White Oak founder Bill Myers

Born in Los Angeles, Bill Myers worked as a

building contractor and salmon fisherman in

Alaska. During the 1970's, Bill relocated to the

bucolic town of Healdsburg, California, sold

his boat, purchased his first vineyard in the

Alexander Valley and began to make wine.

With his newly purchased vineyard, a tiny

tasting room and wine production facility just

off the square in downtown Healdsburg, Bill

started making wines. He quickly became

recognized for producing wonderful

Chardonnay, Zinfandel and what was to

become White Oak's flagship wine: Sauvignon

Blanc. In 1991, Bill took home his first

Sonoma County Harvest Fair Sweepstakes

Award for his 1990 Sonoma County

Chardonnay.

In 1997, Bill formed an alliance with Burdell

Properties to pursue his vision of expanding

the winery and thereby creating the

foundation of today's White Oak. Don Groth

and Burdell Properties brought over 750 acres

of prime vineyards in Napa Valley and the

Russian River Valley to the winery.

Shortly thereafter Bill broke ground on this   impressive Mediteranean-style winery in the   most scenic area of the Alexander Valley.

The estate is nestled amongst seventeen   acres of Zinfandel vines dating back to 1929   and 1935. Bill then added small lots of Merlot,   Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc to the   estate.

White Oak's new tasting room in the

Alexander Valley opened in October of 1998.

Our tasting room staff is enthusiastic and

knowledgeable. We participate in many of the

annual Alexander Valley and Russian River

Valley wine road events and members of our

Wine Club enjoy four Winery events

throughout the year.

Presently, White Oak Vineyards & Winery has

nearly 750 acres of vineyards divided between

the Napa, Alexander and Russian River

Valleys. Roughly 10% of this fruit is used in

White Oak wines with the balance being sold

to other well known prestige wineries. We are

currently producing five artisan quality wines

for national distribution and two Estate wines,

which are only available through our tasting

room. Please call the winery for availability.

*The Winery is closed on the following

Holidays:

Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Year's Day