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Love wine? Check out these winery wedding venues for your big day
If you’re an experienced wine lover or a budding enthusiast, the winery wedding venues in Napa Valley and Sonoma County California are the perfect setting for your laid-back, luxurious nuptials.
Known for their rolling hills covered in vines and vineyards, the destinations of the Napa and Sonoma Valleys in California are the two most well-known wine regions in the world. While prestigious Napa has a more polished feel and has its wineries and towns more centrally located along Highway 29 and Silverado Trail, don’t overlook Sonoma County. Wineries are more expansively situated throughout the county, from the city of Sonoma in the east to Santa Rosa in the central part of the county and then up to Healdsburg.
Whether you’re looking at rustic winery wedding venues or locations with a more modern aesthetic, California wine country offers breathtaking views, elegant event spaces, and world-class chefs to those seeking the most sophisticated and intimate weddings.
Wedding by Blissful Events. Photo by Jessica Schmitt Photography.
Tips when considering winery wedding venues
- Think about the experience you want to have while planning your wedding and on your wedding day.
Do you want to construct a ceremony and reception site from scratch? Or, would you rather have a venue with many amenities available? Either way, an expert wedding designer (we know a few!) can help turn your vision into a reality.
- Look at the existing environment and dream bigger.
Carefully chosen details and design elements can accentuate the natural beauty of outdoor wedding venues. From lighting to floral arrangements to gorgeous crystals hanging from branches, these touches turn the great outdoors into yours.
- How accessible should your wedding venue be?
Do you need a spot that’s easy to drive up to? Or is everyone up for a bit of a trek to get to the ceremony site? Either way, matching the activity required to get to a location with your guests’ mobility can be vital to creating a memorable experience.
Let Blissful Events plan your perfect winery wedding
At Blissful Events, we make the wedding planning experience just as simple and relaxing as the wine country itself. Owner and Wedding Planning Director Samar Hattar has worked in the luxury wedding sector for more than 15 years and is intimately familiar with the wine region wedding landscape. To help you plan your perfect wedding with ease, she has forged close ties with the best wedding vendors in the area that are both professional and personable.
When you’re working with Samar and her team, you can rest assured that your wedding will go off without a hitch. The Blissful Events team will plan, design, and oversee every detail so that this special day will be one to remember for all the right reasons. And, they’re pros at planning multi-ceremony events and receptions that will leave your guests saying, “Best. Wedding. Ever.”
Every winery wedding venue and vendor is unique, and Samar has worked with many of the best for more than a decade and knows what makes each one stand out. Here are the best ten vineyard wedding locations, handpicked by Blissful Events.
Event by Blissful Events. Photo by Christophe Genty Photography.
Wedding by Blissful Events. Photo by Jessica Schmitt Photography.
14 Gorgeous Winery Wedding Venues in California
| Description | hf:tax:location |
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Viansa Winery • Price: $$$ Sweeping panoramic views define this beautiful venue that offers a modern feel with a twist of vintage. Both outdoor and indoor spaces showcase the majestic expansiveness that wine country vistas have to offer. The Mediterranean architecture charmingly weaves into the spectacular views of olive trees and vineyards, giving a feeling of old-world charm. With four generations of an Italian-Californian family caretaking these grounds, cultivated family heritage mixes with the surrounding beauty to make you feel like you’re in a little slice of Tuscany-inspired heaven. SEE MORE > | sonoma-california |
The Meritage Resort and Spa • Price: $$$$ This up-scale Napa, California resort offers destination wine country weddings and all-inclusive get-aways. Showcasing the breathtaking rolling vineyard hills known to the Napa region, this venue hosts everything from micro-weddings to up to 600 guests in chic elegance. Host your rehearsal dinner in one of the nine wine-tasting rooms, treat yourself to a pamper-sesh in the award-winning luxury spa, create your ceremony overlooking the vineyards at sunset followed by a wine cave reception, and end with a farewell brunch at one of the onsite restaurants. Best of all, with this vineyard wedding venue, no one has to drive offsite. SEE MORE > | napa-california |
Chateau St. Jean • Price: $$$ This beautiful historic chateau combines vintage charm with rustic elegance. Surrounded by lush vineyards, towering redwood trees, majestic mountains, and lush garden and lawn areas, these stunning grounds create the perfect atmosphere for a chic and elegant wine country wedding. Create your special ceremony on their 30,000 square-foot Grand Lawn, Chateau Patio overlooking spectacular valley vistas, panoramic dining room, or manicured Mediterranean gardens. SEE MORE > | kenwood-california |
Annadel Estate • Location: Santa Rosa, California The 33-acre Annadel Estate is a boutique winery in Sonoma County, 55 miles north of San Francisco. The outdoor event space is a rustic winery wedding venue with lush greenery, floating chandeliers, fragrant florals, and wooden tables with the ceremony space alongside a vineyard with views of emerald rolling hills. SEE MORE > | santa-rosa-california |
