Hans Fahden Vineyards

Napa and Sonoma Wine Country
View Map
Tell a Friend

Clicking this link will take you to a form that allows you to tell friends and family about Hans Fahden Vineyards.

Remove from MyGuide

Calistoga Wedding Location
4855 Petrified Forest Road
Calistoga, CA
Contact: Event Director
Phone: 707/942-6760
www.hansfahden.com
Request a proposal for your event from Hans Fahden Vineyards

if you would mention that you found Hans Fahden Vineyards on the Here Comes The Guide website.

Click thumbnails to enlarge image

Special Offers

Hans Fahden Winery is hosting a series of Open Houses! Couples looking for a beautiful Wine Country wedding venue are invited to tour the winery, which will be dressed up to give you a true feeling of what your wedding can look like. You’ll be able to enjoy complimentary food, wine, wedding cake and music while talking with top vendors in the area.

2010 Open Houses will take place 11am–3pm on Saturday 1/16, Saturday 2/13, and Sunday 3/14. RSVP’s requested but not required. Please contact Mary Pierce at 707/942-6760 or mary@hansfahden.com to RSVP or for more info.

Why We Like This Place

High in the mountains between Santa Rosa and Calistoga, the Hans Fahden family has created an incredible place with outdoor sites elegant enough for satin gowns and tuxedos, and a marvelous indoor facility with some of the most extraordinary features we’ve ever seen.

Even at first glance, the winery’s gardens and event facilities are quite lovely, but like a Fabergé egg, their outward beauty is only a prelude to a wealth of creativity, craftsmanship and aesthetic richness within. Your special event may start in the Teahouse, a quaint wooden structure covered with wisteria, grapevines and red climbing roses. Small gatherings can use the Teahouse for ceremonies or receptions, but larger groups mingle there before descending into the gardens below. The gardens are an exquisite combination of French country style and wildlife habitat, and if they remind you of an Impressionist painting, it’s no coincidence. Winery owners and landscapers Antone and Lyall Fahden relied heavily on Monet’s paintings of the gardens at Giverny when they designed their own. As you travel the path down to the pond, your senses are tantalized by the sights and smells of roses, irises, petunias, pansies, cornflowers, poppies, ornamental grasses and native shrubs. The garden has been cleverly planted so that something different blooms each month, creating one wave of color after another. In late spring, roses take center stage; other floral “coming attractions” include matilija poppies, oleander, zinnias, sunflowers and blue pitcher sage. Midway between the Teahouse and pond, a terraced lawn bordered by a volcanic-ash rock wall and beds of pink evening primroses, lavender, roses and California poppies serves as a ceremony site for large weddings. The covered bridge spanning the lily pond can also be used for weddings, and brings you close to a variety of wildlife—thanks to the ducks, egrets, quail and mourning doves that call the gardens home.

After exchanging vows, join your guests in the winery building, a long graceful structure whose mellow wood exterior and peaked, sage-green roof blend with the rugged mountainside behind it. Inside, a gray slate floor, high beamed ceiling of grooved pine and redwood, and cream walls give the room a simple beauty that complements the glory of the gardens viewed through French doors. In one corner, a grand piano provides background music as your guests nibble appetizers and sip champagne. Just when everyone thinks that their eyes simply couldn’t take in any more beauty, the 400-pound Douglas fir doors at one end of the room are thrown open to reveal a wine cave containing candlelit tables set for dinner. This amazing cave is like the jewel within a Fabergé egg: gorgeous, surprising and utterly unique. Formed of volcanic ash rock, the T-shaped cave’s walls are lined with wine barrels; metal fixtures with grape-leaf cutouts and twinkle-light-wrapped poles provide subtle lighting. At the T’s apex, two wine barrels support a massive arrangement of fresh flowers; above, gold candle sconces in floral designs await lighting. When these sconces are lit, along with the candelabras on the tables and the twinkle lights, Ali Baba’s cave itself could not be more enchanting. Magical doesn’t even begin to describe an event here—as you sit down to dinner, surrounded by flowers, flickering shadows and the piquant smell of aging wine, you’ll feel as if you’re part of a breathtaking fairy tale. And, unlike limestone caves, this cave’s volcanic-ash rock adjusts to body temperature when occupied, so you can wear the most daring décolleté gown and never have to throw a jacket over your shoulders.

