Dustin Moilanen founded ACTA in spring 2021 on a 16-acre Highway 128 estate, opening hospitality in autumn 2023 after extensive renovation. Small-production lots — often just a few barrels — under the motto ACTA NON VERBA: deeds, not words. Tasting lounge, vineyard patio, estate olive grove, and organic gardens.
ACTA is one of Alexander Valley's youngest estates and one of its most deliberate. Dustin Moilanen — a winemaker with nearly two decades in production, sales, and education, including over ten years at ZD Wines — founded the winery with his family in the spring of 2021 on a 16-acre Highway 128 property with deep roots of its own: the former White Oak Vineyards & Winery estate, home to Bill Myers' pioneering Alexander Valley label from 1981 until its closure. Two years of renovation followed before ACTA opened hospitality in autumn 2023. The name is the thesis: ACTA NON VERBA, deeds not words, carried through to the proprietary red blend called DEEDS. Production stays intentionally tiny, with lots often limited to just a few barrels each.
DEEDS Proprietary Red Blend — The namesake bottling, a Bordeaux-style blend carrying the winery's motto.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chalk Hill region of Alexander Valley — A limited-production Cabernet from the estate's home appellation.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley — The second of two small-lot Cabernets, from across the Mayacamas.
Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley — Cool-climate fruit handled in small lots.
Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay, Russian River Valley — The crisp openers of the Founder's Tasting.
The portfolio reaches across Sonoma's best cool and warm sites: Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley, plus two limited-production Cabernet Sauvignons — one from the Chalk Hill region of Alexander Valley, one from Yountville in Napa. The Founder's Tasting ($50, about 90 minutes) seats guests in the indoor lounge or on the vineyard-wrapped outdoor patio, with a red-focused tasting offered in the lounge, patio, or private rooms. Seasonal experiences go deeper — winemaker-hosted barrel tastings in the Wine Library Cave, and an outdoor-kitchen pairing of woodfired flatbreads made with ACTA Estate olive oil and produce from the organic gardens. Guests are invited to stroll the olive grove between pours.
Dustin Moilanen is the co-founder and Director of Winemaking at ACTA Wine, the Alexander Valley estate he founded with his family in the spring of 2021 on Highway 128. He came to the project with nearly twenty years in wine production, sales, and education — including more than a decade at Napa's ZD Wines working closely with the deLeuze family, where he was instrumental in creating the Crush Challenge fundraiser that supports the deLeuze Family Charitable Foundation's lymphoma research at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. At ACTA he runs day-to-day operations, oversees the farming of the estate vineyards and olive orchard, and crafts small lots — often just a few barrels each — under the motto that gives the winery its name: ACTA NON VERBA, deeds not words. He also serves as Vice President of the Alexander Valley Winegrowers.
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DEEDS Proprietary Red Blend — The namesake bottling, a Bordeaux-style blend carrying the winery's motto.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Chalk Hill region of Alexander Valley — A limited-production Cabernet from the estate's home appellation.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Yountville, Napa Valley — The second of two small-lot Cabernets, from across the Mayacamas.
Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley — Cool-climate fruit handled in small lots.
Sauvignon Blanc & Chardonnay, Russian River Valley — The crisp openers of the Founder's Tasting.
ACTA is one of Alexander Valley's youngest estates and one of its most deliberate. Dustin Moilanen — a winemaker with nearly two decades in production, sales, and education, including over ten years at ZD Wines — founded the winery with his family in the spring of 2021 on a 16-acre Highway 128 property with deep roots of its own: the former White Oak Vineyards & Winery estate, home to Bill Myers' pioneering Alexander Valley label from 1981 until its closure. Two years of renovation followed before ACTA opened hospitality in autumn 2023. The name is the thesis: ACTA NON VERBA, deeds not words, carried through to the proprietary red blend called DEEDS. Production stays intentionally tiny, with lots often limited to just a few barrels each.
The portfolio reaches across Sonoma's best cool and warm sites: Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley, plus two limited-production Cabernet Sauvignons — one from the Chalk Hill region of Alexander Valley, one from Yountville in Napa. The Founder's Tasting ($50, about 90 minutes) seats guests in the indoor lounge or on the vineyard-wrapped outdoor patio, with a red-focused tasting offered in the lounge, patio, or private rooms. Seasonal experiences go deeper — winemaker-hosted barrel tastings in the Wine Library Cave, and an outdoor-kitchen pairing of woodfired flatbreads made with ACTA Estate olive oil and produce from the organic gardens. Guests are invited to stroll the olive grove between pours.
Dustin Moilanen is the co-founder and Director of Winemaking at ACTA Wine, the Alexander Valley estate he founded with his family in the spring of 2021 on Highway 128. He came to the project with nearly twenty years in wine production, sales, and education — including more than a decade at Napa's ZD Wines working closely with the deLeuze family, where he was instrumental in creating the Crush Challenge fundraiser that supports the deLeuze Family Charitable Foundation's lymphoma research at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center. At ACTA he runs day-to-day operations, oversees the farming of the estate vineyards and olive orchard, and crafts small lots — often just a few barrels each — under the motto that gives the winery its name: ACTA NON VERBA, deeds not words. He also serves as Vice President of the Alexander Valley Winegrowers.
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