Half Moon Bay Winery – Half Moon Bay Winery was established to honor the picturesque reputation of Half Moon Bay and our coast.

About Us

Half Moon Bay Winery was established to honor the picturesque reputation of Half Moon Bay. The winery’s varietals — all handcrafted from Monterey and Central Coast grapes — recognize different aspects of the town and the coast. Read more…

Our Wines

Cabernet Sauvignon

Fisherman’s Red

Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival Wine

Coastal Fog White

Mavericks Sauvignon Blanc

Our Awards

2024 Harvest Terroir Challenge – Double Gold – Best of Class, Best of Monterey County AVA –
2022 Coastal Fog White (95 points)

2024 Harvest Terroir Challenge – Gold – 2020 Fisherman’s Red (94 points)

2024 Harvest Terroir Challenge – Gold – 2022 Rosé (92 points)

2024 Harvest Terroir Challenge – Silver – 2022 Chardonnay

2024 Harvest Terroir Challenge – Silver – 2022 Mavericks Sauvignon Blanc

Our Social Media

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What a wonderful Farm Day it was! 🚜🌾 Thank y

What a wonderful Farm Day it was! 🚜🌾 Thank you to all the hardworking folks and volunteers that make this event possible, and thank you for the opportunity to be a business supporter. Here’s a summary of the winners celebrated at this year’s @hmbfarmday:

Farmer of the Year: Dan Sare of @santastreefarmandvillage

Farmworker of the Year: Raphael Navarette of Oku Inc.

Dolores Mullin “Like a Rock” Award: Clyde Beffa, Jr.

Glenn Ashcraft Community Service Award: Steve & Rich Picchi

Special Award: Officers of both the @hmb_ffa & @halfmoonbay4h

#farmday #melmellofarmday #halfmoonbay #agriculture #supportlocal #supportlocalfarmers #locallygrown

We had an amazing time pouring our wines, alongsid

We had an amazing time pouring our wines, alongside @jettywavehmb and @hmbbrewingco, at @thehealprojectusa’s annual spring gala fundraiser, Spring Ahead at @pastamoonhmb!

Each year, The Heal Project serves over 4,000 students with hands-on outdoor learning opportunities that inspire kids’ natural curiosity and cultivate environmental awareness in the next generation. Their mission is to teach kids where their food comes from, and why that matters. The funds raised at this gala help support that important mission, as well as fund their ability to teach kids these important lessons through their myriad of programs and activities.

The locally-sourced food, prepared by the Coast’s best chefs, was an absolute delight! Thank you to the following Chefs for creating a dish for Spring Ahead: Joy Portelli and Vera Templeman of @eventsavvyhmb, Lewis Rossman of @samschowderhouse, Wyatt Fields of @breakwaterbarbecue, Roberto Roderigues of Mullin’s, and Jose Luis Ugalde of @gibraltargems. Each of their dishes pulled ingredients from local farms and businesses: @HarleyFarms, Stuckey’s Sustainable Fishery, Brisa Ranch, @simmsorganics, @giustifarms, Haro Family Farm, and to Mark & George of Montara Milling Co., Pietro Parravano and the Crew of FV Annie B, The Heal Project School Farm, @pomponioranch_meat, Blue House Farm, Mike Berger & Pacific Coast Meats, @iacopifarms, Rob James & Corvus Farms, Farm Fatales and Jacobs Farm. Desserts were provided by Pasta Moon!

Lastly, thank you to the Entire The Heal Project Team, including board member Erin Tormey for inviting us, Executive Director of The Heal Project Brett Schilke, Host @itsmarcusd, performer @mikemccall_guitarist, and owner of Pasta Moon Kim Levin for making this event so special.

#springahead #firstdayofspring #healproject #thehealprojectusa #nutritioneducation #wherefoodcomesfrom #foodeducation #fundraiser #fundraisinggala #bayareanonprofits

March is going to be a wonderful month for support

March is going to be a wonderful month for supporting Coastside nonprofits, important causes, and more! At Half Moon Bay Winery, we do our best to contribute to events that help support and lift up important causes within our community. We’re honored to tell you about some of these events, and encourage you to attend! Please see the list below of events that we are supporting through wine donations:

March 13, 2025
@aauwhalfmoonbay’s annual fundraiser, Uplifting Girls through Education. This Theatre Bash & Silent Auction Event will take place at @coastal_rep for the dress rehearsal of Camelot. Proceeds will finance the various enrichment programs provided by the AAUW HMB chapter, benefiting women and girls of the Coast.

March 18, 2025
@thehealprojectusa’s annual Spring Ahead fundraising gala. World-class chefs will create an incredible meal for guests, all in support of outdoor education for thousands of students. Reps. from Half Moon Bay Winery will also attend this event to pour wine!

