The Press

Wine Cocktails

Bring a little French apéro culture to your next gathering. Inspired by time spent in Bordeaux, Grace Hafner explores the art of unwinding with friends, good wine, and plenty of snacks, plus a coll...

Chardonnay Harvest

Harvest 2026 arrived earlier than ever at Hafner Vineyard. After an early growing season, a cool summer, and smaller yields, we began picking Chardonnay nearly a month earlier than usual. The excit...

Tips on Receiving Wine via UPS

UPS has made some changes to how they deliver wine, and we want to help make sure your Hafner wine gets to you without a hitch. In many cases, UPS will make just one delivery attempt. If no one 21 ...

Midwest Trip

This summer, we took Hafner Vineyard on the road, sharing our wines with longtime patrons and introducing their friends to our family winery in Illinois and Minnesota. From an intimate country club...

Spring Barrel Tastings

Last Saturday, we completed our final Spring Barrel Tasting here in Alexander Valley. A tradition started by my grandparents and continued by my uncle, Scott Hafner, these gatherings are a wonderfu...

California Wines Sales & Family Road Trip

While we sell 95% of our wine to people at home, we sell the remaining to top California restaurants. Following the pandemic, we are reviving our restaurant accounts which took us to Southern Calif...

How to Host a Blind Tasting

Wine tasting should be about enjoyment, not intimidation. Whether we are conducting professional sessions at the winery or sharing a bottle at home, we believe that every opinion is matters and tha...

Meet the Team - Miguel

"Meet the Team" is our blog series that introduces each of the Hafner Vineyard team members. We answer a series of questions about ourselves and our time at Hafner Vineyard. Miguel Dominguez is cel...

Gerardo's Retirement

After 44 harvests at Hafner Vineyard, longtime employee Gerardo Lopez has retired. Gerardo was a master tractor driver and a cornerstone of the vineyard's operations. Part of the Lopez family legac...

Wine Tips

During the holidays, patrons often open special bottles, sometimes even discovering forgotten vintages tucked away in the cellar, so we’ve gathered a few helpful tips to make the most of them. From...

Printable Holiday Gift Tags

Sharing homemade touches has always been one of my favorite parts of the Holiday Season, especially when our whole family is gathered together. This year, I’m delighted to share a simple DIY projec...

Salsa & Wine Gift Box Recipes

We've partnered with Kathleen of Tienda Salsita to create a Rosé and Salsa Gift Box for the Holidays, available until December 5th. On our blog, Kathleen guest authors a post about her experience m...

Wine Gift Box

There’s a special joy in giving a gift that feels personal and meaningful, one that says, “I thought of you.” In our family, we learned this through the tradition of the “Gift Box,” a stash of uniq...

Thanksgiving Wine

Thanksgiving is a time that is filled with abundance and sharing. We've always believed that wine is meant to be enjoyed with food and shared with family and friends. Thanksgiving is a perfect mome...

Cabernet Sauvignon vs Malbec

Winemaker Parke Hafner shares the key differences between Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, two red wines known for their rich flavors and character both of which we grow at our vineyard here in Sonom...

Next Gen Party 2025

Last Saturday, we hosted our annual Next Generation Harvest Party here at the winery. It’s a way we introduce the next generation of Hafner patrons to our wine and wine in general. We had a lively ...

Bird Watercolors

Sarah Hafner shares the inspiration behind her two new watercolors - a kestrel and quail. Originally painted for her granddaughter Marie's room, we shared those two illustrations on notepads that w...

Barrel Fermented Chardonnay

Barrel fermented Chardonnay is one of the techniques we use at Hafner Vineyard, typical of Burgundian white wines. Unlike tank-fermented Chardonnay (traditional of California), which highlights bri...

French Intern Raphael

Forty years ago, we began our internship program with an agricultural school in Toulouse, France. This year, we welcomed Raphaël Gleize to the winery and our home. He arrived in time for bottling a...

Summer Smiles

In June, we launched the Summer Smiles Photograph Contest and here at the winners! Captured are anniversaries, proposals, weddings, family reunions, milestone birthdays, evenings with neighbors and...