Single Vineyard Tasting Lounge -- Grand Opening, February 19th

Imagine the coziness of your living room with a wine bar stocked with our award-winning Single Vineyard wines, staffed by a friendly Artesa representative ready to pour and answer questions about each varietal. We have created a new private lounge that evokes the comfort of one's own home with a touch of our Old World heritage. And we invite you to come check out this space for yourself starting this President's Day weekend.

Make your reservation today by calling 707-254-2126 or book your reservation here.

In celebration of the Grand Opening of our Single Vineyard Tasting Lounge,
all Single Vineyard Cabernet Saugvignons are 20% off.
To access these savings, visit www.artesawinery.com, click shop and enter coupon code: SVWINES.

Single Vineyard Members receive complimentary access for up to four people per visit

Club Artesa Members: $18.75 per person (includes 25% discount off retail price)

General Admission: $25 per person

Not a Club Artesa member? Join today!

If you are already a Club Artesa member and would like to upgrade your membership to receive the Single Vineyard option, please call Club Services at 877-224-8309.

Our Single Vineyard Lounge is open Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30am to 4:30pm.

Although not required, reservations are recommended to ensure that we are able to accommodate your party at your desired time.

Winemaking Update, Winter 2011

After the flurry of harvest last autumn, this is the time of year when our winemaking team gets to catch their breath.

Most of the wines have finished malolactic fermentation. The Chardonnays take a little bit longer to go through the process so they are being kept in a temperature-controlled room that is a little warmer than our subterranean cellar otherwise would be, while they finish fermenting.

The aging wines are being stirred on their lees twice a week, as they develop the characteristics that you will see in the finished product.

The winemaking team is also starting to blend the 2009 red wines. This means that they are experimenting with different compositions and deciding on their favorites.

We can't wait for you to try these delicious wines!

Cellar Tags -- new for Club Artesa members!

Attention Club Artesa members: here's a treat to help you organize your wine collection better.

Cellar tags will now be included for all of the wines in your club selections, allowing you to keep all pertinent information about the wines (such as cellar dates, pricing, and reorder details) right at your fingertips! We have heard that many of our members would like this information to help manage their wine cellars, big and small. So we hope you enjoy this new benefit of being a Club Artesa member!

The Sheep Are Back! The Sheep Are Back!

Upon arriving at our Carneros estate, many notice right away our "green roof," the dirt and native grasses that cover our subterranean winery.

We at Artesa pride ourselves on sustainable farming and responsible land stewardship that minimize the carbon footprint we leave on the 850 acres that comprise our estates in Carneros, Atlas Peak and Alexander Valley (350 of which are planted vineyard).

As a way of maintaining our green practices, hoof marks annually grace us with their presence and do the natural things they do to trim our foliage and fertilize the soil. Starting February 9th, the sheep are back in Carneros, roaming in our largest estate!

The Rocky Mountain Wooly Weeders, an open-range herding company based out of Loveland, Colorado, provides environmentally sensitive mowing service for vineyards and open lands.

Serving areas from the Pacific to the Rockies, the Wooly Weeders are more talented than any other mower we know of, mowing and fertilizing at the same time!

They are capable of turning almost any grassland into the likes of a well-manicured ballpark in just a matter of days.

We are so glad the Wooly Wedders are here to help us stay green, by digesting some green and leaving some brown (sorry for the Crayola-hued imagery).

You can catch the Wooly Weeders live and in person at Artesa Winery for a short period of time. Come by and bring a camera, before they move on to their next assignment. Baaaaaaaa!