March 22, 2025
@pacificaedfoundation’s Annual fundraising gala, Sunset Soiree At Sea! Proceeds support all ~2700 TK-8th grade students in the Pacifica School District.

@olpa.hmb’s 2025 fundraising gala. Our Lady of the Pillar Academy is set to host it’s first annual gala, “Opening New Frontiers”, in honor of Ed and Linda Wilkinson for their lifetime of pioneering elementary education on the Coastside. Proceeds support the Coastside’s first ever Catholic school.

March 28, 2025
@hmbfarmday! This annual event began in 1972, by Mel Mello, and is the ultimate celebration of all things Coastside Agriculture! Attendants get to learn about the innovative work of our Coastside Farmers and Agricultural Workers, and a delicious locally-sourced lunch is provided.

March 30, 2025
@seniorcoastsiders’ annual fundraiser, Taste of the Coast! All proceeds from this event support successful aging for Coastside seniors by providing opportunities, services, and resources that meet their needs, enrich their lives, and foster their independence. Reps. from Half Moon Bay Winery will also attend this event to pour wine!

#halfmoonbay #events #nonprofits #wine #halfmoonbaywinery #halfmoonbayca

Cheers to love! ❤️ Half Moon Bay Winery wishes

Cheers to love! ❤️ Half Moon Bay Winery wishes you a Happy Valentine’s Day. Whether it’s date night or a self care day, we hope your holiday is filled with love. For us, we’re enjoying a glass of our Pinot Noir and smelling the roses 🌹🍷

#happyvalentinesday #selflove #celebratelove #winelovers #pinotnoir #winesofinstagram #bayareawine #halfmoonbay #halfmoonbaywinery

🌊🏄‍♂️ Mavericks has been off to an ins

🌊🏄‍♂️ Mavericks has been off to an insane start this winter! From Alo Slebir’s (@aloslebir) biggest wave ever ridden, to multiple days of huge waves, we know this season is about to be one of the greatest yet! If you want to follow along with us while you sip on our Maverick’s Sauvignon Blanc, be sure to follow @mavericksawards because they’re the number 1 page for all updates and content for this year’s Mavericks season, happening now through April 15th 2025.

Photo credit to @TomHoppa and @mavericksawards
Opening day, Nov. 12th ‘24

#mavericks #maverickssurf #bigwavesurfing #bigwaves #bigwines #mavericksawards #tomhoppa #halfmoonbay #halfmoonbaywinery #bayareawine #surfstagram

We raise our glasses for @cefcoastside! 💚 Cabri

We raise our glasses for @cefcoastside! 💚 Cabrillo Education Foundation does an immeasurable amount of good for Coastside students in our Cabrillo School District. Last night was CEF’s Donor Appreciation Dinner at @itsitalia, and we were more than happy to donate cases of our Pinot Noir and @hmbpumpkinfest Sauvignon Blanc for this occasion. We wholeheartedly support CEF and their mission to continually invest in our local students and public schools.

If you want to help out or get involved with CEF, visit their page and reach out: @cefcoastside! Both volunteers and donors are always welcome and needed.

#cef #cabrilloeducationfoundation #cabrilloschooldistrict #coastside #coastsideschools #coastsidestudents #halfmoonbay

Upon entering Half Moon Bay from Highway 92, the f

Upon entering Half Moon Bay from Highway 92, the first place you’ll see for buying fresh fish is Half Moon Bay Fish Market! It’s big blue facade is nearly impossible to miss. Inside, you can buy local live Dungeness crab and a huge array of fresh fish, shrimp, calamari and more.

And, you guessed it: our wines are there for your perfect pairing! Half Moon Bay Fish Market currently carries our Mavericks Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, Rosé, Coastal Fog White, Fisherman’s Red, and Chardonnay. Plus, if you look closely, you might be able to snag one of the very few @hmbpumpkinfest wines out in the wild.

The market’s hours are as follows, check them out!
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9am-6:30pm
Friday: 8:30am-6:30pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8:30am-7pm

#halfmoonbayfishmarket #hmb #halfmoonbay #halfmoonbaywinery #seafoodmarket #fishmarket #seafoodandwine #winepairing #bayareawine

🥳🍷 SF Chronicle Wine Competition (@sfchronwi

🥳🍷 SF Chronicle Wine Competition (@sfchronwinecomp) results are here for 2025! Put on by the @sfchronicle, SFCWC is the largest competition of North American wines in the world. ALL OF OUR CURRENT WINES RECEIVED AWARDS!!! Our wines took home a Double Gold, four Silvers, and one Bronze! Here is the breakdown for wines that won awards at this year’s competition:

2022 Fisherman’s Red: Double Gold
2022 Coastal Fog White: Silver
2022 Pinot Noir: Silver
2022 Rose: Silver
2023 Mavericks Sauvignon Blanc: Silver
2022 Chardonnay: Bronze

Learn more about these award-winning wines at the link in our bio.

