About Forchini Vineyards & Winery
Forchini Vineyards & Winery is one of the Dry Creek Valley's most deeply rooted Italian-heritage wine estates. Jim Forchini's family has farmed the 68-acre Dry Creek Road property since the 1980s, but the agricultural heritage of the land itself predates even the Forchini ownership, some of the estate's heritage Zinfandel vines date to the 1890s, when Italian immigrant families first established the benchland grape-growing tradition that defines Dry Creek Valley's wine character to this day.
The estate produces Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, and other varieties from old-vine heritage plantings and the family's newer blocks, with a focus on the warm, food-friendly, fruit-forward styles that the Dry Creek Valley benchland consistently produces. Jim Forchini's personal involvement in the winemaking gives the estate a hands-on authenticity that larger Dry Creek producers have lost.
Weekend walk-in tastings on the estate grounds, dogs welcome, picnic facilities available, genuine family warmth guaranteed, provide one of the most unpretentious and historically grounded winery experiences available on the Dry Creek Road wine circuit.
