Benziger Family Winery

User Reviews of Benziger Family Winery

Yelp.com Review - by James P.

5.0 of 5 stars. Benziger was fantastic. The tour, the tasting, all great! We saved it for last on our Napa/Sonoma trip, and it did not disappoint! Please note, we did not do the tram tour, rather the partners tour...
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by JJ S.

2.0 of 5 stars. Okay, it makes me sad to write this review. You may not believe me when I tell you that I got married on this property. And, it's been years since we've been back, so we were excited to go. But,...
yelp.com - user review - 09/30/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jun W.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is huge! It can get very crowded, so you might have to nudge your way into the counter. Great selections of wine, $10 for 5 tastings. They also have a reserve tasting, and one that is...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by jamie j.

4.0 of 5 stars. Lovely place to wine taste and learn about wine. Really nice people (friendly, knowledgeble and not snobby) who are providing tastings. Good wine.
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by jilly c.

5.0 of 5 stars. Benziger was the first winery we visited on our trip through Sonoma Valley. The grounds are beautiful, and the $15 tour is well worth the money. That fee includes wine tasting afterward (of four or...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Paul K.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is one of my favorite wineries in Sonoma county. The wine is good here, but what's really cool about Benziger is that they practice bio-dynamic farming. There is no pesticide or fertilizer....
yelp.com - user review - 08/02/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by K W.

4.0 of 5 stars. $15 for the tour and includes 4 tasting wines....a steal for something in the Valley. The tour is very informatory too since it touches a lot on biodynamics and the entire process of wine creation...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Colorful Rainbow s.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is holding up to its mission of being a family winery. The staff are nice and friendly, so are the wine! Their Muscat wine is my favorite! We just had to buy a bottle, and had a picnic...
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Bob G.

4.0 of 5 stars. This place is way cool! Such an education about Bio dynamic farming, land conservation, and growing grapes. I found it inspiring beyond tasting another wine. Start with a tram tour if it is your first...
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Rob H.

5.0 of 5 stars. We have been members at Benziger for over a year now and it's a great excuse for us to retreat up to their beautiful facilities and spend a day each month relaxing with some of the best wine we've...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Andrew K.

3.0 of 5 stars. This place is very very pretty, though the tram tour for $15 is a total rip. We did the private estate tasting with Bob who was very nice AND knowledgeable. The grounds are soul-shakingly pretty, but...
yelp.com - user review - 04/25/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Paul L.

2.0 of 5 stars. OK...I expect to pay for tasting these days although there are still plenty of complimentary wineries out there. But most who do charge at least let the fee go toward the price of a bottle. Not at...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Ting A.

2.0 of 5 stars. are benziger and imagery really sister wineries? if so, i'd say that the relationship is comparable to the contrasting witches in the wizard of oz. during my second visit to benziger, i discovered...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Emily A.

5.0 of 5 stars. I went here last summer with my SO and his parents for a weekend getaway, and also to meet them, but anyways.We took a tour of this winery, and they do it all on a tractor, I believe since it is a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/26/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Kelly M.

5.0 of 5 stars. This family winery is on a gorgeous piece of land. Sprawling hills, flowers everywhere, and wild turkeys strolling through the vines. We took advantage of the $15 tram tour and it was worth every...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Cyndy P.

3.0 of 5 stars. Yes, I am definitely a fan! Great reserve wines, the Pinot is amazing...The only thing that was a bummer, was the person that was pouring our wines....He seemed so bored and uninterested, we tried not...
yelp.com - user review - 02/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Roger H.

4.0 of 5 stars. Service: 3.5Value: 3Decor: 5Best wine tour in the Valley. I like the way they explain biodynamics & organic winemaking in the tour. Good wines but a bit on the pricey side. The tasting room is big and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/06/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Christine N.

5.0 of 5 stars. ATMOSPHERE: They offer a tour, which we didn't do, but someday I'd like to. The inside was bright, open, and airy. WINES: I really enjoyed every aspect of Benziger. A sister winery of Imagery, I found...
yelp.com - user review - 01/29/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Brent B.

4.0 of 5 stars. Nothing can be better than a tractor tour of a bio-dynamic winery. Our tour guide did a great job showing us what makes them different from other wineries (we toured Mondavi and they both have...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Dory D.

2.0 of 5 stars. Benziger was the first windery in Sonoma that I ever visited, years ago when the tastings were still free. I remember being impressed by the wines and by the pretty grounds. Based on that first...
yelp.com - user review - 11/26/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Leslie W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Best stop of our Sonoma wine tour. Highly recommended! We loved the tram tour and the wines aren't bad either. I'm not a big fan of Benzinger wines but the tour was great and the wine tasting was so...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Victor C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Sonoma Wine Tour Stop #3This was the last stop of our wine tour... definitely the largest "estate" compared to VJB and Kunde... unlike our first two stops, we were unable to (for reasons unknown to...
yelp.com - user review - 09/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin R.

