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Flowers Vineyards: Camp Meeting Ridge Pioneer

Sonoma's extreme estate — 321-acre Camp Meeting Ridge at 1,875 ft, only 11 acres Pinot on salt-swept clifftop overlooking Pacific, coastal minerality in every bottle

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WineryFlowers Vineyards: Camp Meeting Ridge PioneerWalt and Joan Flowers pioneered Camp Meeting Ridge in 1989 - planting Pinot Noir and Chardonnay at 1,400 feet elevation, 1.5 miles from the Pacific. When everyone said it was too cold and too remote, they proved otherwise. Today, Flowers is one of the most recognized names in extreme Sonoma Coast wine.

Wineries nearby

Winery Hirsch Vineyards: The Birth of Extreme Sonoma Coast Fort Ross-Seaview ridge overlooking the Pacific — David Hirsch planted 68 acres of Pinot Noir in 1980 and went biodynamic by 2014.
Winery Flowers Vineyard & Winery Sonoma Coast pioneers since 1998 — vineyards 2 miles from Pacific cliffs (1,150-1,875 ft elevation), Camp Meeting Ridge estate with 18 acres Chardonnay on remote ridgeline.
Winery · California Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir Trail 750-square-mile AVA approved 1987, cooled by Pacific fog and sandy loam soil producing elegant Pinots with cherry, cranberry, and orange-cinnamon spice—benchmark producers like Littorai and Williams Selyem.