This place is absolutely stunning!!! Bill and his team took great care of us on Sunday, and the entire experience was fantastic. If you have time and find yourself in the Dry Creek area, this is a must-stop winery. Bill and Dawn have done an incredible job crafting some of the best wines I've had in my life. The setting, hospitality, food, and wines were all exceptional. Make sure to add this place to your wine tasting schedule -- you will not be disappointed. read more

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This winery is absolutely beautiful. They've turned this into a jewel of Sonoma County. Wine tasting should be a combination of relaxing and having fun with your friends. The beauty and truth in wine is the ability to be yourself. You can do this here by just being present and allowing yourself to taste and forget about time and everything else. The $75.00 food and wine pairing is exceptional. Check it out and make a reservation and sit outside on a beautiful sunny day or inside on a rainy or cold day. I personally love all the whites and the red ones are very good too. read more

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Omg this place!!!! Beautiful property, really great wines, and the food pairings were the absolute best. While the wines themselves are a bit above my price point, I had to buy the hot pepper bacon jam, Parmesan truffle salt, and truffle cheese. All of those were amazing. The goal is to join the wine club one day because they focus on food and wine pairings and that's the coolest thing. read more

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I recently went here with a large group of ladies and had the most fantastic experience. Williamson Wines recently bought this venue and have done an amazing job with the facility and the experience. We had their food and wine pairings and it was just delightful! We were hosted by Sam Williamson - what a delight - informative, darling and funny! Very strongly recommended! read more

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If you have not gone to do a tasting here, you are missing out. The grounds are beautiful & relaxing. They have a very The owner Sam was super nice & friendly. Started off our tasting with the Adore rose, then Chantilly chardonnay, then Yoakim zin light, the Entice Cuvee, then Seduce & finished off with some sparkling shiraz. All wines are paired with cheeses and some with sauces that pair well with the wines. It makes a big difference to have them paired. They also do food pairings & even lunches here. We definitely will be back to try one of the food pairings. Prices are very reasonable and we loved everything we had. read more

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Had the food and wine pairing. What a great experience. Kevin was very knowledgeable about each wine offered thought about what foods best fits it. My favorites were captivate and rapture. Hats off to Chef Tommy Stribling. read more

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Words cannot begin to describe why this place is amazing. From exceptional wine, great service, delicious foods, beautiful location. Every event Sam and the family put on is nothing but top notch. Every guest is treated like family. I've been a member for many years and never have I ever felt I was just a guest. If you haven't stopped by you should, you'll feel right at home. They put on several events throughout the year. We attended the lobster feed this last weekend. They had transportation, appetizers, non-stop wine, amazing food and dancing. This location particularly is breathtaking. read more

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Friendly, helpful staff. Warm, welcoming ambiance. Delicious wine that pairs well with food.

Kevin was very welcoming. We had a wonderful experience at the vineyard. Our view was outside overlooking the vineyard which was perfect. We enjoyed the tasting with pairings of cheese and wine that complimented each wine. We loved our visit so much we became members. read more

Amazing atmosphere! Beautiful venue and exceptional service and knowledgeable about the wines and food pairings! I didn't think I liked red wines until I tried the pairings there! Thanks to Kevin and Sam!! read more

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DO NOT JOIN THEIR WINE CLUB WITHOUT YOUR ATTORNEY PRESENT !!!! My husband and I go to Napa once a year and enjoy joining a different wine club every year! The wine they sent each shipment is very expensive. They never disclosed that there is a minimum of 4 shipments in order to cancel or you will be charged a $50 fee. I have never experienced this with any other vineyard we visited. read more

Chip off the old block. Delicious wines and years of experience within this lovely wine making family. A very personal favorite.

Wonderful people wonderful wines--congratulations to the Williamson family --can't wait to see the new addition!