4.0 of 5 stars. I can't think of anything bad to say about Benziger Family Winery. ALL ORGANIC WINES, how cool is that? The estate is huge and beautifully kept. It's exactly what I picture a top-notch winery looking...
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Alison H.

5.0 of 5 stars. I really love this winery, their mission/ values, and the fact that they are family owned. It is a great tour and is well worth the $15- you get the tour and tasting at Benziger, plus a free tasting...
yelp.com - user review - 07/06/2008
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Brilliant biodynamic wines by Lynn H. at InsiderPages

Yes, the tour is nice, but the wines are incredible! I have been looking for real biodynamic wines since my trip to Burgundy and the Loire last year, and have only found wimpy green stuff made in California....
citysearch.com - user review - 07/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristen S.

2.0 of 5 stars. I should preface this by saying that I am not really a fan of Benziger wines. So why did I go to the winery you ask? Uhh... cuz this is where my friends were going and I wanted to stay with the group....
yelp.com - user review - 06/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Annie J.

4.0 of 5 stars. A beautiful place and a great place to take visitors. The tram tour is great, especially if you want to learn more about wine and how it's made. Plus if you do the tour you'll also get tickets for a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mary V.

5.0 of 5 stars. I've been a Red Wine Club member for many years. I became a member because of their Biodynamic standards, quality wine and staff.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodynamic_agriculture)When you visit,...
yelp.com - user review - 06/11/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Nathan C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Beautiful facility that caters to both serious tasters and family-totin' vacationers. We were in the second category (this time) so I'll review from that perspective.The tram tour is pretty...
yelp.com - user review - 06/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristin L.

5.0 of 5 stars. Have been tasting here a few times. I also had a private event here in the wine caves, and it was amazing. The staff here is so lovely and easy to work with/be around that it makes you want to go back...
yelp.com - user review - 03/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lucy Z.

4.0 of 5 stars. Benziger is beautiful and very into biodynamic farming. $15 includes a tasting at Benziger as well as its sister winery, Imagery Estate, and a nifty tram tour, though the introductions are rather...
yelp.com - user review - 03/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Molly J.

5.0 of 5 stars. Benziger is a fantastic winery to stop at if you are looking for a fun, relaxing day in the wine country. The winery is hidden away in Glen Ellen, right in the Sonoma Mountain Bowl. We went on a...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Sherrie P.

5.0 of 5 stars. I LOVE this place. Don't waste your time in the main tasting room. Head straight for the reserve tasting room and find Ken Jacobson. He's the man. He knows his stuff and always has the good stuff...
yelp.com - user review - 03/04/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kiwi H.

5.0 of 5 stars. This wonderful vineyard checked off all the right points.The grounds are absolutely beautiful, and it's wonderful to stand and look at their expanse and breathe in the fresh air and peace and quiet....
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Rebecca D.

3.0 of 5 stars. Really pretty grounds.This was the first time I tasted Muscat (Love at first sip!). We bought a bottle of that and I think the Syrah and Merlots were good.Our pourer was kind of snotty. One of our...
yelp.com - user review - 02/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Joshua C.

3.0 of 5 stars. The Tram tour was fun. Absolutely beautiful hillside winery. Would have been nice if we got to actually try their biodynamically produced wines after they spent so much time talking about them. A...
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by M L.

4.0 of 5 stars. The staff at the tasting room here was great. They educated us about the wine. Described the flavors and how we should taste wine. He also gave us winery tickets to other wine places for free. It...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Charles J.

5.0 of 5 stars. This was my very first visit to a winery and I was really impressed. The lovely ride around the property and the informational talk about biodiversity was interesting. The staff in the tasting room...
yelp.com - user review - 11/12/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Ray C.

5.0 of 5 stars. I loved this place!!! It is tucked out of the way in Glen Ellen up a winding road and nestled in the Sonoma Mountain bowl. They scenery is absolutely stunning and to me looks exactly what I would...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by She R. A.

4.0 of 5 stars. We actually intended to go to Imagery Winery but they were closed for an event this raining day so the people at Imagery gave us a free tasting coupon to Benziger Winery which is another winery owned...
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Alured P.

4.0 of 5 stars. A nice range of wines to taste, of which I bought a couple of bottles. The tasting room is a bit of a walk from the parking lot, so be prepared for that if you go on a warm day. One of the better...
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by justin p.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is one of my favorite vineyards to go to in Napa/Sonoma. It feels more down to earth and not as pretentious and touristy as some of the places (mostly in Napa). It still feels kind of like a...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Marijke D.

