The Meeker Vineyards

Big reds. Good people. Great stories. Come be part of «The Tribe» and skip the lines of tourists at your Napa standards.

Our first visit was over Winter Wineland weekend a few years back, and we’ve been repeat customers ever since. Great wines appropriate for a range of budgets, and a the Meeker family and their employees are a friendly, lively bunch (to put it mildly!) It’s always a great stop to bring our out of town visitors. Don’t miss FroZin, their petite Syrah, and the Kings Cab. And make sure to bring home at least a few of whatever they’ve got on special for those easy drinking nights.

Amazing reds, huge selection, and the Meeker family know what they are doing. We had a great time, learned a ton, joined the Wine Club, and drank some amazing wines! Thanks Kelly, Ty, and Lucas!

Since Unilocal is about service, this is not what I thought about their wines, though they did not impress me either.
I guess to be fair for the sake of the review, I should state that the woman and young man that poured for us told us that they were Meeker’s «B team». Hmm… not something we want to hear when we’re paying for a tasting. They had plenty of bottles to taste… in fact probably too many since towards the end (what was there? Like 8…) they all started to taste similar. What made me disappointed in this tasting room was that we learned nothing. Not one single thing. When we asked questions they referenced the back of the bottle, which didn’t have the answers, and we could have looked at our self. They were not busy in there at all and it would have been nice had their been some conversation going on. They couldn’t even tell us where the grapes were from which was sad.
At the very least, I think Meeker should invest in some information cards on their bottles so that tasters can learn more about their wines. Also it would have been nice if they had the price of bottles listed somewhere. We didn’t end up buying anything in our group of 4 people. My husband asked if he could taste their malbec and he was told no. Obviously we’re not going to buy a bottle if we can’t taste it. Pretty much the tasting was a bust. I wouldn’t come back to this tasting room.

BIG. BEEFY. REDS.
You cannot do any better than Meeker for a cool tasting room, friendly people, and excellent wines. Do yourself a favor and don’t miss Geyserville and Meeker!
I have been a Tribe Member for 14 years and have never been disappointed.

I love the Meeker Vinyard! Great wine, great owners & staff, and a must stop when you are in Geyserville! You will not be disappointed. ;)

Great little stop on our planned route from Fieldstone to Silver Oak. Tastings are $ 5 and comped with a purchase. We were the first group of the day at noon so it was certainly a very laid back tasting and our host was playing DJ as well. We got a great history of the winemaker and each wine, even good background on the cool and unique labels. Wines were very reasonable from$ 28 – 40 for most bottles. This was prob the most unique tasting we have ever had and recommend a stop there if near the area. Make sure to try handprint merlot… I got a magnum, couldn’t help myself.
And across is a general store with freshly made sandwiches!

Awesome! The folks at Meeker are always friendly and helpful, which makes tasting in the old Geyserville Bank a lot of fun. Their wines are always top notch in quality and very reasonably priced. This is always a must-​do when we go to Sonoma County.

We love their wines so this was a good visit. The server was knew so we didn’t have as much knowledge to guide us but we still ended up with a good experience and more wine.

This is a great little stop in the one horse town of Geyserville. Meeker has taken an old bank hostage, and transformed it into a wine tasting room.
I have been here on multiple occasions over a 3 year period, and consistently a good time is had by all. They have some great red wines. The Four Kings Cab is my absolute favorite here. They also make a great Zin dessert wine called «FroZin.» I have made some great «FroZinis» using the suggested recipe.
The recipe is simple:
* One part FroZin
* One part Vodka
* Lemon
Mix equal parts FroZin and vodka, and shake over ice. Serve in a martini glass and garnish with slice of lemon.
I highly suggest you make a stop up here when you get overexposed to the vineyard setting and are looking for a nice place to have some fun.

I loved this place, best stop on our Barrel Tasting Weekend. The girl pouring the wine was super nice and helpful and she actually knew everything we wanted. I would totally recommend this place. I wish I had bought the Four Kings bottle it was really good but ended up getting the Frozin which is a nice dessert wine.

Absolutely loved this winery. We bought over a case of wine here, it was that good. The tasting was a blast, the guy behind the counter was knowledgeable and funny. Why can’t all tasting rooms have this kind of service? He listened to what we said and altered our tasting to fit our palate. Excellent service.
As the other reviews have said, it is an old bank, complete with teller windows and bank vault. This lends to a great atmosphere, and a comfortable feel. I can’t say enough good things about this winery, I highly recommend trying it for yourself!

We went here. We bought a bunch of wines. The labels are funky. The grapes are from all over the place. The tasting room is an old bank.
In my mind, Meeker is how I visualize a California family winery making it with all the big corporate giants trying to push them out.
We definitely bought a bunch of the lobster cove unoaked chardonnay at a really good price. I got some of the higher end stuff too, for fun. Lots of tannins on the reds.
This is a good spot. I would recommend. The labels are fun and the wine isn’t too serious.
We had an awesome time here.

The young guy who pours the stuff is super helpful and cool. I’d be friends with the chap.
The rando setting of the place (in a 1906 «old west» B of A) is super cool.
The distinctive and fun wine bottle designs — super cool.
The two kinds of ice wines that I purchased and recipes for martinis to make with them, super cool.
All in all, super cool.

