About Van Ruiten Family Winery
Van Ruiten Family Winery carries the Dutch-heritage family surname of the Van Ruiten family — their distinctively Dutch 'van' prefix name on a Lodi Zinfandel and Chardonnay program established in 1999. The Van Ruiten family has been farming in the Lodi region since the early 20th century, their Dutch immigrant heritage adding to the multi-cultural European farming tradition that has shaped Lodi's agricultural identity over more than a century.
The Highway 12 estate produces old-vine Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Petite Sirah, and Merlot from Lodi AVA estate vineyard blocks. The 'van' prefix in the family name is the Dutch geographic preposition meaning 'of' or 'from' — Van Ruiten literally means 'from Ruiten,' a Dutch village, declaring the family's specific Dutch geographic origin.