Rose G.
Yelp
I absolutely loved coming here with my friend! This place is absolutely breathtaking surrounded by redwoods all around! Heads up that the road to get here is pretty windy, so be sure to go the speed limit if you've never been there.
We each got a tasting flight, and we both really enjoyed the chardonnay (p.s. I actually hate every other chardonnay I've ever tried, but this doesn't taste like a normal chardonnay - it's so much better - something about the soil in the mountains or something for this particular grape lol). If I hadn't already had wine at home, I would have bought a bottle or two. The rosé and the rest of the wines (which are red) were okay. I don't really like red wine in general (I'm a white or sparkling wine person), so please try the reds for yourself if you're into them! I also have a Priority Wine pass, which they honored (so I got a 2 for 1 tasting) and were friendly about it too.
They don't have a huge selection of food, but there are some good snacks (I got the manchego cheese and marcona almonds which were yummy). They also had a local oyster place shucking oysters outside when I went (I think the outside food changes). I ordered a half dozen and they were really good. I also usually just use lemon and cocktail sauce, which they had, but they had an assortment of other sauces too. I tried this red vinaigrette one and it was actually delicious (even better than cocktail sauce!) and ended up eating all my oysters with that sauce instead.
Tables are so well-spaced, felt very comfortable in the times of COVID. The tables are super lovely too, all wood tables surrounded by the redwood forest. It's cool in the shade of course, so I recommend you bring a light jacket with you even in the summer. It's such a beautiful and Instagram-worthy spot. Be sure to take some pictures of the redwoods!
Our server Peter was very kind and brought us everything we needed. Again, he honored and was kind about the Priority Wine pass, which I loved. This winery is fairly close to me, so I'd like to make this my go-to winery around Santa Cruz, so I'll def be back for more wine tastings and snacks on the weekends. Our server was also really informed about all the wine and told us the back story to pretty much every wine. He also didn't try to move us along and he let us linger while we were finishing up our tastings. I appreciated his vast knowledge and his kindness! Will def be back! Just wish they allowed dogs, then this place would be perfect lol!