Sonoma County Barrel Auction


These Sonoma County Barrel Auction lots were auctioned off on May 3, 2024. Stay tuned for next year's 2025 SoCoBA lots!



Lot #3 Benziger Family Winery

“Mother Earth” is a distinctive first bottling from a single block of organically-farmed Old Wente Clone Chardonnay, sourced from the renowned Sangiacomo Vineyard. At Benziger, the Chardonnay grape isn't just a grape, it's a tiny, round…

Lot #6 Balletto Vineyards

This “Classic Sebastopol Hills” custom blend encompasses the best of the Balletto family’s Sebastopol Hills vineyard sites. It features grapes from the warm sun on Cider Ridge, the cool north-west facing Sexton Hill, and finally the vineyard…

Lot #9 BACA Wines

BACA’s “Tug O’ War Adventure” is sourced from Block 6 of the Maffei Vineyard along the Santa Rosa plains in the heart of the Russian River Valley Appellation. Here, Zinfandel vines were planted in 1928 to limited, loamy soils where these…

Lot #25 Emeritus Vineyards

“Untamed” is cool-climate Pinot Noir in one of its rarest forms: crafted from two small blocks of the Hyde clone at the Emeritus estate Hallberg Ranch Vineyard that yield only a few tons each harvest. Never before bottled on their own, these…

Lot #32 Westwood Estate Winery

Dedicated to all the Pinot-philes, “Double Trouble” Pinot Noir from Westwood Estates is a celebration of Pinot Noir and its inherent complexity. Westwood’s Sonoma Valley AVA estate, the Annadel Gap Vineyard, is planted with nine diverse…

Lot #42 Martinelli Vineyards & Winery

Lee Martinelli Sr. inherited the Bondi Home Ranch and Zio Tony Ranch from his Uncle Tony Bondi in the 1970s. He converted the apple orchards on the ranches to wine grapes in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Martinelli makes a single vineyard…