Arista Winery • Price: $$$ Artista Winery, a family-owned vintage winery, makes you and your guests feel like you are part of the family. Focused on quality in everything they do, this special wine country wedding venue prides itself on small details to make your big day special. With 36 acres in the Russian River Valley, you and your guests will be treated to idyllic wine country views and traditional family hospitality. SEE MORE > | healdsburg-california |
Buena Vista Winery • Price: $$$ Located one mile from Sonoma Square, this wine country wedding venue blends historic California winery charm and eclectic old-world elegance. Established as a California historic landmark, the estate was founded in 1857 as California’s first premium winery by the charismatic and mysterious “Count of Buena Vista,” Agoston Haraszthy. With a colorful piece of California’s wine-making history, the winery’s origin story and elegantly charming landscape work together to create a truly unique experience. With venues including the outdoor courtyard, Champagne Cellar, and Wine Museum, you and your guests can learn about the history of these award-winning wines as you indulge in them. SEE MORE > | sonoma-california |
De Loach Winery • Price: $$$ Explore these 20 acres of organic, biodynamic gorgeous vineyards in the heart of the Russian River Valley. With a vegetable and medicinal plant garden and chicken, sheep, and goats wandering about, you and your guests will get the unique experience of a sustainable working farm while celebrating in up-scale elegance. As a pioneer in Pinot Noir cultivation, this venue prides itself on its history, philosophy, wine-making techniques, and farming practices that truly value working with the land. SEE MORE > | santa-rosa-california |
Gundlach Bundschu Winery • Price: $$$ Operating as a farm since 1858, this venue is California’s oldest family-owned winery. Located at the Sonoma Valley’s southernmost part, this enchanting farm overlooks steep hillsides and the expansive wine country valley floor. These vineyards are sustainably hand farmed, and each vine is touched more than a dozen times throughout any given season. With care and family heritage seeping throughout the estate, this place focuses on stewardship and a home hospitality feel. SEE MORE > | sonoma-california |
Hamel Family Wines • Location: Sonoma, California The Hamel Family winery is the perfect wedding venue for couples seeking a modern aesthetic complete with best-in-class amenities. Fog rolls through the lush vineyards, and visitors can enjoy sweeping views of Sonoma Mountain and the valley below while they nibble on dishes created by the winery’s chef.SEE MORE > | sonoma-california |
Jacuzzi Family Vineyards • Location: Sonoma, California Another Italianate rustic winery in California, Jacuzzi Family Vineyards, was established in 2007 to honor a beloved grandfather. The tasting room building is a tribute to the Jacuzzi family home in Casarsa, Italy. Jacuzzi produces the finest California-grown Italian varietal wines, award-winning olive oils, and balsamic vinegars. SEE MORE > | sonoma-california |
Kunde • Price: $$$ From the moment you and your guests step foot onto this scenic working winery, you’ll feel like you are in a different land. Explore the European wine cave carved into ancient lava-flow, meander through the sustainably-farmed working winery grounds, walk through the pecan-tree-lined gardens, or simply soak in the sprawling wine country views while sipping on award-winning wines. These secluded grounds have been cared for by five generations of family, making it a magical and cozy destination wine country wedding. SEE MORE > | glennellen-california |
Paradise Ridge Winery • Price: $$$ Charm permeates this unique wine country wedding venue, blending old vineyard charm, modern amenity luxury, cultural art installations, and a welcoming family feel. Literally rising from its ashes, the buildings on the property were reconstructed after a fire in 2017, allowing for an expansion of guest amenities. Luckily, the vines held the fire back at their edge, so you will still be encompassed by 156 acres of old-growth vineyard charm. This family-owned operation dedicates itself to the details, from their caring hospitality to the iconic two-story “Love” sculpture atop their mountain vista. Love is in the air here, looking out to the twinkling lights of Sonoma County below. SEE MORE > | santa-rosa-california |
Robert Young Estate Winery • Price: $$ Their new and modern tasting room on top of a hill boasts spectacular views and beautiful sunsets. Surrounded by the rolling hills that wine country has to offer, these six generations of family have cultivated the land and crafted their wines to perfection. Walk through the vineyards while sipping on some of the best wines that the area has to offer. SEE MORE > | geyserville-california |
Tre Posti • Price: $$$ This modern and sophisticated wedding venue combines the charm of old-world Italy and California wine country’s laid-back feel. Surrounding by the enchantment that wine country vistas have to offer, celebrate your wedding at the Vineyard, Garden Grove, Courtyard, and Harvest Room. Food and wine pairings are a specialty of this place, with more than 40 years of hospitality and fine dining experience. SEE MORE > | saint-helena-california |
Choosing a winery wedding venue should be the second easiest decision you make as newlyweds. What’s the first? Make your dream of a luxurious yet casual event come true by hiring Blissful Events. We’d love to hear from you and plan the wedding of your dreams in wine country.
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