Awards and Press

COMMUNiTY & LOCAL HONORS

  • Best Wine Tasting Room — Best of the North Bay (NorthBay biz)
    2024, 2025 (online.flippingbook.com)

  • Best Wedding Venue — Press Democrat readers’ poll
    2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

  • Best Tasting Room — Press Democrat readers’ poll
    2016, 2017, 2023

  • Best Tasting Room in California — USA Today
    2016 recognition (wbj.scholasticahq.com)

  • CalTravel Winery of the Year — California
    Recognized for outstanding contributions to wine tourism and visitor experience (santarosametrochamber.com)

Art & Experience Recognition

  • Best Art‑Inspired Winery — North Bay Bohemian
     Recognized multiple years for blending world‑class art with wine tourism:


Wine Competition Excellence Awards

  • San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition (Top Medals)
    2025 Double Gold — 2022 Walter’s Vineyard Pinot Noir
    2025 Double Gold — 2022 Estate Russian River Valley Pinot Noir (winejudging.com)
  • Sunset International Wine Competition
    2024 Double Gold — 2023 Russian River Valley Sauvignon Blanc
    2024 Double Gold — 2022 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir (sunset.com)

  • Sonoma County Harvest Fair
    Gold & Silver medals — Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Rosé (2019, 2022) (harvestfair.org)

2022 Walter's Vineyard RRV Pinot Noir

2022 Estate RRV Pinot Noir

2023 Grand View Vineyard RRV Sauvignon Blanc

Best Tasting Room

Best Art Inspired Winery

Best Wedding Venue '22, '23, '24

Press and Media Coverage

2026

  • Weddings Best of Both Worlds A Colorado couple returns to Sonoma
    County for a multicultural celebration.
    Sonoma Magazine Jan Feb 2026
    By KATHLEEN LUND Photography by KATIE MICK

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2014

2005

  • Dr. Walter Byck: Man of the Hour—Dr. Walter Byck’s Sculpture Sonoma a Success
     Gretchen Giles, North Bay Bohemian, September 28, 2005

  • Form to Movement: Paradise Ridge’s “Spectrum” Exhibit Launches Sculpture Sonoma
     Gretchen Giles, North Bay Bohemian, May 11, 2005

  • Byck’s Miracle: Sculpture Sonoma 2005—Coming to a Venue Near You
     Gretchen Giles, North Bay Bohemian, March 2005

  • Assembly of Artists: ‘Sculpture Sonoma 2005’
     Dan Taylor, The Press Democrat, 2005

  • A Marriage in Perfect Balance
     Meg McConahey, The Press Democrat, March 3, 2005

2002

  • Feat of Clay: New Ceramics Stretch Horizons at Paradise Ridge
     Gretchen Giles, Bohemian, June 20, 2002

2001

  • Chain-Saw Magic: Bruce Johnson’s Redwood Sculptures in the Paradise Ridge Sculpture Grove
     Paula Harris, North Bay Bohemian, February 1, 2001

  • Paradise Ridge Shows Off Sculptures and Sunsets
     Penny Hastings, San Francisco Chronicle, July 6, 2001
     https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Paradise-Ridge-shows-off-sculptures-and-2871262.php

1997

  • Domestic Bliss: Artists Take the Inside Out at Paradise Ridge
     Gretchen Giles, Sonoma County Independent, September 4–10, 1997

  • Furnishing Nature with Art: Bay Area Artists Bring Domestic Bliss to Paradise Ridge Winery
     Meg McConahey, The Press Democrat, May 18, 1997

Paradise In the News
Best Tasting Room: Paradise Ridge Winery
June 13, 2024

“You’ll see our staff closing out the party when it comes to dancing, singing and just enjoying all the activities we have going on here.” – Rene Byck, proprietor NorthBay biz readers have cast their votes and once again Paradise Ridge Winery’s beautiful vineyards and delectable wines have earned the winery Best Wine Tasting Room in the Best of the North Bay 2024 competition. It all became a reality in 1995 when Walter and Marijke Byck found their paradise. Planting their

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Positive Images hosts circus-themed fundraiser in Santa Rosa
July 31, 2024

More than 100 people attended a July 26 circus-themed event at Paradise Ridge Winery in Santa Rosa to raise money for LGBTQ+ support organization Positive Images. Queer Magic GAYla: Cirque Du SoGAY was a 21+ event and featured food trucks, a silent auction as well as a three-set performance by theatrical entertainment group North Bay Cabaret of comedy, knife juggling and more. Tickets were $150 a piece. Read more here

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Best of Both Worlds Article Cover
Best of Both Worlds, Sonomamag.com
January 23, 2026

A Colorado couple returns to Sonoma County for a multicultural celebration. By KATHLEEN LUNDPhotography by KATIE MICK IT WASN’T FATE that brought Evan and Sanjana together—it was their roommates who were best friends. The two had happily anticipated their introduction at a friend’s Chicago housewarming. Evan recalls that meeting Sanjana “exceeded all my expectations.” To Sanjana, Evan “felt very natural.” After two dates, they began enjoying city adventures and frequent trips to Sonoma County. The couple moved to Denver in

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