Dry Creek Valley · Sonoma County
Visit Spicy Vines with a Private Chauffeur
A lively Healdsburg tasting room for spiced wines, small-lot California wines, blending classes and Saturday music, and a suggested six-hour day of tasting around it.
Book a Six-Hour Wine Tour
About the Winery
Spicy Vines is a female-founded, family-run winery led by Crystalyn Hackett, its founder and managing director, and her partner Doug Hackett, the winemaker, whose wines have won more than 200 medals. Its tasting room is on Healdsburg Avenue at the north end of downtown Healdsburg.
Doug makes small-lot wines from high-elevation and old-vine vineyards across California, and the winery is known for its signature spiced wines and spirits alongside them. The winery itself is on Pine Mountain, where Spicy Vines offers a private tasting with the winemaker, with barrel samples and the mountain views.
The tasting room is a relaxed, lively stop: curated flights, wines by the glass or bottle, wine cocktails and house-made food, live music on Saturday afternoons and dogs welcome. It also runs hands-on classes: a blending class with the winemaker, in which you taste from the barrel, blend your own wine, then bottle and label it, and a wine mixology class with Crystalyn. Because it opens at noon, it begins a later day.
Tasting Fees
Tasting fees to be verified upon reservation. Spicy Vines does not publish prices for its flights and classes.
Tasting fees as of September 2026. Wineries set and collect their own fees, and they change from time to time.
At a Glance
Location
441 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg
AVA
Dry Creek Valley
Visiting
Open Thursday to Monday, noon to 6 p.m. Reservations strongly encouraged, especially on weekends, through Tock or by phone or email.
Known For
Spiced wines and spirits, and small-lot wines from high-elevation and old-vine California vineyards
Founded
Founding year not published
Good to Know
All guests must be 21 or older. Dogs are welcome. Live music on Saturdays from 3 to 6 p.m. The blending and mixology classes and the Pine Mountain winery visit are booked ahead.
A Suggested Six-Hour Day
Pickup at 11:45 a.m. from a Healdsburg hotel such as Hotel Healdsburg or Harmon Guest House.
11:45 · Pickup at Hotel Healdsburg or Harmon Guest House
Hotel Healdsburg, on the town plaza, and Harmon Guest House, a boutique hotel just off the plaza, are each about 5 minutes from Spicy Vines, which opens at noon, so this is a later day. The day below fits a six-hour tour, and extra time can be added by the hour.
12:00 · Spicy Vines
A seated flight in the tasting room, or a blending class booked ahead; we confirm the fee when we book.
1:05 · Lunch at Bravas Bar de Tapas
About 5 minutes away. James Beard finalists Mark and Terri Stark's tapas bar on Center Street, steps from the Healdsburg plaza, with paella, Spanish wines and tables indoors or outside. Open daily from 11:30 a.m. Prefer a picnic? We can arrange a catered picnic at a winery that allows one; the cost is quoted when you book.
2:40 · Zichichi Family Vineyard
About 25 minutes away. A family estate on West Dry Creek Road with head-pruned Zinfandel and Petite Sirah vines planted in 1920. A host leads a behind-the-scenes walk through the winery, past the barrels and the harvest equipment, then pours four estate wines of your choosing in the rustic tasting room. The winery does not publish its tasting fee. By appointment, daily 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
3:50 · Seaton Family Vineyards
About 10 minutes away. The Seaton family has farmed this ranch on West Dry Creek Road since 1966, when it was apple, prune and pear orchards; Buzz Seaton farms the vineyard and his daughters help run the winery, with views over the family's vines. The family tasting of six wines is $20, waived with a wine purchase, and the Private Tasting is $200 per group of up to 8. Reservations by phone.
4:50 · Back to your hotel
Back in Healdsburg by 5:20 p.m.
Three wineries is the right pace for a day of serious tasting. Spicy Vines opens at noon, Thursday to Monday, so this day starts at 11:45 and ends around 5:20. Zichichi takes appointments until 4:30 and Seaton does not publish its hours, so we confirm both when we book.
About $20 per person at Seaton, paid directly to the winery; tasting fees at Spicy Vines and Zichichi are 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
Do I need a reservation at Spicy Vines?
Reservations are strongly encouraged, especially on weekends, and the classes are booked ahead. When you book a tour with us, your chauffeur makes the reservation for you.
How much is a tasting at Spicy Vines?
Spicy Vines does not publish its prices online, so tasting fees are to be verified upon reservation.
What are spiced wines?
Spicy Vines is known for its signature spiced wines and spirits, poured alongside its small-lot wines from high-elevation and old-vine California vineyards.
Can children visit Spicy Vines?
No. All guests must be 21 or older. Dogs are welcome.
Who owns Spicy Vines?
Crystalyn Hackett, founder and managing director, and Doug Hackett, partner and winemaker.
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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