If you’re thinking that Hans Fahden sounds like a wonderful place, but you’re not planning to get married anytime soon, keep in mind that the winery can accommodate all types of events, from a gala celebration to a business seminar. But we can’t help feeling that the site’s stunning visual appeal may be most appreciated at a wedding. So, brides, if your fantasy includes a vision of you in a magnificent Vera Wang gown against a backdrop of pristine natural beauty, you owe yourself a visit to Hans Fahden Winery. They can make your dream wedding a beautiful reality!

Capacity

Ceremony

Reception/Special Events

Meetings

Max. Seated Indoors: 50
Max. Seated Outdoors: 120

Max. Seated Indoors: 120
Max. Seated Outdoors: 100
Max. Standing Indoors: 120
Max. Standing Outdoors: 100

Max. Seated: 120

CEREMONY CAPACITY: The Teahouse holds up to 50 guests; the Amphitheater 120 guests.

EVENT/RECEPTION CAPACITY: The Main Hall holds 120 seated guests; the Wine Cave holds 120 seated guests. The facility accommodates up to 85 guests December–March, or 100 guests outdoors, May–October.

MEETING CAPACITY: The Main Hall holds 120 seated theater-style; the Wine Cave 120 guests.

Fees & Deposits

For events, a $2,500 deposit is required to reserve your date; the balance is due 10 days prior to the event. The rental fee is $4,500 on weekdays including Friday, $5,500 on Sunday, and $6,500 on Saturday.

Availability

Year-round, daily, 10am–10pm.

Catering

Choose From List

Alcohol

Provided
BYO

Sites Uses

Ceremonies
Wedding Receptions
Special Events, Parties
Business Functions/Meetings
Rehearsal Dinners

Services/Amenities

Catering: select from preferred list
Kitchen Facilities: prep only
Tables & Chairs: provided through caterer
Linens, Silver, etc.: BYO
Restrooms: wheelchair accessible
Dance Floor: textured cement floor
Bride's Dressing Area: yes
Meeting Equipment: BYO
Parking: on-site lot
Accommodations: no guestrooms
Telephone: emergency use only
Outdoor Night Lighting: yes
Outdoor Cooking Facilities: BBQ
Cleanup: caterer
View: vineyards, Mayacamas mountains
Other: baby grand piano

Amplified Music

Indoors
Outdoors
w/ Restrictions

Wheelchair Access

Access Limited

Site Views

Garden
Hills
Lagoon/Pond
Mountains
Valley
Vineyards

Site Type

Winery
Garden
Banquet/Events Facility

Restrictions

Alcohol: WCB provided or BYO w/no corkage fee
Smoking: outdoors only
Music: amplified OK until 9:30pm
Wheelchair Access: limited
Insurance: certificate required
Other: no rice, birdseed, confetti, sparklers or butterfly release

Contact: Event Director
707/942-6760
www.hansfahden.com
Email or request a proposal for your event from Hans Fahden Vineyards

View Map
Tell a Friend

Share Hans Fahden Vineyards with others:

Want to search again?

FIND A LOCATION

Search for Locations New Locations Featured Locations Rehearsal Dinners Location Search Tips Key to Terms First Time User

Don’t take chances on your wedding!

Certified By The Guide Northern and Southern California wedding vendors have all been highly recommended by tons of brides and fellow wedding professionals. If we don’t consistently hear raves, we don’t put them on our website.

Enter to win

2010 Southern California Dream Wedding Giveaway

You & your fiancé could win a package that includes rehearsal dinner, ceremony & reception location, music, photography, wedding dress, wedding night accommodations and many more event services worth over $100,000!

Register for your MyGuide account

Wishing you could save a list of the places and services that interest you? You can. Register for MyGuide and:
• save your favorite locations and services
• email several of your favorites at the same time
• share your selections with your family and friends
• make notes to yourself about each location or service

Rehearsal Dinner?

Here Comes The Guide is a great tool to use to find your rehearsal dinner location! And, read more about how to personalize your rehearsal dinner.

Wedding Dresses

We’ve selected the best California bridal salons to help you find your wedding dress. And, get great deals on your wedding dress and see entire wedding dress designer collections at California Trunk Shows.

Central Coast Weddings

We have just opened up a whole new section for Central Coast wedding locations and Central Valley ceremony sites. We think this gorgeous region, full of beach wedding locations and winery reception venues is the “next big thing” in destination weddings.

Santa Barbara Weddings

Santa Barbara is a stunning region for destination weddings. Its sublime weather is perfect for garden or beach wedding ceremonies, and its chic hotels and restaurants will rock your wedding reception. Most of our beautiful Santa Barbara wedding locations have Virtual Tours, so take a sneak peek right now!