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THE FOOD GUIDE

Sonoma Wineries With Food

From Spill

149 wineries

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The difference between a good tasting day and a long one is usually lunch. Sonoma is quietly better at this than its neighbor, because so many of its wineries are set up to feed you where you taste, no leaving, no reservation juggling, no gas station sandwich at four o'clock. The wineries below all serve real food on the property, grouped by town, with a note on what kind of eating you are signing up for.

01

Los Carneros

Bonneau Wines

Viansa Winery

Buhman Family Vineyards

02

Kenwood

Kenwood is the easiest stretch to eat through. VJB Vineyards and Cellars runs an Italian piazza with a deli counter, so the food is not an afterthought, it is half the reason to come. Ledson Winery pairs five generations of winemaking with a marketplace where a castle tasting turns into a picnic. Kunde Family Estate serves food across an 1,850-acre estate with tables that earn their view.

03

Glen Ellen

B.R. Cohn Winery opens its tasting room onto outdoor seating with food available alongside the flights. Benziger Family Winery, better known for its biodynamic tram tour, also feeds visitors well enough to make it a full stop rather than a pass-through.

04

The town of Sonoma

Buena Vista Winery, California's first premium winery, pairs its 1857 cellars with food service and picnic tables. Gundlach Bundschu Winery adds food to a property where three growing regions meet, which settles the where-to-stop-for-lunch debate on that side of the county. Chaname Wines keeps it small and relationship-driven, with a picnic area for the slow version of the afternoon.

Fathia Wines

Annadel

05

Santa Rosa

St. Francis Winery & Vineyards has spent over 55 years on certified sustainable vineyards, and its kitchen team pairs the wines like it is the point of the visit, because there it is.

06

Russian River Valley

Calstar Cellars

Portalupi Wine Co.

Journeyman

07

Dry Creek Valley

Brick & Mortar

08

Alexander Valley

09

Green Valley

Red Mare Wines

10

Chalk Hill

11

Elsewhere in Sonoma County

Carpenter Wine

Mayo Family Winery

Plan the day around one seated food stop and one picnic. Sonoma portions are generous and tasting flights add up faster than anyone budgets for, which is exactly why the wineries that feed you are the ones worth routing through.

Good to know

Spill lists at least 149 wineries with food wineries in Sonoma County. That figure counts estates Spill has confirmed, so treat it as a floor rather than a complete census of the region.
Peay Vineyards, Iron Horse Vineyards, Cline Family Cellars, Aldina Vineyards, and Belted Vines are among the wineries with food wineries in Sonoma County on Spill. The full list on this page covers 149.
They spread across 15 sub-appellations. The largest clusters are Russian River Valley (42), Dry Creek Valley (23), Sonoma Valley (23), Los Carneros (20). Grouping stops by appellation keeps driving time down, which matters more than it sounds on a full tasting day.
Most run $20 to $130 per person, based on the 211 published fees Spill holds for the wineries on this list. The higher end generally buys more pours, a food pairing, or a seated private tasting.
Yes, for most of them. 95 of the 106 wineries with food wineries with a published policy require one. Book two to three days ahead for a weekend visit.
At least 149 of them, including Peay Vineyards, Iron Horse Vineyards, Cline Family Cellars. Food on site turns a 45-minute tasting into an afternoon, so these are the stops to build a day around.