Merriam Vineyards occupies a beautiful hillside position above Healdsburg in the hills between the Russian River Valley and Alexander Valley appellations — a unique elevated microclimate that allows the estate to produce both Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir of distinctive character.
Founded in 1988 by Bill and Victoria Merriam, the estate farms sustainably on Los Amigos Road with panoramic views that stretch across both the Russian River Valley and Alexander Valley below. The elevation creates cooler growing conditions than the valley floor, giving the Cabernet in particular a freshness and structural tension that contrasts with the warmer valley floor expressions of Alexander Valley Cab.
Merriam produces a focused lineup of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay from their estate and carefully sourced neighborhood vineyards — wines that genuinely reflect the distinctive hilltop microclimate between Sonoma County's two great northern appellations.
At its Healdsburg Hills, Sonoma County location, Merriam Vineyards presents a featured lineup that includes Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay. Together, these bottles provide a focused introduction to the varieties, vineyard sources, and style that define the winery's current portfolio.
"A hillside estate in the hills above Healdsburg producing small-lot Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah from sustainably farmed estate vineyards with panoram"
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Featured Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon
Windacre Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon
Estate hillside Cab from the Windacre Vineyard — showing the freshness and structural tension that elevation gives to Cabernet on this unique microclimate site between two appellations.
★★★★☆
Syrah
Syrah
Hillside Syrah with the elegance and pepper-forward character that elevated, cooler sites produce in this Northern Rhône variety.
★★★★☆
Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir
Estate and sourced RRV Pinot Noir — showing the cool-climate character of the appellation through a hillside lens.
★★★★★
Chardonnay
Chardonnay
Crisp estate and sourced Chardonnay reflecting the freshness of the hillside elevation in the Merriam style of restraint over richness.
A by-appointment tasting with panoramic views of both Russian River Valley and Alexander Valley from the elevated Los Amigos Road estate — one of Healdsburg's most dramatically sited small-producer experiences.
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