Lovely place with amazing people passionate about their wine. We felt welcomed here. The winery has a wide range of options in Rockpile AVA, which we considered quite complex and delicious, and their Dry Creek wines are beautifully made and approachable.
Mark Piasecki
This winery and wine tasting experience is the best in Sonoma/Napa region (even though we only visited 6 wineries during our weekend visit of June 8-9)! As soon as we entered the winery, our gracious host, Doug, greeted us and welcomed us as if we were family! We tried such a variety of wines from white, to rose, to red and they were all soo delicious! I believe we were supposed to technically have only 5 different wine samples, but as we engaged into the tasting, Doug could quickly pick up what each of us liked and catered to us even more wine samples.
Doug did a wonderful job explaining the history of the winery, its founders, details of the different grapes and growing conditions. Heck, he even brought out 2 different jars of soils so that we could see how much of a difference it has on the grapes and ultimately wine flavor profile. Me being a civil engineer, I just lit up when I saw the soils and got the chance to analyze it. I promise not to get enginerdy in my post but this was soo cool!
Thank you Doug for the lunch recommendation at Dry Creek General Store and their delicious sandwiches! Sincerely, your friends from Tarnow, Poland.
Richard Bacon
The Port. Try and then buy the Port. I have dreamed about it since I last had it years ago.
Amber Tansey
My favorite winery. It’s perfect for a relaxing day.
Jay Kessler
Enjoying a 2019 Rockpile Red Wine with smoked beef brisket. Excellent wine ?
Mike McNamara
On Oct 22nd a group of 6 of us had a great guided tour and tasting at the Rockpile Vineyard led by Carrie Mauritson. As she drove us out to the vineyard she gave us a nice history of the winery and the vineyard. Due to windy conditions we had to move the tasting from the top of the mountain down to Jacks Cabin. Still a spectacular view and a nice place to have an outdoor tasting. The wines we tasted were awesome. Carrie spent a lot of time with us answering all of our questions and explaining each wine. We tasted six wonderful wines which included rose, zinfindel, malbec and cabernet sauvignon. The highlight for me was the 2016 Madrone Spring. This was one of the most laid back and best tasting experiences we have ever had and given the opportunity will revisit the next time I make a visit to the area.
dale needles
Wonderful tasting experience in Dry Creek. Great ambience and very welcoming and offering the very best wines from Rockpile Ridge. Don't miss this winery!
William Trucillo
Great winery to visit. I have been buying great wine from here since 2009. Rockpile wines are the best and worth cellaring.
Peter George
Top shelf had a tremendous tasting with Clay the owner!Wines were wonderful!
Terri McNally
Excellent wines, knowledgeable and friendly host - beautiful Library
Wonderful people, beautiful setting, great wine!! Angelina tasted us through a bunch of wonderful wines and took us on a great mini tour. It's my mom's favorite winery & had such a fabulous time.
Brent Edstrom
Exceptional wine and a great tasting experience.
Bob Thompson
We met our son and his family here, but we arrived a good 45 min. before they arrived. The somelier who poured our tasting flights was super friendly and also uber knowledgeable of all the wines and soil types of Mauritson's different varietals wines.Our friendly wine guide told us Mauritson owned 9 different tracts of land where they have their vineyards. Each type of soil favors a certain type of wine grape.He immersed me in the whole wine-making process-more info than I could even digest. He also wasn't shy about loading our glasses during the tastings. We bought a couple bottles of Zinfandel here, ones that pleased our palettes most-but we liked all the Mauritson wines.By the time my son & his family arrived, we were feelin' pretty good! We then watched the grand kids, while my son & his wife did their tastings. Our young grandsons raced around the huge grass lawn out in front of the Mauritson Tasting Room Building. Great wines, and super friendly folks behind the counter. My wife and I loved this place, as did my son & his wife.
Katie Layman
We just got back from a weekend in Napa/Sonoma and Mauritson Winery was one of my favorite tastings. Everything from the booking experience with Leigh to the wine tasting with Angelina was perfect. The setting is gorgeous and the story of Clay and the family is interesting.It was my graduation weekend but my ceremony was cancelled because of Covid-19. I had told this to Leigh when booking and she had obviously made some notes because there was a personalized tasting menu - a cute keepsake in itself and they also had a gift bag for me!The picnic bag of cheese/crackers/fruit/nuts was such a cute touch too and different from anywhere else we went to. They really went above and beyond. I’m enjoying my bottle of Rockpile Zin as I write this and I can’t wait to visit again. Thank you!
