The Best Wineries in San Benito County Wine Country

How We Choose

Every list like this is an argument. Ours favors rooms that express what makes San Benito County itself: wines from 1849 vineyard ground, ancient field-blend vines on the San Andreas and legendary limestone Pinot Noir.

The anchor is easy: Cienega Road, the historic mile past Eden Rift's 1849 ground and DeRose's fault-straddling winery to the Calera turnoff.

The Essential Stops

Eden Rift Vineyards

Vineyard ground first planted in 1849

DeRose Vineyards

Ancient vines, winery astride the San Andreas

Calera Wine Company

Legendary limestone Pinot on remote Mt. Harlan

Leal Vineyards

Full-service hospitality and celebrated events

Damm Vineyards

Sunday programs on the historic road

Crave Wine Company

Hollister's local-lens downtown wine bar

The Hideaway SJB

Wine and live music in mission-town SJB

Guerra Cellars

Event-calendar pours in the county hills

Building Your Route

reserve Eden Rift to stand in 1849 vineyard ground, add DeRose's ancient vines on the same road, then finish with Crave's local-lens flight in Hollister

Saturday for the Cienega Road reservations, Eden Rift, DeRose, Calera if arranged, Sunday for Leal, Hollister's Crave and the San Juan Bautista evening

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