Artesa Winery

Artesa Winery is one of California's most architecturally extraordinary and culturally distinctive wine estates. The winery — owned by Codorníu, Spain's oldest and most celebrated cava house, which has been producing sparkling wine since 1551 — was originally built as a sparkling wine facility before evolving into the still wine estate that visitors experience today. The AIA 2018 Design Award-winning building by Signum Architecture is embedded into a Carneros hilltop with fountains, reflecting pools, a water wall, and panoramic views across the Carneros valley floor to San Pablo Bay that make the approach to Artesa one of the most visually dramatic in California wine country.

The Spanish heritage of Codorníu is expressed throughout the wine program: Albariño, Tempranillo, Garnacha, and other Spanish varietals grown in Carneros and Napa Valley alongside Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, creating a program that combines European variety sophistication with Carneros cool-climate terroir in a way that no other California estate can replicate. Spanish-inspired tapas pairings with the wine flights complete the Old World hospitality experience.

Sonoma Magazine specifically calls Artesa out for its 'striking modern architecture' and 'tapas that pair effortlessly with wines' — a combination that has made the Carneros hilltop estate one of the most visited and photographed wine destinations in the Bay Area wine corridor.