About Wayfarer
Wayfarer is one of the most revered small-lot wineries on the West Sonoma Coast, an organic estate perched high on a remote ridge in the coveted Fort Ross-Seaview AVA, surrounded by winding mountain roads and redwoods above the Pacific. Its story began when Napa vintner Jayson Pahlmeyer bought the rugged property in the late 1990s, urged on by winemaker Helen Turley, who declared the site destined to become the La Tache of California.
In 2002 the legendary viticulturist David Abreu planted the vineyard, his only Sonoma project, to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay on sandy Goldridge soils cooled by ocean fog. After years of the fruit going into Pahlmeyer wines, his daughter Cleo Pahlmeyer launched Wayfarer as an independent estate label in 2012, and the family kept it when they sold the rest of the business to Gallo in 2019.
Today, under winemaker Todd Kohn, Wayfarer makes single-vineyard Pinot Noir and Chardonnay of transcendent quality, one earned a spot in Wine Spectator's Top 10 Wines of 2025. A visit is a rare, remote pilgrimage, by appointment.
A revered, remote West Sonoma Coast estate making transcendent single-vineyard Pinot and Chardonnay, visited as a rare pilgrimage by appointment.
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A remote West Sonoma Coast estateAn organic ridge-top vineyard in the coveted Fort Ross-Seaview AVA, high above the Pacific.
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Pedigreed from the startPlanted by legendary viticulturist David Abreu in his only Sonoma project, for the Pahlmeyer family.
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Transcendent single-vineyard winesEstate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, one named to Wine Spectator's Top 10 Wines of 2025.
"A revered, remote West Sonoma Coast estate making transcendent single-vineyard Pinot and Chardonnay, visited as a rare pilgrimage by appointment."
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Pinot Noir from Wayfarer Vineyard (Fort Ross-Seaview, Wayfarer Estate).
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Chardonnay from Wayfarer Vineyard (Fort Ross-Seaview, Wayfarer Estate).
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