Of all the wineries we visited, this was our over all favorite. It's a very small tasting room and they're only open Friday - Sunday so you have to plan accordingly. It's just a husband and wife team with very small production and they run it all! It's pretty remarkable. NO WHITES; ALL REDS! They're all exquisitely crafted too. Very big and very delicious. Virginia has a crockpot of meatballs simmering with a delicious homemade zinfandel sauce to pair with the wine. It's available for purchase (and we did!) as well as their olive oil- but I don't think they do tastings of that. The 2009 Zin is drinking great right now and we all had to purchase a bottle because it was so fantastic. I highly recommend putting Yoakim Bridge on your list of wineries to visit- especially if you're a big red wine lover like we are! read more

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I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of the beautiful sunset! My fiancé and I visited yesterday and had such a wonderful time. Sam poured for us and he was a riot, super knowledgeable and very generous with the pours. We ended up joining the wine club and taking our first shipment with us. All of the wine and food was fabulous! 20 out of 10 would recommend. read more

Had an amazing experience at Yoakim Bridge, wine tasting with the best food pairings. As someone who has traveled all over the country to have the most personal experiences and best wine and food there is, I highly suggest Yoakim. Sam Williamson made sure we had an amazing experience. The Dry Creek Valley and Yoakim Bridge will not disappoint. read more

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NOTE: We visited during COVID-19 and had to call to make a reservation. Leave a message if they don't answer...Virginia WILL call you back! If you're looking for a beautiful, romantic, relaxed environment to enjoy some of the best zinfandel in Dry Creek Valley, complete with a rich history and pair of charming proprietors, then you need to add visiting Virginia and David at Yoakim Bridge Winery to your Dry Creek itinerary. David specializes in red wine, so you might want to time this visit for later in the day (unless you like Zinfandel for breakfast!), but the elegant reds and storied ambiance combine to create a tasting experience that will be the highlight of your day. Be sure to ask Virginia about how she met David and decided to ditch city living for the rewarding life of running a world-class winery. And, if you're lucky, she might give you an extra Zinfandel sauce-covered meatball! read more

Best little secret that's not a secret. If there was one word: Charming. But there are more words: Big. Red. Wine. Food pairing. Rustic. No whites. No wimpy wines. Tiny, home-grown, estate wines. Husband and wife team. Not a single employee more. Olives. Grown and cured. No brine. $10 tasting. Waved with purchase. Zin to Merlot, Cab, Petite Syrah and Syrah. Big reds get huge. $36-38ish. Worth it. Not distributed. Not advertised. Only available for purchase at the cutest little front-porch on the corner of Dry Creek Road and Yoakim Bridge Road. read more

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We've been in their wine club for years and their bottles are the most difficult to drink - no, not because of a problem with the wine - because David's wine is so amazingly delicious. We just want to lay them down and keep them forever. We usually save our Yoakim wines for big feasts and celebrations because they are such a treat. The zin sauce is a great gift but Virginia has raised the price so I don't buy it as much any more. What makes this place so special is the intimacy and smallness of it - I hope that will never change because it is a wonderful place for us to share with visitors in from out of town. read more

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Michael Talty, their next door neighbor and owner of Talty Vineyards, sent us over here with a glowing review of their Zin sauce and meatballs. Well hell, how could we pass that up? Graduates of the California Culinary Academy, the Zin sauce was indeed great and the wines were even better. I really liked David, the winemaker. He's an extremely funny, down to earth guy. A pleasure to chat with. According to their website their Zin is dry farmed.. and this part makes me laugh "We often walk the vineyard in the extreme heat of the Dry Creek summer and proclaim to them, "You are great and mighty vines! Water is for wimps!!" See! They crack me up. Anyway, the tasting room is intimate and they have a friendly ol bulldog to greet you. We tried several different wines, including 3 Zinfandel, a Merlot, Syrah, Bordeaux Style Blend and Cab. Really great stuff. Pay them a visit. read more

Dave and Virginia are wonderful hosts. Open only in the weekends, make sure you stop in when you can. Long time Dry Creek Valley vineyard owners, these lovebirds embarked on making wine way before Dry Creek and zin were cool! read more

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Seriously, I loved the couple who run this vineyard. They were so warm and funny and really made our tasting feel like we'd just come over to visit friends over some wine and food. Virginia had an enrapt audience of about a dozen people listening to stories about her grandchildren, their airstream trailers (which are AWESOME and will be available to rent by by their wine club members soon), how they met, how they miraculously harvested 16 tons of grapes one year when the temp spiked. It was such a nice change of pace. Virginia served us her "cheatin' heart chili" with fresh cilantro, cheese, and tortills chips to pair with the syrah tasting. So cool! Ali ended up signing up for their wine club and B and I picked up a bottle of their cab. We were offered homemade olives and chocolate covered espresso beans and additional tastings while we waited for our wine to be boxed up. So thoughtful! We all left the cute little tasting room with smiles on our faces, vowing to come back. read more

