Pax Mahle's urban winery in Sebastopol's Barlow, a former lid factory with roll-up doors, vinyl, and wine on tap. He launched Pax in 2000 on Syrah's "untapped potential" and became a California benchmark. Taste foot-crushed, native-yeast Syrah, Gamay, and Chenin Blanc, with charcuterie and Friday music.
6780 McKinley St, Ste 170
Pax is Pax Mahle's Barlow winery and tasting room, a former lid factory in downtown Sebastopol now fitted with roll-up doors, vinyl on the turntable, and wine on tap. A onetime Dean & DeLuca buyer, Mahle launched Pax in 2000 betting on Syrah's "untapped potential," and became one of California's premier Old World–style Syrah producers.
All the fruit is organically or biodynamically farmed; the wines are foot-crushed, native-yeast fermented, and made without additives. Beyond benchmark Syrah, taste Gamay, Chenin Blanc, Trousseau Gris, and more, with cheese, charcuterie, and conservas. Flights and by-the-glass daily; book the 90-minute cellar tour; live music on Fridays.
Winemaker & Proprietor
Pax Mahle moved to wine country with his wife Pam in 1997 and launched Pax in 2000, betting on cool-climate Syrah from Sonoma County and Mendocino. A onetime Dean & DeLuca buyer, he sources only organically and sustainably farmed fruit, crushes it by foot and ferments with native yeasts, and has widened the range to Gamay, Chenin Blanc, Trousseau Gris and more.
Proprietor & Administrator
Pamela Mahle is co-owner of Pax with her husband, Pax, and runs the business side of the winery as its proprietor and administrator. The two moved to wine country in 1997, spent several years tasting and sourcing across California, and founded the label in 2000. Today their urban winery and tasting room fills a former lid factory at The Barlow in Sebastopol.
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