Founded in 1982 by Gary Farrell, assistant to Davis Bynum and Rochioli collaborator, who built the glass-walled winery on a Westside Road hillside in 2000. Farrell sold in 2004; now owned by Bill Price (Three Sticks, Durell, Gap's Crown) and Vincraft. Director of Winemaking Theresa Heredia has led since 2012.
Gary Farrell was a quiet pioneer of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. He served as assistant winemaker to Davis Bynum in the late 1970s, helped Bynum produce the first single-vineyard Rochioli Pinot Noir in 1973, and built relationships with Joe Rochioli, Tom Dehlinger, and Robert Stemmler that shaped his sensibility. His first wine under the Gary Farrell label came in 1982. Eighteen years later, in 2000, he opened an architecturally stunning glass-walled winery on a high hillside above Westside Road with sweeping valley views — a tasting destination from day one. He sold the winery in 2004 to Allied Domecq; after passing through Fortune Brands and Ascentia, the property was acquired by Bill Price's Vincraft Group in 2011, joining Price's collection that also includes Kistler, Three Sticks, and the Durell and Gap's Crown vineyards.
Russian River Selection Pinot Noir — The flagship blend, drawn from top Middle Reach and Green Valley sites like Rochioli, Bacigalupi, and Hallberg.
Rochioli Vineyard Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley — From the historic Rochioli River Block; one of the estate's most coveted single-vineyard bottlings.
Hallberg Vineyard Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley — Cool, foggy Green Valley fruit with striking purity and silky texture.
Rochioli Vineyard Chardonnay, Russian River Valley — A sumptuous, age-worthy white of Meyer lemon and cling peach.
Russian River Selection Chardonnay — The appellation white in founder Gary Farrell's fresh, balanced style.
Theresa Heredia became winemaker in 2012, succeeding Susan Reed. A UC Davis chemistry PhD candidate before turning to winemaking, Heredia spent a decade at Joseph Phelps' Freestone Vineyards on the Sonoma Coast — earning San Francisco Chronicle's Winemaker to Watch in 2012 — and brought a Burgundian, low-intervention sensibility to Gary Farrell. The portfolio is a négociant program in Burgundy's spirit: small-lot single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a roster including Rochioli, Allen, Bacigalupi, Hallberg, Ritchie, Durell, and Gap's Crown. The Russian River Valley Selection Pinot and Chardonnay are the more widely available blends. After twelve years as director of winemaking, Heredia announced in 2024 that she had launched Heredia Wine Consulting with Gary Farrell as her first client, staying on as consulting winemaker. Tastings by reservation daily at the hilltop estate.
Raised in Pittsburg, California, Theresa Heredia earned a biochemistry degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and was pursuing a chemistry PhD at UC Davis when the enology students' wines pulled her away from the lab and into winemaking. She spent roughly a decade as winemaker at Joseph Phelps' Freestone Vineyards — mentored by Craig Williams and deepened by Burgundian harvests at Domaine de Montille and Domaine Comte Armand — before joining Gary Farrell in 2012. Named Director of Winemaking in 2021, she transitioned to consulting winemaker in 2024, guiding the team across some three dozen Russian River Valley vineyards. Named a San Francisco Chronicle 'Winemaker to Watch,' she practices site-specific winemaking that prizes elegance, balance, and bright natural acidity, giving each vineyard its own voice.
Gary Farrell helped put the Russian River Valley on the map. A self-taught winemaker, he apprenticed under the region’s pioneers — Davis Bynum, Joe Rochioli, Tom Dehlinger — before releasing his first 50 cases under his own name in 1982: a Pinot Noir from the adjacent Rochioli and Allen vineyards that drew immediate acclaim. Over more than two decades he built his namesake Westside Road winery into a benchmark for elegant, single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. He sold the brand in 2004 and later departed the business, but the winery still bears his name and his exacting, terroir-driven standard.
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Russian River Selection Pinot Noir — The flagship blend, drawn from top Middle Reach and Green Valley sites like Rochioli, Bacigalupi, and Hallberg.
Rochioli Vineyard Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley — From the historic Rochioli River Block; one of the estate's most coveted single-vineyard bottlings.
Hallberg Vineyard Pinot Noir, Russian River Valley — Cool, foggy Green Valley fruit with striking purity and silky texture.
Rochioli Vineyard Chardonnay, Russian River Valley — A sumptuous, age-worthy white of Meyer lemon and cling peach.
Russian River Selection Chardonnay — The appellation white in founder Gary Farrell's fresh, balanced style.
Gary Farrell was a quiet pioneer of Russian River Valley Pinot Noir. He served as assistant winemaker to Davis Bynum in the late 1970s, helped Bynum produce the first single-vineyard Rochioli Pinot Noir in 1973, and built relationships with Joe Rochioli, Tom Dehlinger, and Robert Stemmler that shaped his sensibility. His first wine under the Gary Farrell label came in 1982. Eighteen years later, in 2000, he opened an architecturally stunning glass-walled winery on a high hillside above Westside Road with sweeping valley views — a tasting destination from day one. He sold the winery in 2004 to Allied Domecq; after passing through Fortune Brands and Ascentia, the property was acquired by Bill Price's Vincraft Group in 2011, joining Price's collection that also includes Kistler, Three Sticks, and the Durell and Gap's Crown vineyards.
Theresa Heredia became winemaker in 2012, succeeding Susan Reed. A UC Davis chemistry PhD candidate before turning to winemaking, Heredia spent a decade at Joseph Phelps' Freestone Vineyards on the Sonoma Coast — earning San Francisco Chronicle's Winemaker to Watch in 2012 — and brought a Burgundian, low-intervention sensibility to Gary Farrell. The portfolio is a négociant program in Burgundy's spirit: small-lot single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a roster including Rochioli, Allen, Bacigalupi, Hallberg, Ritchie, Durell, and Gap's Crown. The Russian River Valley Selection Pinot and Chardonnay are the more widely available blends. After twelve years as director of winemaking, Heredia announced in 2024 that she had launched Heredia Wine Consulting with Gary Farrell as her first client, staying on as consulting winemaker. Tastings by reservation daily at the hilltop estate.
Raised in Pittsburg, California, Theresa Heredia earned a biochemistry degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and was pursuing a chemistry PhD at UC Davis when the enology students' wines pulled her away from the lab and into winemaking. She spent roughly a decade as winemaker at Joseph Phelps' Freestone Vineyards — mentored by Craig Williams and deepened by Burgundian harvests at Domaine de Montille and Domaine Comte Armand — before joining Gary Farrell in 2012. Named Director of Winemaking in 2021, she transitioned to consulting winemaker in 2024, guiding the team across some three dozen Russian River Valley vineyards. Named a San Francisco Chronicle 'Winemaker to Watch,' she practices site-specific winemaking that prizes elegance, balance, and bright natural acidity, giving each vineyard its own voice.
Gary Farrell helped put the Russian River Valley on the map. A self-taught winemaker, he apprenticed under the region’s pioneers — Davis Bynum, Joe Rochioli, Tom Dehlinger — before releasing his first 50 cases under his own name in 1982: a Pinot Noir from the adjacent Rochioli and Allen vineyards that drew immediate acclaim. Over more than two decades he built his namesake Westside Road winery into a benchmark for elegant, single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. He sold the brand in 2004 and later departed the business, but the winery still bears his name and his exacting, terroir-driven standard.
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