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Wellington Cellars

Sonoma Valley / Glen Ellen · Sonoma Valley AVA
👨‍👩‍👧 Family Friendly 🌄 Scenic Views 🧺 Picnic Grounds 🥂 Estate Wines ✅ Walk-ins Welcome
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Hours
Sat–Sun 11am–5pm (or by appointment)
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Phone
(707) 939-0708
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Tasting Fee
From $15
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Reservations
Walk-ins welcome
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Est.
1994

About Wellington Cellars

Wellington Cellars is the Sonoma Valley's most warmly welcoming and family-spirited small estate. Peter Wellington — who has been producing small-lot Sonoma Valley wines since 1994 from the Glen Ellen estate — has built a weekend tasting experience that visitors describe with a consistency that is remarkable for a small producer: warm, personal, unpretentious, and entirely focused on ensuring that every visitor leaves with a genuine connection to the wine and the winemaker.

The wine program focuses on the Sonoma Valley's most expressive red varieties — Syrah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc — from sourced and estate Sonoma County vineyards. Peter's particular passion for Syrah — expressed in multiple single-vineyard expressions from the coolest and warmest Sonoma County sites — has built a devoted following among wine lovers who appreciate what the variety can achieve in California's most diverse Mediterranean-climate wine corridor.

The Dunbar Road tasting room with picnic grounds and valley views, honest pricing at $15 per tasting, and the family-friendly weekend walk-in format make Wellington Cellars one of the most consistently recommended small-producer discoveries in the Kenwood/Glen Ellen wine corridor.

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Wellington Cellars isWellington Cellars is the Sonoma Valley's most warmly welcoming and family-spirited small estate.
Peter Wellington —Peter Wellington — who has been producing small-lot Sonoma Valley wines since 1994 from the Glen Ellen estate — has built a weekend tasting experience that visitors describe with a consistency that is remarkable for a small producer: warm, personal, unpretentious, and entirely focused on ensuring that every visitor leaves with a genuine connection to the wine and the winemaker.
The wine programThe wine program focuses on the Sonoma Valley's most expressive red varieties — Syrah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc — from sourced and estate Sonoma County vineyards.
"The most welcoming and family-spirited small winery in the Kenwood wine corridor — Peter Wellington's Highway 12 estate "
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Featured Wines

Syrah
Sonoma County Syrah
Sonoma County
Peter Wellington's most celebrated variety — Sonoma County Syrah from multiple sourcing partnerships showing the range of what Sonoma County's diverse terroir produces in California's most underrated red variety.
Estate
★★★★☆
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc
Sonoma Valley Estate
Wellington's most distinctive Bordeaux expression — Sonoma Valley Cabernet Franc showing the herbal, structured character that this variety produces in the valley's warm climate when treated as a serious standalone varietal rather than a blending component.
Estate
★★★★☆
Zinfandel
Zinfandel
Sonoma County
Peter Wellington's warm, food-compatible Sonoma County Zinfandel — showing the personal engagement and quality conviction that has made Wellington one of the Kenwood/Glen Ellen corridor's most consistently recommended small-estate experiences.
Estate
★★★★☆
Merlot
Merlot
Sonoma Valley Estate
Wellington's most food-friendly and approachable expression — Sonoma Valley Merlot in a plush, generous style that reflects Peter Wellington's conviction that genuinely good wine should be genuinely accessible to everyone who appreciates it.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Weekend Walk-In Tasting
Weekend walk-in at the Sonoma Valley's most warmly welcoming small estate — Syrah, Cab Franc, Zinfandel, and Merlot with picnic grounds, valley views, and Peter Wellington's personal engagement. Consistently the most warmly reviewed small winery on the Kenwood/Glen Ellen corridor.
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