- Sequoia Grove
Always a pleasure, they make sure you are well attended, talk to you, take you to soil samples, give you many more tastes than are in the program. Giv e you crackers and water, invite you to take a glass and walk around get pi ctures of the place. Automatically waive the fee if you buy something. I bo ught two reserves and two logo glasses.
- B.V.
Had to wait quite a while for anyone to show up. They looked almost annoyed the had to serve someone, sent sour glances from time to time. opened up a bit during the time I was there, forcing them to talk about wine. Refused to serve water, but you can buy their BV water bottles. They did serve crac kers. There were two guys after a while and the 2nd guy was more chatty, an d he snuck some extra tastes into my glass, kinda looking for when the othe r guy wasnt looking. But later the other guy also gave me an extra shot of clone 4 and latour 2001 for head to head comparison. So I guess it was alri ght. They waived the fee as I bought the clone 4. They told people earlier that you need to buy to bottles. So all in all, a bit tense mood, but they were alright in the end, except for the water business.
- Beringer
They have different rooms, so different people, so the experience will vary . One room had the mid-priced products, napa valley cab, merlot, modern her itage pinot. That guy was alright. Let me taste whichever I wanted for no f ee as I bought a bottle. No water or snacks, as you had to buy that.
In the reserve room I just wanted to taste private reserve, not a full tast ing, and I bought a bottle and had to argue with them if I had to pay for t he tasting. Walked out of there with 10% off on it, which is 150$ after tax es. But they should have done that themselves with no complaints. They shou ld also know that it is cheaper outside the winery, so I basically did pay for the tastings through it.