Breitenbach Wine Cellars

This place WAS one of my favorites when their wine was a reasonable price at 11.95 a bottle. This year every flavor jumped up in price by $ 5.00!!! That is quite an increase for a product that is of the same quality. I will no longer purchase products from them when there is no obvious explanation for a $ 5.00 increase. I was a fan of the apricot and the price jumped from 11.95 in December to 16.95 in January 2016! Ridiculous! I used to like it because it was tasty and affordable. Why should I spend money and drive to a winery and not be able to afford to purchase but one bottle?

I feel like I’m giving this place a 3 out of some serious generosity, but I can’t push to 2 because nothing bad happened.
We came midday on a Saturday and missed the limited hours for food. We were pretty hungry, though, so we knew we couldn’t stick around too long.
We did sample a handful of the wines to make the trip worthwhile and found most of them were incredibly sweet, which was pretty unpleasant. There was a red blend that wasn’t sweet, so 1 out of 7 or 8 wines won us over…
The place was quite crowded and I felt like I was going to break the jars of jams and bottles of wines just trying to get around.
I really wish everything about this experience was different because I had high hopes.

This is not wine. So, I guess with that out of the way, this «tasting room» fits the bill.
First of all the building is half kitschy gift shop, half kitschy winery. The facility itself is very small for the number of guests who visit. Tastings happen in the second of the two rooms in the building at a tiny counter. Guests are required to pay 25¢ per tasting. You chose what you want to taste from a menu with no descriptions. The person running the tasting stand doesn’t tell you anything about the wines, the winery, or really anything useful.
Tastes are dispensed in tiny plastic cups otherwise used for grape juice at protestant church communion services. And the liquid dispensed will remind you of the same,
I mean, I’m sure by some bizarre definition there are things like «Strawberry Wine» and «Rhubarb Wine» but you end up drinking a beverage that tastes very much like chilled fruit juice. This is NOT serious wine for people who like wine or are familiar with that good wine tastes like. Breitenbach is great wine for people that think The Outback is the best steakhouse. They do make a couple of serious varieties – a Pinot Noir for example. This, however, is absolutely a watery, dreadful mess. You should definitely stick to sickening sweet «Fresh Frost» or something similar on your visit here. It’s their specialty.
There is a reason Ohio is not known for wines. The region’s dreadful weather does not provide for good winemaking. They have done an admirable job of producing this alcoholic fruit juice in adverse conditions. But I would just avoid this whole place altogether.
If you are a wine lover or have tasted wine in the California, Oregon, or Washington wine country or in France (where the climate actually supports the growth of excellent vines and the experience exists to vint well-​bodied, REAL wine) and you have had a proper tasting experience with a true vintner then this will be disappointing to you.
It gets 2 stars because we did buy some neat pens in the gift shop that allow us to write dinner guests names on their wine glasses, and we can wipe them off when they go home. But I can promise you that the wine served in those glasses will not be Breitenbach.

The only reason that I am giving three stars is that I had visited this location previously and had a five-​star experience. The experience that I had today was one star at best. When we went to order we were told that they were out of half of the things on their menu due to a cooler malfunction. When we chose something else from their menu we were told that it would be at least a 45 minute wait for our order. I have worked in the restaurant business and customer service. We decided to leave and go somewhere else. Either be in the restaurant business or not!

Pros-​good wine, nice atmosphere, friendly service.
Cons-​they get lots of tour busses that can make place too crowded.

This review is in regards to the wedding planning/​Tool Shed side of Breitenbach Wine Cellars. Let me first say that if you are going to this winery for their wine and the actual winery setting, it is one of the best! My fiancé grew up in the Sugarcreek area and every chance we get when we are back visiting family, we stop at Breitenbach. The wine is great, the staff has been attentive, and we’ve really enjoyed ourselves.
This was the only place we pictured having our wedding but that changed quickly once we began to communicate with Linsay, their event planner. Our overall experience with Tool Shed event planning side of things was horrible, unprofessional, and very disappointing. It seems as if booking events is not a priority to them and that they don’t really want to be bothered with booking an event if it’s any day besides a Saturday. Many places offer Friday, Saturday, and Sunday event rentals but the Tool Shed isn’t one of them. We were told on our original tour of the event space that Fridays and Sundays could be an option and that they would follow up with us with a concrete answer. That follow up never occurred and when we sought it out ourselves months after the fact, we we had to pry to finally find out that Fridays/​Sundays were never an option, at all. The communication is lacking and very wishy-​washy. My fiancé and I felt like we were pulling teeth to even get a follow up call from our original visit. When we did talk on the phone, we weren’t treated well at all.
With as great of a space as the Tool Shed is, we would have expected a top notch, super-​professional, well organized, and pleasant event planner. Sadly, we did not get that. This experience has ruined how we feel about Breitenbach as a whole as well. We’ve spent a lot of time and money visiting, purchasing cases upon cases of wine, and bringing family/​friends from Pittsburgh so they all could experience a place that we both loved so much. It is upsetting that has all been ruined by that experience with one very inexperienced/​unprofessional event planner. Needless to say, we’ve moved on from that negative experience and have found the venue of our new dreams, one where our business has been appreciated from the first second of our inquiry. It all worked out in the end… just wish we didn’t have to go through what we did with Breitenbach to find the real gem of a venue.

