Ancient Oak Cellars
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Family-owned & family-farmed, native-ferment wines. Vineyards in Russian River Valley and Sonoma Mountain. Their first vintage was in 2006.
Ken and Melissa Moholt-Siebert started Ancient Oak Cellars winery with a Pinot Noir vineyard just north of Santa Rosa that had been Ken's grandparents. Today you can taste their wines--Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Zinfandel from Russian River Valley, Cab, Merlot, and Cab Franc from Sonoma Mountain. They source grapes from three estate vineyards, which they farm themselves, and several other amazing Sonoma County vineyards. Greg La Follette is the winemaker. Tastings are by appointment only. Email [email protected] for more details.
Supporters have asked us to make a GoFundMe page — so we just did!
In 1899, Kanaye Nagasawa, w**emaker for the Fountaingrove Winery, had the Round Barn built. In October 2017, it was destroyed in the Tubbs wildfire.
In November 2017, while making plans for the rebuilding of his own house and barns that had been lost in the fires, just about a mile north of the Round Barn, architect and grape grower Ken Moholt-Siebert decided to rebuild the Round Barn on his property. He had (correctly) guessed that the owners of the property where the Round Barn had been located would not rebuild it.
Ken has now completed framing the entire barn by himself with his own money. He is ready to put the roof, and then the walls, on, and is looking for donations to be able to do this work. The roof and walls will be made of metal-insulated panels in colors close to the colors of the barn that most people remember: red walls and a dark gray/black roof.
Ken hopes to install the roof in the fall of 2026, and the walls in 2027.
In Spring of 2026, Ken and Melissa had some very successful fundraising in the Sonoma County community, raising most of the money needed to buy the roof panels and the planks on the roof eaves. The planks are on and the panels are on order. We now need to raise the money needed to install PVC roofing on the "catwalk", and for labor to trim the roof. This is about $60,000.
We have been fortunate to lease and farm this vineyard, and make beautiful Pagnano Vineyard Zinfandel for the last 15 years.
This year it's in honor of my father, Ray Moholt, who loved this w**e of mine above all others.
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10/01/2026
Going from an Instagram fan to IRL friend to now having Joseph carrying my w**es is a dream arc.
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I'm thankful for the amazing crew I have helping me make family-farmed native-ferment w**e.
08/29/2026
Two single-vineyard Pinot Noir (from Siebert and Gunsalus Vineyards) and Pinot Meunier from Van der Kamp Vineyard are available as a pack of 2 bottles of each for $340.
https://www.ao.w**e/store/Single-vineyard-Pinots-Noir-and-Meunier-p853482822
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08/27/2026
Using native fermentation, both primary and secondary, in French oak barrels, these grapes will be transformed into w**e over the next few weeks.
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08/18/2026
I am thankful for Greg's teaching, for his encouragement to take the full w**emaking role as my own, and for his ongoing friendship and love and support.
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As is my tradition, I am taking the first juice sample of vintage 2026 using a cup I got at TexSom.
What is different is that I'm doing so the day before I would normally go to volunteer setting up and supporting TexSom and then come home and get ready for harvest.
This year I'm missing TexSom and all the friends I've made there -- and making w**e NOW!
Yikes - where's my TexSom Harvest Intern?!?
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PO Box 4690
Santa Rosa, CA
95402
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