Russian River Valley · Sonoma County
Visit Sanglier Cellars with a Private Chauffeur
Small-lot wines from a farmer-winemaker and a celebrated home cook on an old-vine Zinfandel ranch, poured at private tastings, and a suggested six-hour day of tasting around it.
Book a Six-Hour Wine Tour
About the Winery
Glenn and Melissa Alexander grew up in rural East Texas, met in college in 1974 and spent twenty years in business before turning to food and wine. Visitors to Sonoma County since 1985, in 2001 they bought a farmhouse with a nine-acre old-vine Zinfandel vineyard in the Russian River Valley, the Home Ranch, and started a new life. Their children, Chelsea and Dustin, are partners in the winery.
Glenn went back to farming: he studied viticulture, worked in the cellar at Preston in Dry Creek Valley and farmed vineyards for neighbors and for wineries such as Paul Hobbs, Pahlmeyer and Lynmar, growing grapes for Far Niente, Williams Selyem and Failla. He studied winemaking at UC Davis and in summer classes at the University of Bordeaux, worked with Denis Malbec, the former winemaker at Château Latour, and helped Gonzague and Clare Lurton of Château Durfort-Vivens start their Sonoma County winery. He now focuses only on Sanglier, making small lots inspired by Melissa's cooking.
Melissa filled the farmhouse gardens with more than thirty fruit trees, heirloom vegetables and herbs grown from seeds collected in Provence and Gascony, and she is an inductee of the San Francisco chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier. The wines are sold mainly through the Hogs & Frogs Wine Club, and a visit is a private tasting arranged ahead, not a walk-in tasting room, so it suits guests who want to meet the people behind a very small label.
Tasting Fees
Tasting fees to be verified upon reservation.
Tasting fees as of September 2026. Wineries set and collect their own fees, and they change from time to time.
At a Glance
Location
1720 River Road, Fulton
AVA
Russian River Valley
Visiting
Private tastings by appointment only; there is no walk-in tasting room. Hours and fees are not published. We arrange the visit on your behalf and confirm the time and place when booking.
Known For
Small-lot Russian River Valley wines, including old-vine Zinfandel from the Home Ranch, made to go with food
Founded
2001 (Home Ranch bought)
Good to Know
Visits are private and arranged ahead. Most wines are available only to members of the Hogs & Frogs Wine Club; join through the winery's website.
A Suggested Six-Hour Day
Pickup from 10:05 a.m. at a Santa Rosa or Healdsburg hotel such as Vinarosa or Hotel Healdsburg.
10:05 · Pickup at Vinarosa or Hotel Healdsburg
Vinarosa, set among 92 acres of vineyards in Santa Rosa, is about 5 minutes from Sanglier Cellars, and Hotel Healdsburg, on the town plaza, about 25; we time each pickup for a 10:30 start. The day below runs about six hours; extra time is added by the hour.
10:30 · Sanglier Cellars
A private tasting arranged ahead; the fee is confirmed when we book.
11:45 · Sunce Winery & Vineyard
About 10 minutes away. Croatian-born winemaker Frane Franicevic and his wife, Janae, make small lots of some 43 varieties, many rarely seen elsewhere, beside their Zora's estate Pinot Noir vineyard on Olivet Road; guests who like to explore beyond Pinot and Chardonnay love it. Tastings are $25. Open Thursday to Monday, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; book online.
1:00 · Lunch at Willow Wood Market Cafe
About 15 minutes away. A café, soda fountain and general store at the center of Graton since 1995, serving down-home comfort food on a remodeled patio or inside. Lunch from 11:30 a.m., with brunch on Sundays. Prefer a picnic? We can arrange a catered picnic at a winery that allows one; the cost is quoted when you book.
2:30 · Reichwage Winery
About 20 minutes away. Max Reichwage farms Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, Gamay Noir and Carignane on an old Sebastopol apple ranch and sells about half his grapes to wineries such as Littorai, Ridge and Carlisle. The seated tasting of five wines, in a new farmhouse tasting room looking over West Sonoma County, is $40, waived with a four-bottle purchase. Open Friday to Sunday; appointments from noon, the last at 4 p.m.
3:30 · Back to your hotel
Back in Santa Rosa by 4:05 p.m., or Healdsburg by 4:20 p.m.
Three wineries is the right pace for a day of serious tasting. This day works Friday to Sunday, when Reichwage is open; Sanglier's private tastings are arranged ahead, so we confirm the day and time when we book.
About $65 per person at Sunce and Reichwage, paid directly to each winery; the Sanglier tasting fee is to be verified upon reservation.
Every tour is custom. This day is a starting point: your chauffeur will shape it around what matters to you, and we plan multi-day tours for guests who want to see more of wine country.
Your Vehicle & Six-Hour Tour Rates
Up to 6 guests
Elite Luxury SUV
Lincoln Navigator or Cadillac Escalade
From $750
Six-hour wine tour, plus 20% gratuity. Additional hours $125 each.
Up to 9 guests
Jet Sprinter or Executive Luxury Van
Captain's chairs and room to spread out
From $1,350
Six-hour wine tour, plus 20% gratuity. Additional hours $225 each.
Larger groups travel in more than one vehicle, and we plan the winery appointments around your group, since many wineries limit groups to 6 to 8 guests. Tasting fees are separate and paid directly to each winery. Every tour starts with six hours; add time by the hour when you book.
Questions
Can you visit Sanglier Cellars?
Yes, by private appointment only; there is no walk-in tasting room. When you book a tour with us, your chauffeur makes the reservation for you.
How much is a tasting at Sanglier Cellars?
Tasting fees are not published and are to be verified upon reservation.
Who owns Sanglier Cellars?
Glenn and Melissa Alexander, who bought their Russian River Valley farmhouse and old-vine Zinfandel vineyard in 2001, with their children Chelsea and Dustin as partners. Glenn is the farmer and winemaker.
How can I buy Sanglier wine?
Mostly through the Hogs & Frogs Wine Club; the winery also has an online shop and a mailing list.
What is special about Sanglier?
It is a very small farm winery whose wines are made to go with food, from a winemaker who has farmed more than 30 vineyards in Sonoma County and a cook whose table is famous among local chefs and winemakers.
How does booking a tour with Bien Chauffeured work?
Reserve a six-hour tour online, even if your plans are still taking shape. Your chauffeur will email you first to learn what matters to you, then build your itinerary and make the winery appointments. Extra hours can be added.
Reserve Your Tour Now, Plan the Details Later
Your plans don't need to be final to book. Reserve your six-hour tour online, and your chauffeur will email you first to learn what matters to you, then build your itinerary and make the winery appointments. Prefer to talk? Call our concierge at 888-291-2328.
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