Handwritten Wines

Handwritten Wines is a downtown Yountville tasting room with a wine lounge atmosphere and evening hours, producing small-lot wines whose name reflects the personal, artisanal nature of the winemaking. Founded in 2007, the label takes its name from the idea that great wine is as personal and unique as a person's handwriting, with each vintage and each vineyard source leaving its own distinctive signature. The Yountville tasting room provides a casual, social space that stays open later than most valley tasting rooms, filling a genuine gap in the village's evening hospitality.

The winery sources from vineyards across Northern California, with Cabernet from Napa Valley, Pinot Noir from cool-climate Sonoma sites, and Chardonnay from vineyards that preserve natural acidity. The multi-regional approach gives the winemaking team access to a diversity of terroirs, enabling a portfolio that spans styles from bold to delicate. The sourcing relationships have been maintained over years, ensuring consistent fruit quality.

Winemaker Sam Coturri produces wines that emphasize transparency and site expression, with each bottling showing the character of its source vineyard rather than a winemaker's imposed style. The Cabernet is structured and dark, the Pinot Noir is light and aromatic, and the Chardonnay is balanced and food-friendly. The portfolio provides a range of styles in a single visit that most single-estate tasting rooms cannot offer.

The tasting room on Washington Street offers a relaxed, walk-in-friendly experience with comfortable seating and the kind of atmosphere that encourages visitors to settle in rather than rush through a flight. The evening hours fill a gap in Yountville's hospitality, providing a wine destination for visitors who want to continue exploring after the day's formal appointments have ended. The $45 fee includes the portfolio in an inviting, lounge-like setting.

Handwritten demonstrates that Yountville's tasting room culture can accommodate casual, social spaces alongside its more formal offerings, and that a wine label's personality can be as distinctive and individual as the handwriting that inspired its name.