About Handley Cellars
Handley Cellars is both an Anderson Valley pioneer estate and a landmark in California women's winemaking history. Milla Handley, who trained at UC Davis and worked in Napa Valley before returning to her family's Anderson Valley roots, established Handley Cellars in 1982 as one of the first California wineries owned and operated by a woman winemaker. The 40-year Philo Highway 128 estate has been the heart of the Anderson Valley's tasting room culture since before the region had any critical reputation. Handley pairs its Anderson Valley wines with a scenic garden and picnic area, a relaxed stop along the Highway 128 wine road.
The estate produces organically farmed Gewürztraminer, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, and méthode champenoise sparkling wine from Anderson Valley sources that reflect Milla's conviction that the morning fog and afternoon warmth of the Navarro River corridor produces wines of genuine elegance and food-first restraint. The Gewürztraminer in particular, dry, floral, and showing the Alsatian character that the Anderson Valley's cool, sheltered terrain consistently produces, is one of the most reliably excellent and honestly priced expressions of this variety available in California.
The daily walk-in tasting with complimentary or very low-cost access, dogs welcome, families comfortable, and picnic grounds reflects the Handley tradition of genuine and barrier-free hospitality that has made the Philo estate one of the Anderson Valley's most beloved wine destinations for four decades.
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Handley Cellars isHandley Cellars is both an Anderson Valley pioneer estate and a landmark in California women's winemaking history.
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Milla Handley,Milla Handley, who trained at UC Davis and worked in Napa Valley before returning to her family's Anderson Valley roots, established Handley Cellars in 1982 as one of the first California wineries owned and operated by a woman winemaker.
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The 40-year PhiloThe 40-year Philo Highway 128 estate has been the heart of the Anderson Valley's tasting room culture since before the region had any critical reputation.
"Milla Handley's Anderson Valley pioneer estate, one of the first women winemakers to establish her own California winer"
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Featured Wines
Gewürztraminer
Estate Gewürztraminer
Anderson Valley Estate
Milla Handley's signature white, organically farmed Anderson Valley Gewürztraminer dry, floral, and Alsatian in character from the fog-influenced Navarro River corridor that has been producing genuinely excellent Gewürztraminer since Handley Cellars introduced it to the region in 1982.
Pinot Noir
Estate Pinot Noir
Anderson Valley Estate
Forty years of organic Anderson Valley Pinot Noir from the Handley estate, earthy, cool-climate, and showing the genuine savory character of the most underrated California Pinot Noir corridor at honest pricing that reflects Milla Handley's barrier-free hospitality philosophy.
Sparkling (méthode champenoise)
Brut Méthode Champenoise
Anderson Valley Estate
Handley Cellars' traditional Champagne method sparkling wine from organic Anderson Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, one of the Philo corridor's most distinctive estate sparkling expressions, showing the cool-climate finesse that the valley produces in this ceremonial format.
Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Anderson Valley Estate
Organic estate Anderson Valley Chardonnay from the Handley Philo property, mineral, balanced, and reflecting 40 years of accumulated Navarro River corridor Chardonnay farming knowledge in a food-first, understated style.
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Pioneer Estate Walk-In Tasting
Daily walk-in at Anderson Valley's most historically significant women-founded estate, organic estate Gewürztraminer, Pinot Noir, and méthode champenoise sparkling wine from Milla Handley's 40-year Philo estate with dogs welcome, picnic grounds, and genuine barrier-free hospitality.
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