Jason C.
Yelp
The ONLY PRIVATE RUNWAY winery in the WORLD??
PILOT CABINS! An amazing overnight in the vineyard!
Prior permission is required to land. The landing fee is generally the basic wine club membership or purchasing 6 bottles of wine.
Our first adventure FLYING into the winery and staying overnight in the Pilot Cabin. MARGARET was a wonderful host. She communicated with us on CTAF, made sure the runway was clear and estimated the winds. Keep an eye on the windsock at midfield west.
Typically, LAND 4 and depart 22. It's a tight runway with little lateral wiggle room, so I would practice first at AVX or SZP or a similar airport with a narrow runway. Consider the effects of density altitude!
Margaret picked us up in a nicely air conditioned SUV at the parking area at the apch end of 22 and took us to one of the 2 PILOT CABINS. The cabins were nice and cozy with a great shower and very, very SOFT bed. There's a large fridge with ice tray, coffee maker and complimentary locally produced coffee. There's a full KITCHEN with range/oven/micro if you wish to bring in your own food. Keep the door closed to keep out the flies.
The AIR CONDITIONING worked well and we're big fans of ceiling fans. They also provided a really nice BOSE BT min speaker, essential oil BUG SPRAY and a small fly zapper.
Note! The WATER on the entire property is reverse osmosis filtered, so there's no need to purchase water bottles.
We really enjoyed the nearby AMENITIES, pool, hot tub, firepit, tree swing, horseshoes, train ride, tasing/lunch.
We also enjoyed a really good lunch and tasting in the dining room. Calamari, Kale salad, Halibut and steak.
The VINEYARD TRAIN TOUR started off with a good pour of the Rose (great on a 100 degree day!) The train chugged around the entire property for about 45 min. They also offer a WINE CAVE TOUR which we are planning on experiencing next time.
At the end of our stay, Margaret picked us up in the chilled SUV and took us back to the plane!