“For the third year running Sonoma winemaker Merry Edwards topped our list”
as #1 Most Popular Pinot Noir
Merry Edwards Wines was also named #33 of the Restaurant Top 50
in the 18th Annual Restaurant Poll
Wine & Spirits, April 2007

“Edwards is one of California’s finest interpreters of the fickle Pinot Noir grape…”
Food & Wine, April 2007

“Like Michelangelo, who was fond of saying that he merely revealed in a block of marble the ideal shape
that already existed within it, Edwards coaxes from her vineyards their ideal expressions of place.”
Brett Anderson
The Robb Report, March 2007

“Since the hit film, “Sideways”, Americans have been discovering pinot noir and vintners have rushed to accommodate them.  A lot of the stuff is light and thin.  Not the pinot noirs of Merry Edwards, who continues to go about business as usual, turning out examples celebrated for their rare amplitude.”
Mike Dunne
Sacramento Bee, January 3, 2007

Merry Edwards is named one of “The Magnificent Thirty
Wineries Best Capturing the Essence of Pinot Noir”
James Laube
The Wine Spectator
December 15, 2006

The Robb Report, a magazine "for the luxury lifestyle" features Merry Edwards Pinot Noir!"

“Edwards has become the grande dame of California Pinot”
“Best of the Best California Pinot Noir”
Jamal A. Rayyis
Food & Wine Wine Guide 2006

“One of America’s Most Influential Winemakers
She is now regarded as one of California’s premier makers of Pinot Noir.”
Nick Passmore
Forbes.com
November 2005

Wine & Spirits Magazine named Merry Edwards Wines an
Artisan Winery of the Year
“Her consistent successes have earned her a place in our American Wineries of the Year list for the fourth consecutive year.”
Wine & Spirits Magazine 2006 Buying Guide.

“She makes wines with integrity…They are a great expression of Pinot Noir.”
Debbie Zachareas, Wine Director, Bacar Restaurant
As quoted in an article by Virginie Boone
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, July 20, 2005

“Merry Edwards took the top spot, with her supple, generous Russian River wines.”
16th Annual Restaurant Poll, Wine and Spirits Magazine, April 2005

“If there’s one person in the Russian River Valley who truly has a golden touch with Pinot Noir, it’s Merry Edwards.”
Greg Walter, WineCountry.com, January/February 2005

“Merry Edwards takes on pinot noir with a passion and experience unmatched by any other practitioner in the state.”
Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee, December 15, 2004

Winemaker of the Year
“All of Edwards Pinots are stunning — ripe yet elegant, complex and refined, with vivid aromatics and mouthwatering acidity.”
Linda Murphy
Wine Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
December 9, 2004

“I’ve spent a lot of time over the past years tasting Merry’s wines and there’s no question in my mind that she’s got a golden touch with Pinot Noir.”
Greg Walter
PinotReport, Issue #25

“ Merry Edwards’s Pinot Noir is some of the best California has to offer. She has a stunning array of single vineyard wines…which offer earthiness and bright fruit.”
Michael Apstein, The Boston Globe, November 24, 2004

Wine Spectator featured Merry Edwards in two stories November 15, 2004:
“Women Forge Ahead in California” and “Trailblazers”.

Merry Edwards was named one of “The 50 Most influential Winemakers in the World”
“… ‘push the envelope’…That is precisely what Edwards has done.”
Wine and Spirits, Fall 2004

“Merry Edwards Pinots are some of the finest from California, imbued with rich, dark fruit, superb structure and intriguing complexity. Though it is tempting to drink her wines at release when they are wrapped in youthful fat fruit, try to give them 4 to 8 years to develop impressive complexity and expressive bouquet.”
Barbara Ensrud is an author, educator and wine critic. www.Bewinewise.com.

Merry was named a "Master Vintner of 2002" by the PinotReport, and three of
her 2000 wines ranked in the "Top 12 Pinot Noirs of 2002."

Wine & Spirits Magazine named Merry Edwards Wines an Artisan Winery of the Year in the 2003 Buying Guide! Patrick Comiskey writes: "Pour one of Edwards' wines into the glass, and you're tempted to wonder, is this textbook Russian River, or is this textbook Merry Edwards? And is there even a difference?"

Merry Edwards Russian River and Olivet Lane Pinot Noirs ranked number 2 "Most popular Pinot Noirs" in a national poll conducted by Wine & Spirits Magazine. "Pinot arouses the passions of sommeliers like no other grape," says the report. -
Wine & Spirits Annual Restaurant Poll, April 2002.

Frank Prial, the esteemed wine critic of The New York Times, devoted an entire column to Merry Edwards as “The Itinerant Wizard of Sonoma Pinot Noir”. "Over the years, I've derived a lot of pleasure from wines made by Merry Edwards. …… She radiates the energy and the excitement found only in someone who truly loves what she is doing." - January 30, 2002

Merry Edwards is a winemaker known for crafting pinot noir with personality. From her home base in Northern California's foggy Russian River Valley, Edwards produces wines of depth and complexity. She's focused on capturing the velvety richness of pinot noir, while highlighting the unique qualities ofeach vineyard. Her recently released roundup of wines shows there's no better season to be Merry.
- Wines of the Week by Leslie Sbrocco - New York Times, December 4, 2001

The San Francisco Chronicle awards 'Excellent' to 1998 Merry Edwards Pinot Noirs!

Fortune Magazine's August issue profiles Merry Edwards.
“Breaking the Wineglass Ceiling” by Eryn Brown, cites Merry as a leader in the highly prized, limited production category of the wine market. Ms. Brown profiles Merry as an experienced hands-on viticulturist and seasoned winemaker.