Tasting room

Pech Merle Winery

Winery Tasting Room
$
21001 Geyserville Ave
Single-vineyard Sonoma; Zin & Cab
Daily 11am–6pm

A boutique, family-run Geyserville winery named for the prehistoric French caves owners Bruce and Cheryl Lawton love — under 3,000 cases of single-vineyard Sonoma wine. Veteran John Pepe makes the wines; the "up-cycled chic," very dog-friendly room has leather couches and an ivy patio. Open daily.

Walk-ins Welcome
Pet Friendly
Food Pairing
Sustainable

Pech Merle Winery

Geyserville
Winery Tasting Room
Daily 11am–6pm
$

21001 Geyserville Ave

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Walk-ins Welcome
Pet Friendly
Food Pairing
Sustainable

Pech Merle — Occitan for "cave under the hill," after the prehistoric painted caves in southern France that owners Bruce and Cheryl Lawton visited in 2007 — is a boutique, family-run Geyserville winery making fewer than 3,000 cases. Its slogan says it all: "Devotion never tasted so good."

Tasting Highlights

Classic & Reserve Tastings — single-vineyard Sonoma bottlings — Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Rosé, Russian River Pinot, Dry Creek Zinfandel, and Alexander Valley Cabernet and Cabernet Franc.

Veteran winemaker John Pepe (33+ vintages, ex-Kendall-Jackson and Beringer) crafts single-vineyard Sonoma wines — Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, the Ivy Rosé, Russian River Pinot Noir, Dry Creek Zinfandel, and Alexander Valley Cabernet and Cabernet Franc. The "up-cycled chic" room — exposed brick, leather couches, a ski-chairlift seat, an ivy-draped patio — is very dog-friendly. Open daily, with Diavola pizza on hand.

Jane Sample

Owner & Winemaker

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John Sample

Cellar Master

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Veteran winemaker John Pepe (33+ vintages, ex-Kendall-Jackson and Beringer) crafts single-vineyard Sonoma wines — Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, the Ivy Rosé, Russian River Pinot Noir, Dry Creek Zinfandel, and Alexander Valley Cabernet and Cabernet Franc. The "up-cycled chic" room — exposed brick, leather couches, a ski-chairlift seat, an ivy-draped patio — is very dog-friendly. Open daily, with Diavola pizza on hand.

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Pech Merle — Occitan for "cave under the hill," after the prehistoric painted caves in southern France that owners Bruce and Cheryl Lawton visited in 2007 — is a boutique, family-run Geyserville winery making fewer than 3,000 cases. Its slogan says it all: "Devotion never tasted so good."

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Veteran winemaker John Pepe (33+ vintages, ex-Kendall-Jackson and Beringer) crafts single-vineyard Sonoma wines — Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, the Ivy Rosé, Russian River Pinot Noir, Dry Creek Zinfandel, and Alexander Valley Cabernet and Cabernet Franc. The "up-cycled chic" room — exposed brick, leather couches, a ski-chairlift seat, an ivy-draped patio — is very dog-friendly. Open daily, with Diavola pizza on hand.

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Classic & Reserve Tastings — single-vineyard Sonoma bottlings — Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier, Rosé, Russian River Pinot, Dry Creek Zinfandel, and Alexander Valley Cabernet and Cabernet Franc.

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