Dutton-Goldfield Winery

Dutton-Goldfield began in 1998 as the partnership between fifth-generation farmer Steve Dutton and winemaker Dan Goldfield, founded to bottle Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the celebrated Dutton Ranch vineyards. The Dutton family has farmed in Green Valley and the Russian River Valley since the post-Prohibition era, originally as apple growers; Steve's father Warren began planting vineyards in 1969 and built Dutton Ranch into one of the most respected grower operations on the cool Sonoma coastline. Steve and his brother Joe now co-own the ranch (which spans 80 owned acres and over 1,000 farmed), and each runs his own label: Joe at Dutton Estate Winery on Green Valley Road, Steve at Dutton-Goldfield, which he and his wife, Karissa Kruse Dutton, have owned outright since 2026. Goldfield came to wine through Burgundy in the late 1960s, studied at UC Davis after years as a chemist at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, and made wine at La Crema and Hartford Court before co-founding the winery.

The portfolio is centered on cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay: a Dutton Ranch Sonoma Coast Pinot, a Dutton Ranch Russian River Chardonnay, and a series of single-vineyard bottlings from named Dutton blocks (Jewell, Karmen Isabella, Devil's Gulch in Marin, Freestone Hill, and others), alongside small-lot Syrah, Zinfandel, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, and Gewürztraminer. The tasting room at 3100 Gravenstein Highway North in Sebastopol opened in early 2010 in a converted apple barn at the corner of Highway 116 and Graton Road. Seated tastings run daily by reservation from 10 AM, with the last appointment at 4 PM, and walk-ins are welcome as space allows: a five-wine Discovery Tasting, a Pinot Noir Road Trip of five single-vineyard Pinots poured beside soil samples, and pairings with local artisan cheeses or sushi. Wines are sold primarily through a strong mailing list and the tasting room, with limited retail.