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History

Hartford Family Winery was founded in 1994 as a result of Don and Jennifer Hartford's appreciation for the wines, the people, and the unique vineyards near their Russian River Valley home. Located in the Sonoma County town of Forestville, the winery is about 15 miles from the cool Pacific Coast.

Making delicious wines of high personality is directly related to the difficult locations of our vineyard sources, the limited production of our bo...

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Vineyards

Uniquely expressive, the vineyard sites chosen for Hartford Family Winery are located in some of the coolest areas of the Russian River Valley, Green Valley, Sonoma Coast, Anderson Valley and Carneros appellations.

 

Arrendell Vineyard

Arrendell Vineyard sits in arguably the coldest spot in the Green Valley sub-appellation of the Russian River AVA. The vineyard is sometimes referred to as the "Snow Shoe Vineyard" because, in wet years...

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Winemaking

Jeff Stewart is a perfect fit with Hartford's philosophy of "high risk-high reward" winemaking. At Hartford Family Winery, we embrace traditional winemaking techniques to produce luscious wines that express vineyard site or terroir. Gentle handling and sorting of both clusters and berries preserve fruit quality. Before fermentation is allowed to begin, whole berries and juice are placed in chilled tanks for nearly five days. This process extra...

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Inside information

Don Hartford, President, Hartford Family Winery

Don Hartford grew up on a small strawberry farm in western Massachusetts, and later attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. To cover the cost of tuition and expenses, Don worked as a "straw boss" on a cigar wrapper tobacco farm, a degreaser in a bicycle factory, and a lifeguard at Congamond Lakes in Massachusetts.

 

After earning a B.A., Don spent a year teaching English-as-...

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