Brandon Hriniak
If you're lucky enough to talk with Rick, he only works a few days a week, you will learn more about dry creek and rock pile wine than you ever thought possible. Totally reccomend as the last stop on your dry creek tour, because it makes all others look bad.
Lovely place with amazing people passionate about their wine. We felt welcomed here. The winery has a wide range of options in Rockpile AVA, which we considered quite complex and delicious, and their Dry Creek wines are beautifully made and approachable.
This winery and wine tasting experience is the best in Sonoma/Napa region (even though we only visited 6 wineries during our weekend visit of June 8-9)! As soon as we entered the winery, our gracious host, Doug, greeted us and welcomed us as if we were family! We tried such a variety of wines from white, to rose, to red and they were all soo delicious! I believe we were supposed to technically have only 5 different wine samples, but as we engaged into the tasting, Doug could quickly pick up what each of us liked and catered to us even more wine samples.
Doug did a wonderful job explaining the history of the winery, its founders, details of the different grapes and growing conditions. Heck, he even brought out 2 different jars of soils so that we could see how much of a difference it has on the grapes and ultimately wine flavor profile. Me being a civil engineer, I just lit up when I saw the soils and got the chance to analyze it. I promise not to get enginerdy in my post but this was soo cool!
Thank you Doug for the lunch recommendation at Dry Creek General Store and their delicious sandwiches! Sincerely, your friends from Tarnow, Poland.
The Port. Try and then buy the Port. I have dreamed about it since I last had it years ago.
My favorite winery. It’s perfect for a relaxing day.
Enjoying a 2019 Rockpile Red Wine with smoked beef brisket. Excellent wine ?
On Oct 22nd a group of 6 of us had a great guided tour and tasting at the Rockpile Vineyard led by Carrie Mauritson. As she drove us out to the vineyard she gave us a nice history of the winery and the vineyard. Due to windy conditions we had to move the tasting from the top of the mountain down to Jacks Cabin. Still a spectacular view and a nice place to have an outdoor tasting. The wines we tasted were awesome. Carrie spent a lot of time with us answering all of our questions and explaining each wine. We tasted six wonderful wines which included rose, zinfindel, malbec and cabernet sauvignon. The highlight for me was the 2016 Madrone Spring. This was one of the most laid back and best tasting experiences we have ever had and given the opportunity will revisit the next time I make a visit to the area.
Wonderful tasting experience in Dry Creek. Great ambience and very welcoming and offering the very best wines from Rockpile Ridge. Don't miss this winery!
Great winery to visit. I have been buying great wine from here since 2009. Rockpile wines are the best and worth cellaring.
Top shelf had a tremendous tasting with Clay the owner!Wines were wonderful!
Excellent wines, knowledgeable and friendly host - beautiful Library
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Wonderful people, beautiful setting, great wine!! Angelina tasted us through a bunch of wonderful wines and took us on a great mini tour. It's my mom's favorite winery & had such a fabulous time.
Exceptional wine and a great tasting experience.
We met our son and his family here, but we arrived a good 45 min. before they arrived. The somelier who poured our tasting flights was super friendly and also uber knowledgeable of all the wines and soil types of Mauritson's different varietals wines.Our friendly wine guide told us Mauritson owned 9 different tracts of land where they have their vineyards. Each type of soil favors a certain type of wine grape.He immersed me in the whole wine-making process-more info than I could even digest. He also wasn't shy about loading our glasses during the tastings. We bought a couple bottles of Zinfandel here, ones that pleased our palettes most-but we liked all the Mauritson wines.By the time my son & his family arrived, we were feelin' pretty good! We then watched the grand kids, while my son & his wife did their tastings. Our young grandsons raced around the huge grass lawn out in front of the Mauritson Tasting Room Building. Great wines, and super friendly folks behind the counter. My wife and I loved this place, as did my son & his wife.
We just got back from a weekend in Napa/Sonoma and Mauritson Winery was one of my favorite tastings. Everything from the booking experience with Leigh to the wine tasting with Angelina was perfect. The setting is gorgeous and the story of Clay and the family is interesting.It was my graduation weekend but my ceremony was cancelled because of Covid-19. I had told this to Leigh when booking and she had obviously made some notes because there was a personalized tasting menu - a cute keepsake in itself and they also had a gift bag for me!The picnic bag of cheese/crackers/fruit/nuts was such a cute touch too and different from anywhere else we went to. They really went above and beyond. I’m enjoying my bottle of Rockpile Zin as I write this and I can’t wait to visit again. Thank you!
If you're lucky enough to talk with Rick, he only works a few days a week, you will learn more about dry creek and rock pile wine than you ever thought possible. Totally reccomend as the last stop on your dry creek tour, because it makes all others look bad.
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