Max Thieriot’s 90-acre California ranch is far from a typical celebrity home with a working Pinot Noir vineyard, ocean views and rolling land where his family built a wine legacy

Actor Max Thieriot and his spouse Lexi bought a roughly 90-acre ranch in west Sonoma County, California, in 2013, and the property is a treat to watch. The unusual California ranch has a nine-acre Pinot Noir vineyard, ocean views, redwoods, family history and a connection to Sonoma's wine country. The ranch is located between Bodega and Occidental near where Max Thieriot spent his childhood.

A few years after the huge property was bought, Max Thieriot and his wife began turning part of the land into a vineyard, creating Bodega Thieriot, a nine-acre Pinot Noir operation.

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The property has since become closely connected to Thieriot’s family history, winemaking interests and life away from Hollywood. He grew up on a separate vineyard property in Occidental that his parents purchased in the 1980s. His own ranch is a newer family property, but farming grapes has been part of his life since childhood.

Property features at Max Thieriot’s Sonoma ranch

The documented features of the Max Thieriot ranch include:

• Roughly 90 acres of rolling hillside
• Mature oak and redwood trees
• Ocean views
• A working nine-acre Pinot Noir vineyard
• Hillside, woodland and pasture surrounding the vineyard
• A fence line adjoining the Occidental winery associated with winemaker Steve Kistler

Detail	Information
Location	Between Bodega and Occidental, west Sonoma County, California
Purchased	2013, by Max Thieriot and Lexi Murphy
Total acreage	Approximately 90 acres
Vineyard name	Bodega Thieriot
Vineyard acreage	Approximately 9 acres, planted in 2016
Grape variety	Pinot Noir
Winemaker	Thomas Rivers Brown
Neighboring winery	Steve Kistler’s Occidental winery (shared fence line)
Purchase price	Not publicly disclosed
Current use	Working vineyard and seasonal/off-season home
Primary family residence	Washington state, near the Canadian border (since around 2024)

A location in west Sonoma County, between Bodega and Occidental

There are no reliably published details on the home's square footage, bedroom count or interior design. The landscape also made the ranch suitable for something beyond a private residence. The land's combination of hills, woodland and coastal conditions provided the setting for Thieriot's later move into winemaking.

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The ranch became a Pinot Noir vineyard

In 2016, the couple began planting part of the ranch with winemaker Thomas Rivers Brown. The vineyard was named Bodega Thieriot and covers about nine acres of the much larger property.

That means only a small portion of the roughly 90-acre ranch is planted with vines, leaving substantial areas of the property as natural landscape, hillside and pasture. The choice of Pinot Noir also connects the ranch to the broader winemaking history of the Sonoma Coast.

Rather than simply attaching a celebrity name to a bottle, Thieriot's vineyard project was developed as part of his family's longer relationship with wine. Thieriot has recalled spending his childhood on the property and riding tractors with his father while he worked in the vineyard.

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The property is not known for a large celebrity-style residence. Details such as the size of the house, number of bedrooms and interior features have not been publicly reported. The purchase price has also not been disclosed.

Thieriot has often spoken about his childhood on the family vineyard and the time he spent working alongside his father. Recalling those years, he said, “I spent my entire childhood there,” describing how he would ride a tractor with his father while he worked among the grapevines. He has also mentioned having an old photograph of himself and his father farming grapes together.

His mother and sister continue to live in the area, keeping the family’s longstanding connection to west Sonoma County alive even as Thieriot and his immediate family now spend much of their time elsewhere.

Where does Max Thieriot live now?

Although the Sonoma ranch remains an important family property, it is no longer the family's primary day-to-day base.

Thieriot and his family have been based in Washington state, closer to where his CBS drama Fire Country is filmed.

That means the California ranch now serves a different purpose. Rather than being the family's everyday residence, it remains a place connected to Thieriot's roots, vineyard and time away from filming.

The move also highlights why the property is better understood as a family ranch and working vineyard than simply a celebrity home.

FAQs

How large is Max Thieriot’s ranch?

The Sonoma County property is roughly 90 acres.

What is planted on Max Thieriot’s ranch?

About nine acres are planted with Pinot Noir grapes as part of Bodega Thieriot.

When did Max Thieriot buy the ranch?

Thieriot and his wife, Lexi, purchased the Sonoma County ranch in 2013.

Where did Max Thieriot grow up?

He grew up near Occidental in Sonoma County, on his family's vineyard property.

Does Max Thieriot still live in Sonoma County?

The family has been based in Washington state in connection with his television work, while the Sonoma ranch remains an important family property.

Is the ranch the same property where Thieriot grew up?

No. His parents' Occidental vineyard is a separate property from the ranch Thieriot and Lexi purchased in 2013.