• Wine Regions
    • Napa Valley Wine Country Guide
    • Healdsburg – Russian River Wine Country
    • Sonoma Valley Wine Country Planning Guide
    • Mendocino Wine Country
    • Carneros
    • Paso Robles Wine Country
    • Santa Barbara Wine Country
    • Livermore Valley wineries
    • Lodi Wineries
    • Sierra Foothills Wineries
    • Monterey Wineries
    • Santa Cruz Wineries
    • Lake County Wine Country
    • Yolo County Wine Country
  • Tasting Room Guide
    • Tasting Room Etiquette
    • Napa Valley on a Budget 2022
    • How to Taste Wine
    • Bocce Wineries
    • Organic Wineries
    • The Wine Country Picnic
    • Vineyard Year
    • Best wine country backroads
    • Winery Wine Clubs
    • Buying Wine at a Winery
    • Wine Varietals
    • Wine Appellations
    • Solar Wineries in California
    • How many bottles of wine in a barrel?
    • Hiking in Wine Country
  • Wine Guide
    • Pairing Food & Wine
      • Which wines for dinner?
    • Which Wine Glass
    • Decanting wine
    • Which Corkscrew works best
    • Corkage Fees
    • Corked Wine
      • Preserving Wine – what to do with the unfinished bottle of wine
    • Hosting a Wine Tasting Party – How to pull it off
      • Hosting a Serious Wine Tasting Party
      • How to Host a Fun and Casual Wine Tasting Party
      • Wine Scoring Sheets | Wine Tasting Forms | Wine Scorecards
      • Checklist for Successful Wine Tasting
    • Wine Gifts for Wine Geeks
      • Best Wine Books
      • Top Ten Wine Cookbooks
      • Best wine fiction books
    • Best Wine Bargains
    • Wine Collection Tips
  • Wine Country Insider
    • Wine Trails off the Beaten Path
    • Quick Getaways
    • Hiking in Wine Country
    • When to Visit Wine Country
    • Which wine region to visit and why
    • Redwoods and Vineyards
  • Blog
  • About Us
  • Site Map
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise
You are here: Home / Archives for Topel tasting room

Topel tasting room

August 11, 2014 by Joe Becerra

Topel tasting room

The Topel tasting room is around the corner from the Plaza

About the Topel tasting room in Healdsburg

The Topel Winery tasting room is one of many in the wine country town of Healdsburg. Around the Healdsburg Plaza, and down the road a mile, are as many as 20 tasting rooms. I think we have explored most of them. On our last visit, we saw that Roseblum Cellars has a new tasting room next to Murphy Goode. On each visit to Healdsburg, it seems we find a new tasting room open for business. The Topel tasting room is a cozy place, and it has been open for four years. It has made quite a difference for Mark and Donnis Topel. The winery is located in Hopland, and that is where the Topels make all their wines. They own vineyards there but, in addition, source their fruit from other vineyards. Since the tasting room opened here, the Topels have dropped their distributors. They have enough folks joining their wine club or buying wine out of the tasting room. Donnis Topel said, “No more trips here and there to hawk our wines.”

We tasted several wines on a very muggy and hot day in Healdsburg. The wines were soothing, and we enjoyed the Viognier the most among the whites. With the reds, we had an issue. Odd as this may be, the reds were above what I consider serving temperature. Perhaps the air conditioning was not working as it should have been. We found it difficult to judge the reds simply because we do not like drinking red wines above 70 degrees. My friend and fellow wine taster Mike agreed with me. Nonetheless, I would recommend two reds, the Ketcham Vineyards Pinot Noir from the Russian River Valley and the estate Syrah Noir. The Topel tasting room is open from 11am to 7pm and is located at 125 Matheson Street.

More Healdsburg tasting rooms

Filed Under: Wine Photo of the Day Tagged With: Healdsburg tasting rooms, Topel tasting room, Wine Country Photography

Latest from the Blog

  • Paso Robles Big Three Wineries
  • Where to go in California Wine Country 2023
  • Fun Things to Do in Wine Country in January 2023
  • Washington Reds
  • Wine, Food, and other Delights in Seattle
-->

CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY REGIONS:

Carneros • Livermore • Lodi • Mendocino • Monterey • Napa Valley • Paso Robles • Santa Barbara County • Santa Cruz Mts. • Sierra Foothills • Russian River • Sonoma Valley

Connect With Us

Want to keep up with Wine Country Getaways? Follow us across our social networks!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Sign up for wine country news from Janelle and Joe

* indicates required

Copyright © 2023 · Wine COuntry Getaways

 

Loading Comments...