4.0 of 5 stars. We visited the winery with some friends who are a member of the wine club, so we got to go on the tram tour and tasting for free. The tram tour is fun, and the information they give is more...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah G.

4.0 of 5 stars. Yummy, friendly, beautiful, highly recommended. And they have peacocks!
yelp.com - user review - 06/14/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Wes M.

5.0 of 5 stars. In terms of location, Benziger is easily the best winery in Sonoma I have been to. You go up a long windy road into the hills, and the various winery buildings are sprawled throughout a lush forest...
yelp.com - user review - 05/11/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Chris C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Came to the Benziger Family Winery as part of the Heart of Sonoma Valley Barrel Tasting Event. The grounds here are absolutely gorgeous. I would rank the grounds here as one of the top 3 in the area...
yelp.com - user review - 03/21/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Thao T.

5.0 of 5 stars. This was one of my favorite wineries that we went to in Sonoma. The people working here were really nice and entertaining on our tour. We paid $10 for a tour and four complimentary tastings but I...
yelp.com - user review - 02/28/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by jeff w.

4.0 of 5 stars. benziger gives a fun and interesting tour and their vineyards are beautiful. the wine is pretty good and they were generous with it in the tasting room. overall whole place is picturesque (even though...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Stacey C.

4.0 of 5 stars. I went here today, January 27, 2007, and had an excellent experience. Of course, it was really quiet because it's off-season but the woman (Lara) at the wine bar was extremely nice and knowledgeable....
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Keith L.

4.0 of 5 stars. I've never taken the tour. I've never tasted their wine! And I probably shouldn't even write this review. However, I really like their educational path. I really like their setting. I even like their...
yelp.com - user review - 11/27/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Dilip M.

5.0 of 5 stars. This is a fine place and offers one of the best tours. It is indeed wonderful to take this tram and go around visiting their various units. The caves are super special too. The white wine here, a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Karen W.

5.0 of 5 stars. The president of Benziger offered members of our local alumni club (he's an alum) a tour of this family winery that he himself hosted -- I thought that was really nice, and we had a great time with...
yelp.com - user review - 08/28/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Derek G.

4.0 of 5 stars. The tram tour was a lot more fun than I expected, they show you around the winery and tell you about their "biodynamic" wine. I appreciate that they use owls instead of pesticides, but they lost me...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by sarah e.

5.0 of 5 stars. I really enjoyed my experience here - I feel like one major factor on a wine tasting trip is the service and the man we met here was a sweetheart! He poured good helpings and let us have tastings of...
yelp.com - user review - 03/03/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by megan w.

4.0 of 5 stars. When I visited Benziger, I got a lesson in biodiversity and the special way Benziger makes wines based on the cycles of the moon or something, and a nice lunch in their cool underground cave. The...
yelp.com - user review - 12/18/2005
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Interesting by T.O. G. at InsiderPages

In truth, I preferred the tour to most of the wines I tried here. But that's just my taste - the reds all seemed very dry to me. They have a huge operation, and they offer a large variety of wines to try....
citysearch.com - user review - 11/11/2005
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Educational tour by SE G. at InsiderPages

We really enjoyed the tour here better than many we took. It was very thorough and we learned a lot and got to see much of the property. The wines were good, though nothing outside of the reserves really...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/08/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by darla s.

4.0 of 5 stars. It's fun to take the tram tour of the vineyards, and to learn a little about wine making, grape growing and biodynamic farming. It's a tad hokey, in a Disneyland way, but it's a pleasant change from...
yelp.com - user review - 10/20/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Michael E.

4.0 of 5 stars. Imagery's sister winery, the tour is something you really cannot miss, especially if you've never taken a winery tour. It's interesting and informative and altogether the best part of this family...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Max C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Their organic farming techniques complete with "insectary" are commendable. The wines are delicious and the tram tour is fantastic for old wine snobs and newbie white zin drinkers alike
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by TANYA P.

4.0 of 5 stars. Skip the general 2002 tasting room lineup hit up the reserve lists. Must try Tribute - made from certified biodynamic grapes - and their single estate wines featuring some of the best growers in the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/05/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by Rob M.

2.0 of 5 stars. It serves me right I suppose but I could feel a knot form in my stomach as we drove into the main gate at this winery. The knot forms whenver I'm near a large winery because I dislike them for the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2005
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Yelp.com Review - by T-Bone L.

4.0 of 5 stars. Benziger offers a self guided tour and a tour on a tram that takes you into the vineyards, to the cave and back to the tasting room. The tram tour was good and their reserve wines are excellent. The...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2005
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