Nicholson Ranch Winery

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Nicholson Ranch Winery 🍷 Family-owned estate winery
🌿 Pinot Noir • Chardonnay
🍇 Tastings & cave tours
đź“Ť 10 mins from Napa & Sonoma
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Please note that we are requiring reservations now due to COVID-19. Visit our website to make your reservation.

10/11/2026

Late-afternoon light on the vines and w**ery, a fresh pour, and a view across the vineyard. A few quiet moments at Nicholson Ranch.

Planning a visit to Sonoma this fall? We’d love to welcome you to the Ranch.

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After the busiest days of harvest, small things come back into view: a yellowing leaf, the long line from vineyard to w*...
10/08/2026

After the busiest days of harvest, small things come back into view: a yellowing leaf, the long line from vineyard to w**ery, light on the pond. The Ranch is settling into its fall pace.

Which view would you pause at first?

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Cactus Hill on the table, autumn beginning to show in the vines behind it. The w**e is one way to spend time with this p...
10/06/2026

Cactus Hill on the table, autumn beginning to show in the vines behind it. The w**e is one way to spend time with this place; the changing vineyard is another. Swipe through a few views from the Ranch this season.

Save this for your next fall visit.

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10/04/2026

A walk into the courtyard. A glass poured. A place to sit with the vineyard in view. That is an afternoon at Nicholson Ranch, and there is always time to take it at your own pace.

Come spend a fall afternoon at the Ranch.

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A table beneath the terrace beams, vineyard rows just beyond, and a conversation that makes the afternoon slow down. A t...
10/01/2026

A table beneath the terrace beams, vineyard rows just beyond, and a conversation that makes the afternoon slow down. A tasting at the Ranch has room for all three. Come spend a fall afternoon with us.

Who would you bring to the terrace?

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09/29/2026

The first change is easy to miss: a little gold at the edge of a vine leaf. Then the afternoon light moves across the rows and the whole Ranch feels different.

The early signs of fall at Nicholson Ranch.

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The best part of a tasting is often what happens between pours.A conversation around the table. Sunlight through the arc...
09/24/2026

The best part of a tasting is often what happens between pours.

A conversation around the table. Sunlight through the arches. Flowers beside the tasting room, and a vineyard view waiting just beyond the pond.

Cactus Hill is on the table, but there’s plenty more to take in at Nicholson Ranch. 🍷

Send this to the friend you’d like to spend an afternoon here with.

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Nicholson Ranch began with Deepak’s vision for an estate where the vineyard, w**ery and cellar would work as one.Today, ...
09/23/2026

Nicholson Ranch began with Deepak’s vision for an estate where the vineyard, w**ery and cellar would work as one.

Today, that vision is especially vivid during harvest. On the w**ery floor, Zander Nicholson tends to the new vintage, working the fermenting Pinot Noir through each punch-down. From there, the story moves downward—40 feet beneath the w**ery—into 10,000 square feet of naturally cool caves.

Barrels line the passageways. Hoses cross the cellar floor. Each connection and cellar mark traces a w**e making its way toward rest and aging. Above ground, harvest is physical and immediate. Below, time begins its quieter work.

This fall, visit Nicholson Ranch and experience harvest where it happens—from the energy of the w**ery to the stillness of the caves.

What part of the journey would you most like to see in person?

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September at the Ranch asks us to look a little closer.A hand around a bottle of Cactus Hill Pinot Noir—made for our W**...
09/21/2026

September at the Ranch asks us to look a little closer.

A hand around a bottle of Cactus Hill Pinot Noir—made for our W**e Club members. An egret holding its line above the hills. Leaves beginning their slow turn in the vineyard. The familiar shape of the w**ery rising from the slope.

These are not separate scenes. They are the life of an estate: the land, the season, the cellar, and the people who return to it year after year.

Cactus Hill has always been a small, personal expression of the Ranch. It belongs to the same place that gives us September’s dry grass, cool morning air, shifting leaves, and those long, clear skies between Sonoma and Napa.

For our members, it is a bottle with a sense of belonging. For those who have visited, perhaps it brings back a particular table, a view from the courtyard, or the first walk toward the tasting room.

Which image feels most like the Ranch to you? Tell us in the comments—and save this for the next time you need a little piece of September in Sonoma.

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Harvest is easy to picture in the vineyard, but much of the work continues inside the w**ery. Tanks are prepared, equipm...
09/17/2026

Harvest is easy to picture in the vineyard, but much of the work continues inside the w**ery. Tanks are prepared, equipment is checked, and every part of the cellar is readied for the vintage ahead.

A few working details from the Nicholson Ranch.

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Address

4200 Napa Road
Sonoma, CA
95476

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+17079388822

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