Murphys

Sonoma Valley

St. Francis Winery - Highway 12,
Gundlach Bundschu - Sonoma
Buena Vista - Sonoma

If these tasting rooms are not to your liking, here is an amazing tool called the Wine Country Trip Planner. Sort through a database of wineries and select the wineries you want to visit according to your criteria. It is a fantastic tool! You can even Google Map your trip and send it off via email to your friends.