Stubbs Vineyard

Gonzalo Zesati _{on Google}

Jul 14th, 2018

Amazing experience private by appointment only

Dave Spart _{on Google}

Apr 3rd, 2015

Stubbs is a very cool vineyard that has sublime burgundian pinot noirs and extraordinary chardonnays. They can be hard to find so I started ordering them direct from the vineyard. I have been drinking them for many years now and there is total consistency of terroir from vintage to vintage.

David Deigan _{on Google}

Oct 17th, 2016

Stubbs Vineyards is high on a mountain top just over the Marin County line from the town of Petaluma. Winds stream in off the Pacific through this region the way they flow into San Francisco most afternoons, laden with a dominant marine layer and the chill off the Pacific. There are really only two wines that thrive in this climate. In fact, by comparison, the famous Napa/Sonoma Carneros Appellation is a good deal warmer. The soil here is rich and imparts the kinds of qualities you would expect to find in finest areas of Burgundy.
We were actually looking for something unique, within an hours drive of downtown Sonoma's Plaza and as I combed through listings of small wineries near Petaluma, California I clicked on the Stubbs Vineyard website, which is ironically not in Sonoma County, OR Petalums.
Mary Stubbs and her husband purchased the property in the 1980s without a single structure on it. They set about building their home on the property from scratch. The architectural wonder of the structures they created capture perfectly the feel of the land around it.
Stubbs is perched, high atop magnificent hills west and south of Petaluma and the few buildings perched high in the hills match the soul of these vast rolling hills. Yet the wines captured us more.
Mary Stubbs is the driving force behind this very small winery. Stubbs Vineyard's biggest year was about 2,700 cases. Yet you will find their magnificent, Burgundian style Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the finest restaurants in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. For the many who have fallen away from Chardonnay in favor of Sauvignon Blanc, you are in for a pleasant surprise with the more clean, mineral-centric white burgundy style Mary's winemaker has delivered.
Even without the wine, a visit to this bucolic space is breathtaking. But, Oh, the wine. But plan ahead.
Mary can only offer limited tasting opportunities because she is also does her own sales and marketing and is often in personal touch with the host of restaurants fortunate enough to be able to offer Stubbs Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Do plan early if you want the opportunity to taste her wines and visit this incomparable boutique winery or check the many great restaurants who offer Stubbs Wines in the Bay Area.
Mary's passion is broadcast beautifully by the quality of the product she produces. Her grapes are grown sustainably. Power for the vineyards are generated with wind and solar technology. Her grapes are organic. She only uses grapes from her own small vineyard plots and they are perfectly positioned to produce these two grapes in a way our wonderful Sonoma Carneros Region can't match.