The wine was amazing and only 25 cents per taste. The glasses of wine were 7 dollars but you get to keep the wine glasses! My only complaint is not enough tables and over an hour wait for food. But overall it was great. We had barbecue for lunch!

Great find! I loved this place. They have a good selection of wines for varying tastebuds. I left there today with 5 bottles of wine:) Out of all of the wineries in town this is probably the nicest. You can buy a bottle of wine, some cheese, crackers and you’re good to go. They have a patio in the back where you can enjoy your purchases. They also sell food but only until 3:00 PM (boo…). If you’re in the area pay them a visit. Salud!

We stopped at Breitenbach when we were in the area visiting family. We visited 4 area wineries that day. It was a Saturday evening in June and the place was packed! Parking is limited at the winery but the grounds are beautiful.
Inside is a jumble of confusion. The front room houses a deli counter and a large assortment of Amish goodies. The line for the deli/​cheese counter extended into the next room. The second room was filled with bottles of wine and a small counter where more patrons were waiting in line. It turned out that THIS was the tasting counter. Four people may be able to taste wines at this counter comfortably. We moved as close to the counter as possible (given the large crowd) and I requested our tastings between peoples’ shoulders. I had flashbacks of being at a bar in college where shouting my drink order was necessary and «personal space» was overrated.
The staff appeared not to know or care anything about the wine or the history of the establishment. The ambience of the place is truly tourist-​kitsch.
My BF saw patrons eating outside but there appeared to be no obvious place to order or collect food.
We LOVED the dandelion wine and brought a bottle home. While waiting to pay for our wine (stranded in the endless line we navigated around on the way in) my BF picked up some beef sticks.
A large SUV was vulturizing the parking lot waiting for a space when we left — unfortunately it was blocking 3 parking stalls and causing a traffic headache.
If you’re hoping to learn something about the family, history or wine — I have heard there’s a winery tour available. This winery does not offer the relaxed, welcome atmosphere that other wineries offer.

The winery supposedly has a café, so we stopped there hoping to have lunch. The place was not at all busy. We could not figure out how or where to order food or taste wine. There were no apparent menus or instructions. There was no customer service as all employees seemed to be having a visit in the corner behind the deli counter. We approached the counter and stood multiple times, even stood at the register looking for a menu, but no one would speak to us. We left and went to the winery cheese house just down the road. The people there were friendly and served us.

This is one of three wineries within a few miles of each other. It is fine, but as far as service is concerned I prefer the other two. It is very touristy in appearance. In the front of the building is the main store which sells not only wines, but various Amish products. The cashier and lady at the little deli were very friendly.
The center part of the building houses the tasting area and wine paraphenalia. The ladies at the sampling are cordial, but they didn’t offer suggestions or chat in general about the wine. A couple of the wines have names such as «Frost Fire» or «First Crush.» If you ask about the wine, they will tell you the fruit and/​or grape type that is in it, but it is more recitation rather than engaging the customer. Which is fine, but at other wineries a host or hostess might sell more wines by offering suggestions based on what the customer has sampled and has preferred. That being said it was rather busy (not crowded) and the hostesses may have felt it was best to move people though quickly.
Samples are 25 cents a piece. DH and I sampled just 4 together and purchased one bottle. We might have tried more and purchased more if we had been more engaged. What we did sample was enjoyable. When we are next in the area we will probably stop in again and try more.

