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May 19, 2026
The MacRostie Healdsburg 2026 Guide
A Note on This Guide: We first published our Healdsburg restaurant recommendations a while...
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March 20, 2026
Sustainability in the Vineyard
At a Glance: Sustainable Wine at MacRostie Regenerative farming focused on soil health and...
October 30, 2025
2025 Harvest Reflections
As we brought in our final grapes of the season on October 10th, I...
October 16, 2025
Thale’s Estate Vineyard
Dear Friends, In 2013, the year I became winemaker at MacRostie, we acquired a...
September 25, 2025
Nightwing Vineyard Continues to Soar
In the few short years since we unveiled the debut wines from our Nightwing...
August 28, 2025
The Story of Wildcat Mountain
Our roots at Wildcat Mountain Vineyard run deep. In 1997, while helping his son...
June 9, 2025
Huichica Hills Vineyard
Making great wines begins with finding great vineyards; unique and lovingly tended sites with...
November 4, 2024
The 2024 Harvest at MacRostie
It’s hard to believe that 2024 is my fourteenth harvest here at MacRostie and...
September 24, 2024
The History of Sparkling Wine
Called Champagne in France, Prosecco in Italy, Cava in Spain, and sparkling wine throughout...
September 20, 2024
Sonoma Coast AVA
The history of winegrowing in Sonoma County goes back more than 200 years, with...
August 8, 2024
Celebrating MacRostie’s Deep Roots in the Russian River Valley
When it comes to world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, the famed vineyards of the...
June 11, 2024
Nightwing Vineyard
With the recent release of our stunning 2022 Nightwing Vineyard Chardonnay, I thought I...
April 2, 2024
The History of MacRostie’s Chardonnay Program
Steve MacRostie’s Half-Century Love Affair with Chardonnay In 1974, when most young winemakers were...
March 28, 2024
The History of Chardonnay
Historically cultivated in the Saône-et-Loire, between Dijon and Lyon, and ranging from Burgundy to...
March 15, 2024
Taylor Abudi
At MacRostie, we are a true Women-Led Winery, with Winemaker Heidi Bridenhagen and Assistant...
March 12, 2024
The Everyday Luxury of MacRostie’s
In 2013, when Steve MacRostie chose then-29-year-old Heidi Bridenhagen to take on the winemaking...
March 9, 2024
Carolina Guerra
In January of 2023, Carolina Guerra’s long-held dream of becoming a winemaker became a...
March 4, 2024
Heidi Bridenhagen
In 2013, at the age of 29, rising star Heidi Bridenhagen was named just...
February 12, 2024
The Dutton Family
Our relationship with the Dutton family and their acclaimed vineyards started in 2011, when...
February 9, 2024
Our MacRostie Vineyard Partners
The simple truth of winemaking is that it takes great vineyards to make exceptional...
February 5, 2024
A Decade of The Loch and The Key
Back in 2014, after almost 30 years of crafting Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from...
January 11, 2024
The History of Pinot Noir
From the Old (Ancient) World to the New World As one of the world’s...
November 1, 2023
The 2023 Harvest at MacRostie
It’s hard to believe that 2023 is my thirteenth harvest here at MacRostie and...
October 23, 2023
Bacigalupi Vineyards
At Bacigalupi Vineyards, Nicole Bacigalupi Dericco and her twin sister, Katey Bacigalupi Row, share...
September 20, 2023
Fall 2023 – In the Vineyards and Winery
As I write this blog, Labor Day has come and gone here in the...
September 14, 2023
The Legend of Monte Rosso Vineyard
A number of years back when we founded Clockwise as its own small winery,...
July 18, 2023
Walala Vineyard
In 2020, when MacRostie was offered the opportunity to work with grapes from Walala...
May 11, 2023
Spring 2023 – In the Vineyards and Winery
Here in beautiful Sonoma County, after a winter that saw us deluged with rain...
April 14, 2023
Sangiacomo Family Vineyards
We share the following story about Sangiacomo Family Vineyards in loving memory of our...
March 1, 2023
Meet Winemaker Heidi Bridenhagen
In 2013, at the age of 29, rising star Heidi Bridenhagen was named just...
February 13, 2023
Discovering Anderson Valley
For lovers of world-class, cool-climate Pinot Noir, the last few decades have been a...
January 12, 2023
The Art of the Blend
While the calendar says 2023, a good part of my heart and soul are...
January 4, 2023
Nightwing Vineyard Takes Flight
A decade ago, when I was named the winemaker for MacRostie, one of the...
October 24, 2022
Clockwise Brand
A number of years back, when we founded Clockwise as its own small winery,...
October 12, 2022
Fun Facts About the 2022 Harvest Season
Dear Friends,The 2022 harvest is upon us, and in what’s becoming a bit of...
September 16, 2022
2022 MacRostie Harvest Season
Harvest 2022 started in the pre-dawn hours on August 19th at our Thale's Estate...
October 15, 2021
2021 Harvest Report
MacRostie Winemaker Heidi Bridenhagen’s vintage 2021 MacRostie Harvest Report: "We kicked off the harvest...
October 15, 2021
Interview with Heidi Bridenhagen
In 2013, at the age of 29, rising star Heidi Bridenhagen was named just...
