In Dry Creek Valley, the highly regarded Zinfandel grape is king. Clay Mauritson and Mauritson Winery is known for high quality Zinfandel wines in an area where growers thrive on Zin. I met Clay last year at a Sonoma auction and missed a chance to chat with him, but I made up for it earlier this year. Sonoma county is huge with more AVAs than I can count and where wines of every varietal grow happily. But today is all about Zin. Are you in with Zin?

You can also hear Clay on our Vino Lingo segment defining the term “Bulldogging”

Learn more by visiting mauristonwines.com

This is our special podcast of the Sonoma County Barrel Auction 2025 featuring the Vintners/Winemakers telling why Sonoma Wines are special. Cheers!

Clay Mauritson/Mauritson Wines

Mike Sullivan/Benovia Winery

Courtney Wagoner/Martinelli Winery

Jessica Gilmore/Williams Selyem miss

Caroline Guerra/MacRostie Winery

Ben Papapietro/Papapietro-Perry Winery

Ames Morison/Medlock Ames Wine

Brian Ball/Skipstone

Phil Holbrook/Salty Goat Wine

SaCha Stewart-Coleman/Twomey & Silver Oak

Dan Kemp/Twomey & Silver Oak

Brandon Muller/Brandon Gregory Estate

Lisa Evich/Chateau St. Jean

Geoff Bedrosian/Domaine de la Riviere

Ryan Prichard/Three Sticks

Mark Hernandez/ACTA Wine

Nick Briggs/Dutcher Crossing Winery

Katie Wetzel Murphy/Alexander Valley Vineyards

Ken McCabe/DeLoach Vineyards

Mari Jones/Emeritus Vineyards

Sally Johnson Blum/SJB Winemaking

Crystal Fairbanks/Knights Bridge Winery

Hanna Smith/Aperture Cellars

Reid Kinnett/Brooks Note Winery

Cushing Donelan/Donelan Family Wines

Nicole Hitchcock/J Vineyards & Winery

Laura Fontaine/J Vineyards & Winery

Caroline Shaw/J Vineyards & Winery

Sarah Lampi/Ravenswood Winery

Christopher O’Gorman/Rodney Strong Vineyards

Learn more by visiting sonomawine.com

This is our first of three videos from the Sonoma County Barrel Auction 2025. Please enjoy the many smiling faces of Sonoma County!