My wife and I visited this past holiday season and enjoyed the store, and a wine tasting! It’s a very beautiful must visit attraction in Tuscarawas gateway to Amish country and we can’t wait to go back and get another bottle or two of the Blueberry wine ;)

Stumbled onto this winery on our way to another winery and liked this one better. The tour offered by the owner was very informative and included tastings. The atmosphere included outdoor dining, BBQ and music. This is definitely a destination place that offers several events during the summer. The only drawback is that it is understaffed at the tasting counter.

One of the few wineries I can stomach. Been down here a couple of times and its pretty laid back. Of course at any winery you will have your stuffy middle aged while people who act like they know anything about wine (or libations in general). This place looks like a Swiss chalet or something. Its surrounded by trees and is not too far off the freeway. The bathrooms are clean and they give cool little tours of the wine fermenting facility. Inside the main building they have an awesome cheese counter and tasting bar! Good selections of cheese which I dig. Take a drive down there sometime and check it out. just be careful driving back! ;)

Stopped by today for a wine tasting. I was very impressed with the variety of wines available for tasting.
The fruit wines were amazing. I purchased several bottles. The apricot wine is to die for!
The only negative impressions I have are about customer service. On the sales floor there was no one interacting with the customers. The two women that were there, were too busy behind the counter talking to each other. I would have liked to of seen more interaction with the customers.

I have to totally agree with Courtney S. above. We are locals and went to have lunch there on Friday. As we were looking at the menu on the wall the nasty — no personality hostess said if you are going to order food it is going to take 50 min to an hour. Of course, we wanted to order food it was lunch time and we were at the Café! (All they have are salads, sandwiches and pizzas) So my girlfriend said to the hostess «why does it take 50 min to an hour to get a salad?» The hostess said if you don’t want to order anything don’t. I have had another run in with this person (hostess) almost a year ago. First, this hostess should NOT work in any customer related business and Second, if the winery is going to serve lunch they MUST somehow get the food ready quicker. You have lost our business.
So we left there and went to Gavins on the square in New Philadelphia and could not have been treated nicer — maybe they ought to send the hostess from Breitenbach there for CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING!!!

Just ordered more wine from them. Their prices are so cheap and they ship super fast! I ordered 10 bottles of wine and it was about $ 100. The wine was delivered to my house within 5 days.
Love their Rhubarb, Peach & Apricot wines. Next time I visit Ohio I intend on stopping here for sure!

I have a hard time giving Breitenbach 4 stars just because of the massive toursity overmegatropolis it’s become. However, it’s still a staple in the community, so I’ve balanced it out with a perfect 3.
It’s hard to miss the massive purple barn in the middle of nowhere. The store is nice to walk through a time or two when you have people in town to visit, but I really don’t care to go there to sit and enjoy a bottle of wine.
I love the wine, but I will buy it in a local grocery store and enjoy it at home before I pick anything up at their location.

As Ohio winery experiences go, Breitenbach is in the average category. The wines are below average, the place is small, the tasting is usually rather curt but the store and surrounding area is charming. It is a great escape on a spring weekend; for the ride, a little buzz and the beauty of Amish country.
As wine is so very much about personal taste, I’ll refrain from details on the different varieties, but will say that their sweet wines are their best in my opinion. The Frost Fire is a good dessert wine.
Also note that there is a burgeoning wine industry in the Sugarcreek area, with Swiss Heritage (just a little west on Old OH-​39) and Silver Moon (just a little east on Old OH-​39) are two that are close by. I prefer the wines at Silver Moon. Cheers.

Breitenbach Wine Cellars is situated north of Columbus in the rolling Hills of Amish Country. It is first and foremost a winery, but is also an Amish Country store, café and bed & breakfast inn. They make their own wine (some award-​winning) on site, including, blush, red, white and fruit wines.
The retail shop is expansive, carrying a great selection of holiday gift boxes and wine accessories, as well as a variety of Amish cheeses, meats, local produce, and specialty food items, including one of my favorites– Stonewall Kitchens. Summertime brings an outdoor «back porch» BBQ on weekends.
Breitenbach is well-​known for its weekend long Dandelion Festival and wine, of which I’m not a fan of, but the festival is fun. It takes place in early May and includes musical entertainment, cooking competitions and of course, dandelion wine.
I give Breitenbach Wine Cellars four stars primarily for the experience and not so much the wine, which really isn’t all that bad. The setting of this Amish country store & winery is absolutely beautiful and well worth the drive– especially on a balmy summer day. Once a year, we really enjoy going to Bretienbach to grab a bottle of wine, some cheese and crackers and just park ourselves on the porch to admire the scenery.