About Zialena Winery
Zialena Winery combines Italian family endearment with Italian family memory: zia (aunt) + Lena (the family matriarch whose memory the winery honors), creating a portmanteau that is both a specific tribute and a declaration of Italian-American family values in wine. The Leonardini family's fourth-generation Italian-American heritage in Dry Creek Valley is honored in a name that means 'Aunt Lena.'
The Dry Creek Road estate produces Zinfandel, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon from Dry Creek Valley vineyard sources — the warm, hillside-sloped AVA that has become one of California's most celebrated Zinfandel growing regions. The Leonardini family's multi-generational Dry Creek Valley history gives the estate a depth of appellation knowledge that newer producers cannot replicate.
The daily walk-in tasting room is family-welcoming and picnic-equipped — Aunt Lena's Italian hospitality applied to Sonoma County wine country.