Hook & Ladder Winery

In 1970, San Francisco firefighter Cecil De Loach and his wife Christine staked their claim in the wine grape business by purchasing 24 acres of old-vine Zinfandel in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. In the early seventies, the De Loaches decided to acquire additional vineyard land.

For several years they watched others make notable wine from their grapes before making the decision to produce wine under the De Loach label in 1975.

More than three decades later, Cecil and Christine sold that label and have continued their winemaking skills at the helm of a small family winery that employs a simple philosophy - craft exceptional wines, from the highest quality grapes, that people love to drink.

We consider each step of the winemaking process an opportunity to showcase the distinctive flavors contained within our carefully cultivated grapes. Every bottle of wine is a worthy representation of the best effort from each and every person at Hook and Ladder Vineyards and Winery.

Our Winery tasting room offers tasting daily from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and is located on Olivet Road in the heart of Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley. Winery and vineyard tours are available by appointment. Our $10 tasting fee includes our guests choice of 5 different wines from our lovely Estate Grown, Russian River Valley and Chalk Hill vineyards. Our tasting fee will be waived upon a 2 bottle purchase.

Group Tastings of 8 people or more are available with a reservation, please contact the winery to schedule a tasting reservation for large groups. We also offer, Private, VIP tastings and tours for groups of any size, by appointment.