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DeNatale Vineyards

Healdsburg, Russian River Valley. A family winery on Eastside Road, founded in 1985.

Not confirmedChecked Nov 15, 2026, source1,2,5

Not confirmed

We couldn't confirm that DeNatale Vineyards is still making wine of its own5. The vineyard is still farmed: Ron DeNatale has offered its Pinot Noir grapes to other wineries through Sonoma County Winegrowers1, and Hooper 206 Vintners made a 2013 Sangiovese from it2.

About the winery

DeNatale Vineyards was founded in 1985 at 11020 Eastside Road in Healdsburg3,4. Its 1998 page on Web Winery said Ron DeNatale and his brother Al opened it, and that Ron, his wife Sandy and Al were the whole crew3; by 2003 the page named Ron and Sandy alone, with friends and family helping at harvest4. Ron grew up in the Mission District of San Francisco, where the family ran a grocery store and made wine, olive oil and packed sardines in the basement, with grapes from the family vineyard on the Silverado Trail near Oakville3,4.

The winery grew two acres of Pinot Noir and Sangiovese, later with Petite Sirah, on the hillside beside the winery, and in 1998 Ron also made Cabernet Sauvignon from three acres of the old Silverado Trail vineyard3,4. Its first Cabernet, from 1985, won a gold medal at the Orange County Fair3. The 1998 page put production at 1,000 cases; the 2003 page said about 600 gallons3,4.

From the archives

Pages DeNatale Vineyards published on the original Web Winery, from December 1998.

  1. A handmade Sonoma County winery, 1998. DeNatale Vineyards' home page, on Web Winery by December 1998, described a three-person winery on Eastside Road in Healdsburg, founded in 1985 by Ron DeNatale and his brother Al, and the family's San Francisco grocery where they made wine in the basement. It listed its Pinot Noir, Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards and said it wasn't open for tasting at the time. Wayback copy
  2. The De Natale history, 2003. A rewritten history page, on Web Winery by June 2003, told the same family story with Ron and his wife Sandy as the whole crew, two acres of Pinot Noir, Sangiovese and Petite Sirah beside the winery, production of about 600 gallons, and tasting by appointment. Wayback copy

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