Artesa Vineyards & Winery - Napa, California

Lamarr English

Jo Jo and the staff did a wonderful job of taking care of us. Beautiful views all around and lovely for photos. The wine was ok, I think people visit for the aesthetics. Overall, a very good time was had while visiting.

James Chu

DO NOT COME HERE
This winery has really turned into a steaming pile. They dyed all the water to look porta potty septic tank blue, they really let the property degrade. Walls and stairs are not maintained and it's ugly here now. The wine has never been that great, we would only come to enjoy the view. Peep the photos to see what it looks like now.

Furthermore, we called ahead from Domaine Chandon (short drive away) and they said they were taking walk-ins. They let the lady in front of us walk in allowing her party to sit in the courtyard, which was empty. We were next and they took one look at us and said they weren't taking any more walk-ins when the courtyard was still completely empty. We explained that we had just called in and were told to come on over, no problem to be seated.. I think it's because our entire group was ethnic and because two people in our party (one breast feeding the other sober for over 15 years and our DD) were not drinking.

NO VENGAS AQUÍ
Esta bodega realmente se ha convertido en una pila humeante. Tiñeron toda el agua para que pareciera azul fosa séptica porta potty, realmente dejaron que la propiedad se degradara. Las paredes y las escaleras no se mantienen y es feo aquí ahora. El vino nunca ha sido tan grande, que sólo vienen a disfrutar de la vista y la bodega. Echa un vistazo a las fotos para ver lo que parece ahora.

Además, llamamos con antelación a Domaine Chandon (a poca distancia en coche) y nos dijeron que aceptaban visitas sin cita previa. Dejaron entrar a la señora que teníamos delante y sólo permitieron que su grupo se sentara en el patio, que estaba vacío. Fuimos los siguientes y nos echaron un vistazo y dijeron que no iban a aceptar a nadie más. Cuando el patio todavía estaba completamente vacío. Creo que es porque todo nuestro grupo era étnica y porque dos personas en nuestro partido (uno de lactancia materna el otro sobrio durante más de 15 años y nuestro DD) no estaban bebiendo.

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게다가 차로 조금 떨어진 도멘 샹동에서 미리 전화했더니 방문 예약을 받는다고 하더군요. 그들은 우리 앞의 여성분에게 비어있는 마당에 앉을 수 있도록만 들여보내 주었습니다. 저희는 그 다음이었는데 그들은 우리를 한 번 보더니 더 이상 워크 인을 받지 않는다고 말했습니다. 마당은 여전히 완전히 비어 있었어요. 제 생각엔 우리 그룹 전체가 소수민족이었고, 우리 그룹 중 두 명(한 명은 15년 이상 술을 마시지 않고 모유수유를 했고, 다른 한 명은 술을 마시지 않았습니다)이 술을 마시지 않았기 때문이라고 생각합니다.

Diana Griffin

Beautiful and scenic place to visit. The winery has a Great background for photos. So if you like a good backdrop for IG you will like it. Very peaceful. Our wine tasting was excellent and a wonderful experience. It was sort of a mini tour of the facility. Napa is the perfect area to visit with friends or a significant other. The staff was also nice and engaged.

Matt Berger

Was there last week for paired tasting. Interesting location with great views. We did wine and Jabon. Server was outstanding. Informative and friendly. Sky was clear, able to see San Francisco

Doug Lee

View is great, but only if you are seated outside. For some reason, this was refused to us even though it remained fairly empty the whole time we were there and made reservations 2 weeks in advance.

The flights are nowhere near worth the price and “mid” at best. Our party of six spent $1k to sip 10oz of wine (per flight) on a barren and depressing concrete patio inside. Photo is not mine but is accurate to what you get.

Scroll past a few reviews and believe the low rated ones, they really describe the bad experience well.

Emilio

Enjoyed the tasting. Good explanations from the waiter for each tasted wine ?. The view from the terrace is stunning.

Jaeyoun Ko

스페인 스타일의 현대적인 감각으로 건축된 와이너리 건축물을 보는 것만으로도 행복하다. 고품격의 와인, 특히 피노누아, 템프랴니뇨, 푸메 블랑 와인은 압권이다. 테이스팅 룸의 분위기도 너무 화려하다. 직원들의 서비스도 탁월했다.

DanDan

We got the current selection tasting and each wine has their own distinct character, so we were pretty quick on selecting what’s our favorite. The sparkling wines are okay. Go for the reds. The wine taste is distinct among Napa wineries after visiting 4 other wineries at Napa (I’ve been to opus one, darioush, Beringer, and the castle of love), but I would place the overall experience beneath darioush and the castle, and a whole lot above Beringer.

Taking a star off for two things:
1) the water tastes like tap water that seems unfiltered, and I expect at least a decently filtered water for a winery like this. (Opus One does it better in this aspect)
2) they didn’t give us a new glass for each new wine. Instead they give you two wine glasses and a container for unfinished wine, and just pour right into the same wine glass after you empty the previous wine into the container. I find this a weird practice and it’s not like they lack wine glasses (they shouldn’t). Mixing wine could affect the taste. Every other winery I’ve been to use a new wine glass for every wine.

Apart from that, service is friendly and there is accessible entrance with elevator. Wine tasting room is spacious and has a lot of natural light, but you don’t actually get to see the view outside from the tasting room. You also get to walk out on patios that overlook the valley. Not much interesting to see but it’s cool to have an open view. Tables are mostly high tops but normal seating is available too. The entrance is kinda hard to find from the parking lot and the signs don’t really help, but if you walk around you’ll see it eventually.