Welcome to Ehret Family Winery

Ehret Family Winery is the creation of husband and wife team, Pierre and Susan Ehret. The winery, located in the highly esteemed Knights Valley in Northern Sonoma County, hand crafts small lots of award winning Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc and a red meritage blend  from the winery’s estate Bavarian Lion Vineyard.

Pierre Ehret is the owner of Sonoma County’s renowned Flamingo Resort Hotel and Conference Center in Santa Rosa, California. Between his ownership of the hotel and his upbringing in Germany, Pierre developed an appreciation and understanding of fine wines, both domestic and European. That appreciation led to establishing the Bavarian Lion Vineyard in Knights Valley which has outsourced it’s grapes to such notables as Beringer Winery, Adobe Road Winery and Cakebread. From there the passion led Pierre down an obvious path and Ehret Family Winery was born.

A Family Affair

Ehret Family Winery is more than just Pierre and Susan – the winery exists for the next generation, their children Alex, Christian, and Isabelle. The Ehret Family is dedicated to creating estate wines of quality and distinction which will continue, with well earned respect, far into the future.

A Star Winemaker

To create those outstanding wines, the Ehret Family hired Nick Goldschmidt of Goldschmidt Vineyards, Forefathers Wines, and the excellent wines in the portfolio of Beam Wine Estates (now Constellation Brands’ Vintas BWE). Born and trained in New Zealand, Nick has international winemaking experience from California to Argentina, and from Australia to Europe. Nick’s minimalist approach to winemaking  has earned him the respect and praise of colleagues and critics alike.