About Mettler Family Vineyards
Mettler Family Vineyards is a dedicated estate winery in the warm, Central Valley Lodi appellation east of San Francisco, producing wines that reflect the character of deep sandy loam soils over hardpan and the Delta breeze cooling influence. Mettler Family Vineyards carries the German-heritage family surname of the Mettler family — their name on a Lodi estate . The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Mettler Family Vineyards a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.
The Lodi growing environment shapes everything Mettler Family Vineyards produces. Deep sandy loam soils over hardpan and the delta breeze cooling influence define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Old Vine varieties form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Mettler Family Vineyards prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.
Visitors to Mettler Family Vineyards can expect a genuine and unhurried tasting experience that reflects the estate's commitment to quality and hospitality. The tasting room provides an authentic introduction to the estate wines and the Lodi appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Mettler Family Vineyards offers the kind of direct producer experience that wine tourism in California wine country is built on — knowledgeable, welcoming, and genuinely connected to the land and the wines it produces.
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Mettler Family VineyardsMettler Family Vineyards carries the German-heritage family surname of the Mettler family — their name on a Lodi estate with farming roots in the San Joaquin Delta extending back five generations.
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The Mettler familyThe Mettler family name is associated with some of Lodi's most historically significant old-vine Zinfandel blocks, including the Harney Lane Estate vineyard properties.
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The family-accountability directnessThe family-accountability directness of the personal-surname label combined with the five-generation farming heritage creates the depth of terroir knowledge that sustained family viticulture develops over decades of continuous cultivation of the same Delta soil.
"The Mettler family's 2002 Lodi German-heritage-Mettler-family-surname old-vine Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon estate"
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Zinfandel
Old Vine Zinfandel
Lodi / Mettler Estate
Mettler's German-heritage-five-generation-family Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel — five generations of the same family farming the same Delta soil, old-vine character from one of Lodi's most historically continuous family estates.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Mettler Family Vineyards' five-generation Lodi Cabernet — the German-heritage family name on the Bordeaux variety from five generations of Delta farming heritage.
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Daily walk-in at the German-heritage-five-generation-family-naming Lodi Delta estate — Mettler Family Vineyards Old Vine Zinfandel and Cabernet. Dog-friendly, picnic, family-welcoming.
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