***DISCLAIMER: Anything I write in a winery review about the actual wine is based on my personal tastes / opinions / palette and is not intended to be taken as an objective measure of quality or deliciousness. (I would think this is obvious, but apparently not.)*** YB is a tiny little ma-&-pa winery that does fabulous work. My boyfriend is a member, so on our last Sonoma trip we stopped by to taste what he'd gotten in his most recent shipment. And wow. In addition to the warm, friendly atmosphere (I mean, they served us meatballs while we were there), we had some extremely tasty wine. In particular, the merlot and petit syrah were some of the best I've had in recent memory. Not too terribly pricey, considering the only do reds and are extremely low production (most bottles are mid 30s). If you're in the neighborhood, I highly suggest checking them out. You might even get a meatball! read more

Gorgeous and quaint. The 19th century Farmhouse on this 5 acre vineyard was the original house for what was once a 500 acre farm in northern Sonoma Valley. A true boutique winery, Idyllic scenery and lovely gnarly zin vines. David and Virginia are passionate and gifted wine makers. The wine offers big bang for buck, and the club is a steal on top of already good prices. Zin, syrah, cab and petite syrah. 3000 cases a year is all they produce. We were there days after the fall harvest. David had been crushing away and we got to taste the juice right out of the bins. it really is a 2 person operation. It's great to see. My favorite winery experience, instantly made me a loyal fan of the wine and the makers. Inspirational. read more

One of the few wineries in the region with a tasting fee, you'll have no problem liking something enough (unless you hate perfect Zinfandels) to buy that the fee will get applied to. The winery dog and the sticky-sweet Zin meatballs are cute touches, but the wine should be taken seriously! read more

When we arrived at the winery one Saturday morning, I wondered if we had pulled up the wrong driveway as it was so small. But, it was the right place. A small, right place. The tasting room is one of the smallest, if not the smallest, I have been to. We were met by Virginia, one of the owners. She was delightful and had a great sense of humor. Plus, she had some homemade meatballs to serve with the Zinfandels. She poured 5 wines, all reds. Of which we bought two. Their 01 & 04 Zins. They charge $10/per person for tastings. But, refund it with a bottle purchase. read more

This is the greatest little place on dry creek road. Charming couple who do everything themselves. The wine was fantastic!! We loved it so much, we became members. Could be the best kept secret on dry creek road! The wine is full of flavor and priced to move. read more

This gorgeous vineyard is a must on your next trip to Dry Creek. David is a wonderful guy who hosts a great tasting in one of the most gorgeous and intimate tasting rooms of the area. The meatballs they make in their wine reduction sauce is out of this wolds, then again so is the 2002 Syrah and 3 Valley Cuvee! I asked him if I could try the reserve stuff and he kindly insisted that it was for wine club members only and that I should join. I prodded a little more and he kindly pointed out that it would not be fair to his wine club members. He was (of course) completely correct and I respect the hell out of him and this vineyard for that. I will join next year (already joined 3 others this year). read more

We very much enjoyed our tasting at Yoakim - and we very much enjoyed the experience of tasting there as well. First, the wine - it's good stuff. My wife and I aren't wine club people - we find the clubs to be too rigid and generally not aligned with our values - but we gave some serious consideration to theirs. We thought the pricing was reasonable and the quality of the product was certainly there. There really weren't any misses on the tasting menu. And the atmosphere was great. The owner/operator was there and having a great time, along with all her guests. A group of young women were flirting with her son (also behind the counter) and she was eagerly egging them on. She shared some meatballs with the Zin sauce with us (and everyone else) that were pretty good. Everyone was very happy and we felt like a welcomed, if transient guest. She was very knowledgeable about her wine - which is naturally what you want in these situations - and shared her knowledge with us clearly and easily. Caveats: the tasting room is quite small and the parking lot even smaller - though we found spots in both with much of a problem. So all in all, a great place to stop in your Dry Creek adventure; nearly perfect - good wine, good energy, and fun people to taste with. read more

To preface, this is by far the WORST tasting experience I have ever had, and I doubt that I can fully convey the feeling of hostility of the treatment we received. This experience started going wrong from the minute we walked into the tasting room. There were 8 people in our party, though not all of us tasting. Owner David (who was visibly drunk) had a huge problem with the size of our party, and he remarked loudly that we could have at least made an appointment. Fair enough, but how about saying that to us, and not snidely to the pourer? Next, we told him that there were two existing club members, plus more that wanted to sign up, but he did not seem to care about this. Instead he told us raise our hands if we wanted to taste, and made a big show of counting how many wanted to taste and announcing that there was a tasting fee for non-members. He eventually decided that the five of us tasting would be allowed to taste without charge, but at that point we had enough of his belittling comments/treatment, and decided just to leave. In sum, unless you want to be treated like freeloading dirt, consider patronizing one the many high quality neighboring vineyards instead... read more

