Petaluma's Barber family closed their eleven-year Hotel Petaluma tasting room and reopened bigger: Taste Petaluma brings their wine, spirits, cheese, and dessert under one Washington Street roof. Pour a Barber Cellars flight, add a cheese board and a craft cocktail, finish with a truffle.
120 Washington St
When Barber Cellars poured its final glass at the Hotel Petaluma in June 2026, after eleven years as downtown Petaluma's first tasting room, the family didn't retire; they regrouped. Taste Petaluma gathers four of their craft businesses under one historic Washington Street roof: Barber Cellars wine, Barber Lee Spirits, the Petaluma Cheese Shop, and the Nightcap Dessert Bar.
It's designed to be a whole evening in one stop. Start with a flight of Barber Cellars' estate-grown, organically dry-farmed wines from the Petaluma Gap; add a board from the cheese counter; move on to a grain-to-glass cocktail from Barber Lee Spirits; and finish late with a handmade Mad Chocolates truffle and a plate from Nightcap. One family, one table, worth the trip.
Co-Founder
Lorraine Barber co-founded Barber Cellars with her husband, Michael, and went on to start the Petaluma Cheese Shop and the Nightcap Dessert Bar. In 2026 the family brought its businesses together under one Washington Street roof as Taste Petaluma, which she likens to inviting everyone into the family's home kitchen. She also leads cocktail classes at Barber Lee Spirits.
Co-Founder & Master Distiller
Michael Barber founded Barber Cellars with his wife, Lorraine, growing dry-farmed Petaluma Gap grapes without herbicides or pesticides, and is master distiller and co-owner of Barber Lee Spirits. He calls the 2026 move to Taste Petaluma a matter of energy: a single room where a visit can open with cheese and a glass of wine and close with a rye whiskey.
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