Dry Creek Vineyard

Dry Creek Valley

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Dry Creek Vineyard

Our Story

Family. Heritage. Authenticity.

This is what defines our family-owned winery in the heart of Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County. With each passing year, we find ourselves one of the few remaining truly private, family-owned wineries driven to create appellation-focused, varietal-defining wines that rival the best in the world. Our independence is crucial because it guarantees that we determine our own destiny and can make our decisions based on a long-term outlook of what will produce the highest quality of wines. This simple yet powerful principle ensures that our family values remain strong and our wines have never been better!

Meet the Winemaker

Tim Bell, winemaker at Dry Creek Vineyard, has worked with a wide range of grape varieties and wine styles in Napa Valley, Sonoma, and the Central Coast: still wine, sparkling, dessert, even Kosher. Tim’s creativity in blending and extensive experience shaping wine quality in the vineyard made him a great choice for the winemaking team at Dry Creek Vineyard starting in 2011. He graduated with honors in winemaking at UC Davis, learning the intricacies of wine chemistry and microbiology that inform his stylistic choices in creating delicious blends. With this education, and formative experiences in a previous career selling wine, Tim arrived at a balanced, complex winemaking style shaped by his precise palate and preference for wines that define their varietal character.