Wente Vineyards

For us, this is like a winery in our backyard. We have been visiting this winery for the past many years and it is one of the best in the Livermore area. People here are generally super friendly in the tasting room. They have a generous amount of space in the outdoors for you to grab a bottle and enjoy the greens.

I am taking one star away since we didn’t have such a good experience at their restaurant. We didn’t have a reservation and they made us wait 45 mins. Which we didn’t mind as we could grab a bottle of wine and enjoy that at the scenic patio overlooking the golf course while we waited for the table. But after waiting for that long, they told us they wouldn’t be able to get us a table, which is not acceptable by any standards.

For wines, we can recommend morning fog in Chardonnay. And sparkling rose Grenache which is made of Pinot noir grapes. Both of these are not so dry. Riva ranch is their more popular Chardonnay but for my taste it’s bit on the drier side.

My family visited Wente Vineyards for the first time to celebrate my sons 21st Birthday.

The wine flight and appetizers were perfect and Sheila, our server was very knowledgeable of the wines and local history of the wine business in the Livermore Valley adding to such an amazing experience…Thank you!

Great winery, great staff. The wine selection is great and taste great. Charcuterie boards were good, had a vegetarian option. Brian was our host and he awesome. Too bad it was his last day before moving on to bigger things.

Cool place. The old cresta blanca winery is now the main tasting area of Wente. Good wines, nice staff and comfortable place to drink wine and relax.

Gorgeous estate and loved that it’s a fifth generation family owned business. We had the pleasure of having a wine tasting experience with Jack. He was fantastic in telling us the story of Wente, the wine making process and answering all of our questions on the estate. Highly recommend coming here for a team event. My personal favorites were the Brit bubbly, single varietal Cab Franc and Lot 14 blend of Cab Sauv and Merlot.