Handley Wine Cellars

Our estate vineyard experiences cool foggy nights and bright sunny days the perfect climate for the 12 acres of pinot noir 13 acres of chardonnay and 5 acres of gewürztraminer planted there.

Handley wine cellars. All of our estate chardonnay and sparkling wines are produced entirely from estate fruit as are most of our reserve pinot noirs. Still standing on the property are the now refurbished ranch house barn and the original water tower. Handley cellars is a small family owned winery located in beautiful anderson valley. We are located at the northwest end of the anderson valley on 59 acres of the original holmes ranch.

4th august 2020 by lucy shaw california winemaker milla handley founder of handley cellars and a pioneer of wines from mendocino county s anderson valley has died of covid 19 aged 68. We enjoyed a fantastic cheese plate on the shady patio as mary educated us about the wines and took excellent care of our little group. Handley was more than just a visionary for the remote and rural anderson valley which she helped put on the map. Handley cellars is a small family owned winery in california s mendocino county.

Handley cellars is a small about 14 000 cases per year family owned winery in california s mendocino county bonded in 1982. They make their wines from their own certified organic vineyards as well as other vineyards producing a rich selection of still and sparkling wines. We ended up becoming members and are looking forward to our next visit. Milla handley one of anderson valley s wine pioneers and the founder of handley cellars died july 25 from complications due to covid 19.

Lovely wines and service we spent a delightful afternoon wine tasting at handley cellars winery. Our quality starts with our estate vineyards in anderson valley. We are located at the northwest end of the anderson valley on 59 acres of the original holmes ranch. Bonded in 1982 we produce around 12 000 cases of wine a year.

Still standing on the property are the now refurbished ranch house barn and the original water tower. We are located at the northwest end of the anderson valley on 59 acres of the original holmes ranch.