#sfcwc #sfcwc2025 #sfchronicle #wines #winecompetition #bayareawine #northernamericanwine #americanwine #winelovers #californiawine #halfmoonbaywinery #halfmoonbay

🦀 Dungeness crab season is finally here, and yo

🦀 Dungeness crab season is finally here, and you know what that means: it’s time for a crab dinner paired with your favorite white and pink wines from Half Moon Bay Winery! Step one is to buy your live, locally-caught Dungeness crab straight off the boats from fishermen in Pillar Point Harbor (@smharbor). Buying direct is a great way to support HMB’s local fishing economy; plus it’s a quintessential HMB experience! There’s no shortage of boats to choose from. We love Captain Barry’s team on the FV Hellen Ruth (slip G6) ❤️

Step two is to pair your wine! Lucky for you, we already know the best choices from our lineup . They are:
2022 Chardonnay
2023 Mavericks Sauvignon Blanc
2022 Coastal Fog White
2022 Rosé

Pick up these wines at our coastal retailers or visit our website (link in bio) to stock up and purchase cases.

#crab #dungenesscrab #halfmoonbay #pillarpointharbor #freshcatch #livecrab #wineandcrab #wineandseafood #chardonnay #sauvignonblanc #whiteblend #rosé #supportlocal #buylocal #coastside #bayareawine

2024 is coming to a close, and we’d like to than

2024 is coming to a close, and we’d like to thank you for a wonderful year of great wine, events, and more! We’re grateful for the opportunity to create wines that honor the spirit and beauty of Half Moon Bay and our Coastside. 💕

We’re also grateful to announce the full lineup of awards that all of our wines received at this year’s Harvest Challenge. Here are the details for each wine that was given an award:

Double Gold Medal, Best of Class, and Best of Monterey County AVA: Coastal Fog White
Gold Medal: Rośe and Fisherman’s Red
Silver Medal: Mavericks Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay.

Visit the link in our bio to purchase any of these award-winning wines.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! 🎉

#wine #winesofinstagram #bayareawine #harvestchallengewinecompetition #wineawards #awardwinningwine #halfmoonbay #hmb #halfmoonbaywinery

🎄🍷 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from H

🎄🍷 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Half Moon Bay Winery! We hope you’re spending today’s holiday enjoying a nice glass of wine with family, friends, or those who matter most to you. Cheers!

#merrychristmas #christmas #winemas #wineonchristmas #cheerstochristmas #halfmoonbay #hmb #halfmoonbaywinery #chardonnay

Going for gold! 🥇🍷 Amongst other awards, our

Going for gold! 🥇🍷 Amongst other awards, our lineup secured two gold medals at this year’s Harvest Challenge Wine Competition. Those two golds were:

Monterey Rośe, earning 92 points.
Monterey Fisherman’s Red, earning 94 points.

We’re honored to have more than one of our wines receive a gold this year! The Harvest Challenge is a wine competition that bases its judging on a group of vineyards from the same region, belonging to a specific appellation, and sharing the same type of soil, weather conditions, grapes and wine making savoir-faire.

#rose #fishermansred #redblend #winecontest #wineawards #awardwinningwine #harvestterroir #harvestterroirchallenge #halfmoonbay #hmb #hmbwinery

🎄❄️💚❤️ The Night of Lights Parade wa

🎄❄️💚❤️ The Night of Lights Parade was an absolute blast! Thank you to @hmbcoastsidechamber and to all of the groups and businesses that make this special event happen each December.

Be sure to bookmark the next Nights of Lights events happening this month: the Ugly Sweater Party at @sanbenitohouse on 12/13 (6pm), and the Elf Movie Night (with a Spaghetti Feed!) in the Cunha’s parking lot between @jupiterandmain and @cunhascountrystore on 12/20 (6pm).

#nightoflightsparade #christmasparade #holidayparade #holidayevents #halfmoonbay #sanbenitohouse #jupiterandmain #cunhascountrystore #mainsthmb

Tonight is the night! 🎄❄️ It's the Night of

Tonight is the night! 🎄❄️ It's the Night of Light's parade and celebration in @downtownhmb, put on by @hmbcoastsidechamber. We're very excited to be in the parade once again with our 1929 Ford Model A pickup, and to be a sponsor of this festive and family-friendly event!

The parade starts at 6pm, but get there earlier! The Holiday Market by @makeitmainstreet kicks off at 4pm at Kelly and Main, selling an array of wonderful gifts made by Coastside artisans and artists. Then after the parade don't forget to visit Santa at Mac Dutra Plaza (7:30pm), and the Kids Fun Zone as well.

Get all of the event details including the parade participants list at the link in our bio.

