Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1994 by Don and Jennifer Hartford, a reflection of their admiration for the wines, the people, and the exceptional vineyards near their Russian River Valley home.
Located in the little Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is nestled in the redwoods just 15 miles from the cool Pacific Coast.
Led by acclaimed winemaker Jeff Stewart, our team has a singular focus: craft delicious wines with loads of personality. Often, this means choosing vineyards in the most difficult locations — steep slopes, windy bluffs or foggy valleys — where yields are low but the fruit is intensely flavored. We take the risk that, in some vintages, the adversity the vines face will be so extreme that we may not be able to make a wine from that site—but the reward of a more complex, exciting, and dynamic wine in the years we can is too good to pass up.
You see, “character through adversity” doesn’t just apply to people; challenging growing conditions stress the vines to deliver high‑personality wines.