Landmark Vineyards

We believe wine is an essential part of gracious living and Landmark enhances the experience of every meal and social gathering.

The success of Landmark Vineyards began in the heartland of America in 1838. It began when John Deere invented the steel plow and unearthed America's agricultural abundance.

That commitment to innovative means of production and respect for the land, and what the land had to offer, moved like aMary and Mike DNA chromosome from one generation to another until it found another challenge in the soil of California, Sonoma County, wine country: Landmark Vineyards.

Landmark Vineyards was originally founded in Windsor, Sonoma County in 1974. It was a small family winery that was slowly being smothered by urban sprawl. But the facility was saved in 1989, when Damaris Deere Ethridge. the great, great, granddaughter of John Deere, visited wine country with a vision. Like her ancestor, she wanted to reunite herself and her family with the soil.

Damaris believed Landmark could be a small jewel of a winery, producing limited amounts of the world's finest Chardonnay. She purchased Landmark and relocated the facility from Windsor to Kenwood. She built a winery combining a traditional Spanish mission style exterior with a bright contemporary interior equipped with the state-of-the-art winemaking equipment. It was a blend of old and new, of what the land knew and the promise it offered.

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