#nightoflights #parade #christmasparade #downtownhalfmoonbay #hmb #halfmoonbay #coastside #halfmoonbayca #hmbwinery #makeitmainst #holidaymarket #holidayparade #holidayspirit #bayareachristmas #bayareachristmasevents

Happy Thanksgiving from Half Moon Bay Winery! 🦃

Happy Thanksgiving from Half Moon Bay Winery! 🦃🧡🍷

#happythanksgiving #wine #thanksgivingwine #wineandturkey #wineoclock #halfmoonbay #halfmoonbaywinery

Here comes the tree!!! 🎄🎄🎄 We’re super

Here comes the tree!!! 🎄🎄🎄

We’re super excited for another beautiful holiday season in Half Moon Bay! Most of us are familiar with the Night Of Lights Parade down Main St. (happening 12/6), but there’s multiple festive Nights of Lights events this year to bookmark, organized by @hmbcoastsidechamber!

The first one coming up is on Friday, 11/29: the Tree Lighting at Mac Dutra Plaza! Starts at 6pm, and kids are encouraged to bring ornaments to hang on this beautiful tree from Cozzolino Farms! We hope you’ll join us at this first event to kick off the holiday season! ❤️

Thank you to the tree lighting sponsors this year: HMB’s McDonald’s and @cityofhmb. Thank you to Ramsey for crane and ornament hanging support. And lastly, we got these pretty ornaments at our local HMB @hassettacehardware, they’re a great place to pick up decorations for your tree!

#treelighting #christmastree #christmas #holidays #hmb #halfmoonbay #halfmoonbayca #halfmoonbaywinery #nightsoflights #coastside #coastsidechamber

The results are in from the 2024 Harvest “Terroi

The results are in from the 2024 Harvest “Terroir” Challenge! 🍷 Multiple wines within our lineup did well in this competition, but the one we’re most proud of is our Coastal Fog White, which earned 95 points and took home the following three titles:

Double Gold
Best of Class
Best of Monterey County

The Harvest Challenge is a wine competition that bases its judging on a group of vineyards (or even vines) from the same region, belonging to a specific appellation, and sharing the same type of soil, weather conditions, grapes and wine making savoir-faire, which contribute to give the specific personality to the wine.

We’re grateful to have received these awards!

#coastalfogwhite #coastalfog #winecontest #wineawards #awardwinningwine #harvestterroir #harvestterroirchallenge #halfmoonbay #hmb #hmbwinery

It’s time to grab the perfect wine to pair with

It’s time to grab the perfect wine to pair with your Thanksgiving meal! 🦃🍷 Lucky for you, we have two recommendations to compliment your Turkey, as well as plenty of Coastside retailers who carry them: our 2022 Rosé and our 2022 Pinot Noir!

Here are our retailers who carry either of our latest Pinot Noir or Rosé vintages:
@arcangeligroceryco
@cunhascountrystore
@deluxefoodsofaptos
Half Moon Bay Fish Market
@newleafcmarket, Half Moon Bay

Plus, if Pinot Noir and Rosé aren’t your favorite, here are a few other coastal retail options to check out that carry different selections of our wines:
@hmbwineandcheese
Neighborhood Gas Mart, Montara
Pleasure Point Liquor & Mini Mart, Santa Cruz
Coastside Market, Moss Beach

Cheers to the holiday season 🍷

#holidaywines #thanksgiving #thanksgivingwine #rose #pinotnoir #thanksgivingwinepairings #wineandturkey #winepairings #bayareawine #halfmoonbaywinery #hmb

Happy Halloween from Half Moon Bay Winery! 👻🎃 If you didn't get to try the @hmbpumpkinfest Official 2023 Sauvignon Blanc, you're still in luck! We're doing a spooky giveaway: one bottle of this commemorative wine and two glasses of your choice!

Entering is easy.
1. Follow our Half Moon Bay Winery Instagram Page
2. Tag a friend to share this wine with in a comment
3. Share this post in your story

That's it! Winner must be local to the coast (wining will be picked up in person in Montara), and over the age of 21 obviously. We'll be picking a winner on November 7th!

#halloween #halloweengiveaway #spookygiveaway #pumpkins #pumpkinfestival #halfmoonbaypumpkinfestival #pfest #hmbwinery #wine #wineoclock

@hmbpumpkinfest day one is a wrap! 🎃🎃🎃 We

@hmbpumpkinfest day one is a wrap! 🎃🎃🎃 We had a blast in downtown Half Moon Bay celebrating fall and pumpkins at the 52nd Annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival! If you missed out, there’s still plenty of more fun to be had tomorrow! Come on down and check it out for yourself: 9am-5pm on Main St., Half Moon Bay 🌜

#pumpkins #pumpkinfest #halfmoonbaypumpkinfestival #hmb #halfmoonbay #hmbpumpkinfest #pfest #halfmoonbaywinery #halfmoonbayca

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