I am Proud and delighted to be the 1^st person to review Meeker! Also a little shocked because they are so good and fun I can’t believe no fellow Unilocalers have written about it but here goes.
I have been a wine club member here for 5 years! Started with the Taste of the Valley and just dove in from there. Visiting Meeker is like going home, great wine at great prices, sweet and generous wine slingers who know how to pour.
As a «tribe» member I have enjoyed several barrel tasting, harvest, crush and just plain old time to party parties hosted by Charlie and Molly and eachone has been a blast! These folk put a beast on a spit, hire a band get the chocolate fountain flowing and it’s ON!!!
Check them out when next you tour the Alexander Valley area it is worth the stop and I am betting you will be a tribe member before you leave the door.
PS– you can even leave your mark in their restroom, they provide sharpies and the walls are your canvas. It’s hilarious reading while doing your business!

A little gem in geyserville. The tasting room staff was fun and full of personality. I rarely ever like sweet/​dessert wine so I was surprised when I liked their Fro Zin so I had to buy some. I also liked that the wine makers leave their mark on their Handprint. Merlot, it shows their passion for their wine and the winery.
I would definitely recommend making it part of your geyserville wine tasting experience. You can tell its a locals fave by the club members that brought their friends in.

Meeker will make you WEEP like a little SISSY BOY because their wines will dominate your pretentious palate with their awesomeness. Not only will their BIG wines (4 Kings) make you realize how much your notion of wines is sad, but almost every varietal they have is spot on.
Meeker is our favorite vineyard and they offer enough variety that we basically just subscribe to their wine club (The «Tribe») and call it a day. No other vineyards need apply.
Yes their wines cost more than 2 buck chuck, but jeez, you can go to Napa and drop $ 300 on a bottle. I think $ 25 is pretty fine.
Also, the whole Meeker family (literally) is incredibly cool, nice, and full of personality.
My only sadness is that we now live in Seattle and cannot attend their events and visit them in person.

Meeker, I’m sorry I prematurely judged you! This was the first winery of many that we stopped at during the Wine & Food Affair up in Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys. And unfortunately at first glance, we all thought this stop was a bust, however…
Once we entered the tasting room, we all realized we were mistaken… Not only were there at least eight wines for us to try, but they had delicious pulled pork sandwiches with pomegranate coleslaw as their food, a really cool interior, huge pours, an extremely friendly staff, and awesome Motown music!
Although Meeker isn’t the most aesthetically pleasing winery on the outside, the inside is really amazing. The tasting room is an old converted bank. Wine is served out of the old teller booths and the huge vault has been converted into a wine cellar.
Unlike other wineries we visited during the Wine & Food Affair, the staff at Meeker were extremely friendly and fun. Being younger many wineries offered us skimpy pours, however Meeker provided us with hefty pours of their delicious wines and we were even able to meet the wine maker who was also pouring that day.
All the wines were delicious… everyone in our group was a big fan of the Winemaker’s Hand Print Merlot. Now I’m not usually a Merlot fan, but this wine was bigger than other Merlots I’ve tried and the slightly spicy finish was perfect! Plus, the wine bottle is actually decorated with the winemakers handprints! Seriously, these wine bottles were beautiful I contemplated buying one soley based on the rainbow handprints… Meeker also had some great Zins and really beautiful labels for all their wines. We also really enjoyed the FroZin… this dessert wine was sweet and smooth, and combined with a piece of dark chocolate, it really was a party in my mouth.
Meeker ended up being by far the favorite of all the wineries we visited during the Wine & Food Affair… maybe it’s because I don’t really remember the wineries towards the end… but probably not. So if you’re looking for a fun wine tasting atmosphere, combined with reasonably priced wines, Meeker is definitely your one stop shop.

We enjoyed so-​so wines with above par inadvertent local entertainment at Meeker.
Meeker is located in a on old bank building in downtown Geyserville. While we were tasting, the town drunk came in. She stated that there was a restaurant on the block that would no longer let her in since being the town drunk was not an honor in their eyes.
When she learned that we were from SF, she claimed that she was well. She claimed to have grown up at 17^th & Divisadero. Ummmmmmm.. .. . OK, honey, I live at a corner that doesn’t exist either. It’s all good.
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2÷27÷08 UPDATE: I did buy a bottle of their ’03 Zinfandel and just we just drank it. I have to say it was quite good especially for the price — $ 14. It needed to breathe and smelled of alcohol upon opening. But, once it breathed a while it was a typical Mendocino Zin exhibiting that mellow Mendo Zin fruit.

I have died and gone to red wine heaven!
I actually came to Meeker the first time at a work-​related wine tasting tour (yeah, I love where I work, too). The tasting room is/​was (they’re moving it I think…) in an old bank and they keep the wine in the vault. They used to do tastings in a tee pee. This should give you some idea about the atmosphere of general irreverence and fun that seems to surround Meeker. I always get the feeling that it’s really one big extended family and I just came over for a visit and a glass.
Anyway, the wines — fantastic! They specialize in Zinfandel (I cannot keep the Idle Home Zin in my cellar — it just disappears), but have several other varietals as well, almost all reds. If they are pouring it try the Handprint Merlot and the Petite Verdot. Yum! And they have a lovely dessert wine called Fro-​zin (don’t give me that look — I find most dessert wines sickeningly sweet too but this will make you a believer).
Take the time to head up to Geyserville and check this place out.