Really enjoyed our visit to Yoakim. The owners are so cute together. She's fully of energy. He's very informative. And they had some food to pair along with their beautiful wines - meatballs in their own home made sauce and home brined olives. We loved their Syrah and left with a couple bottles read more

This wonderful winery is NOT closed. It's open for business Friday through Sunday from 11am to 4pm. Their wine is amazing. Virginia and David operate the greenest winery in Dry Creek Vallley. It's all dry farmer. No chemicals. Just good stuff. Cheers. read more

Spent $145 on 3 bottles and yet was charged for tasting. Give me a break. That left a bad taste in my mouth. Greed. My friend that was tasting with me bought 4 bottles and was also charged! Add to this that it 15$ per tasting. I don't care how many nasty Costco meatballs u give me, not worth 30$ tasting fees. read more

Tried to stop here to taste some wine but was turned away. Apparently this is not a good spot for a group of 8. The owner was incredibly rude to our group. We barely made it out if the car and she started yelling for us to go away. I can understand that some of the wineries are small and can't accommodate groups. That said, she could have been polite. I was shocked at how rude she was. I can tell you that this place is off my list. I will never be back. read more

This is a family owned and ran vineyard by just one sweet married couple. Their old vine zin is excellent and pairs great with their zin sauce meatballs. The tasting is $10 and comped with purchase. Great small little tasting room that's worth a stop as others have stated. Do it. read more

Very small winery with AMAZING wines! The owners are the 2 employees and really great people. Prices are unbelievably reasonable for the quality of wine served!! This will become one of our regular spots when we are wine tasting! read more

Overall I had a very pleasant experience at this winery. The quality of the wines were high (exceptional Zin). The winemaker/pourer was very friendly, generous, and maybe a bit snobbish. The grounds and tasting room are meager, tasteful, and quaint. There is a tasting fee that is applied to the purchase. read more

Luv their Zin. You gotta have the Zin sauce and costco meatballs! I've been saving some for my dad for the last 7 mos (he's in the hospital and in for a treat next week when he gets out [ok that was too personal, but oh well]). The folks here are too much fun. So friendly. read more

Best wine and by far the best tasting experience in Sonoma. We went with a group of 7 and had no problem. It's a small business, but it is really interesting that the only two employees are the owners (a couple. . . I think they told us they were not married). They made the tasting fun and exciting with a bunch of interesting stories which made the wine even better. Out of the 10 wineries we went to on this trip, this one was by far the best. Definitely worth the tasting fee without a doubt. We were smiling and happy the entire 45 minutes we spent there. And the meatballs with the glaze were really good too. read more

I cannot believe the 1 star reviews of this place. We first found them in 1999, by chance after having a glass of the Zinfandel at a cafe in Healdsburg. After lunch, we decided to drive up Dry Creek Road and check out the area and stop along the way. We just happened to drive right up to Yoakim Bridge. When we pulled in, Virginia was hacking away at the oleander encroaching on the driveway. We kindly asked if they were still open and could we taste. She said "Absolutely, c'mon in!" Immediately, we were family and have been ever since that very first day, from the seriously humble beginnings of a board extended across 2 barrels as the tasting room, in the barn where Dave makes the wine. It was special and small production from 2 people who know what they're doing , and they do it well. They have grown up to have a small tasting room, but the charm is still there. And the view out across the vines , so beautiful. One visit, we showed up as they were headed out the door to meet friends for dinner. They invited us into the private home kitchen, poured us a glass from the bottles that were left from the day, St Georges cheese was offered and we were in heaven once again. Now that isn't the behaviour of a snob or elitist. I now live in Laguna Beach, so getting up to see them is a rare and special occasion. I am in the wine club and receive a case shipped in 6 bottles 2 times a year. There is a common note to each vintage that is recognisably Dave's chemistry and Virginia's pallet, it is undeniable in each sip. Delicious wines, notes of jam, leather and tobacco. Delicious from start to finish. I do wish the 1 star reviewers would give it another chance, it's a favorite spot for me that conjures up so many memories of good days and nights with friends, enjoying incredible wines and making more memories for years to come. read more