Buena Vista Chardonnay, California (2024)

Founded in 1857 by the visionary Count Agoston Haraszthy, Buena Vista is California’s oldest premium winery and a cornerstone of American viticultural history. Nestled in the Sonoma Valley, this legendary estate pioneered the introduction of European Vitis vinifera vines to the state. Today, operating from its original, hand-carved stone cellars, Buena Vista champions terroir-driven Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and heritage Zinfandel. Meticulously honoring its aristocratic past, the winery delivers classically structured, elegant expressions of Sonoma County that seamlessly bridge centuries of Old World pedigree with vibrant New World energy.

California makes wine on a scale and at a level few places on earth can match - a thousand miles of coast where the cold Pacific does the work, pulling fog and sea air over vineyards that would otherwise bake. That single trick, warm sun tempered by ocean chill, lets it run from delicate coastal Pinot to mountain Cabernet of real depth. Unbound by Old World rule books, its winemakers built a world-class industry in a few short decades - and keep redrawing what New World wine can be.