Wilson Winery
Zinfandel off Dry Creek Road since 1993, made inside a century-old tin barn that Ken and Diane Wilson restored. The tasting is on the deck.1
Why go
The building is older than most of the valley's wineries. It is a tin barn, one of the oldest structures in Dry Creek by the family's own account, and the Wilsons rebuilt it into a working facility rather than knocking it down.1 The wine has been Zinfandel since 1993, which is the grape this valley is actually known for.1 You book, you sit on the deck, you drink Zinfandel with the vineyard in front of you. The winery calls the wines world-class and its winemaking award-winning, and names no competition and no year for either, so I am not passing that on as a fact.
Good to know
- Reservations, through the winery's own visit page.1
- No fee or hours are published on the page I read.
- No critic in the record has tasted these.
Verdict
could-visit — Ken and Diane Wilson have made Zinfandel on Dry Creek Road since 1993, out of a century-old tin barn they restored, which the winery says is one of the oldest buildings in the valley. The tasting happens on a deck by reservation. That is the whole of what is established. The winery calls its own Zinfandel world-class and its winemaking award-winning without naming a competition or a year, so neither claim counts, and no critic in the record has tasted anything here.