Locals Tasting Room

Great Geyserville collective of 10 local wineries. Really enjoyed the wine. The service? Not so much. But if you can endure the «you’re totally inconveniencing me by being here» attitude, you can enjoy a complimentary flight and walk out with a nice, inexpensive bottle.

This place is an absolute gem! We discovered it a couple years ago when wine tasting in the area and joined the wine club on our first visit. First of all, the wine club is fantastic! We do the six bottle club and it is wonderful to get a different mix of varietals and wineries with each shipment. We have had a few wines we didn’t particularly love, but after 8 shipments we’ve had so many that have been just amazing. Especially for the price and accessibility of the wines. The wines have ranged from incredible cabs to dark, delicious red blends, to sparkling, and beyond. With every shipment we find a wine that we are compelled to purchase much more of on our next visit.
The tasting room is nice and features an enormous tasting list that allows you to pick and choose what you’d like to try. I’ve always encountered very friendly staff that have interesting anecdotal information to share about the wineries and of course information about the pours themselves.
I can’t say enough good things about Bodkin, Kit Fox, and Pendleton wines. I gravitate to big, bold reds and the latter two deliver bigtime. Especially Kit Fox’s One Time Spaceman red blend… it’s heaven in a bottle! Bodkin has a great presentation across the board but their sparkling sauvignon blanc is delightful.
If you’re in the area, I’d highly recommend spending some time at Locals!

Locals has a very quaint feel to it and with a long list of fantastic wines to sample, this place is definitely worth checking out. We were a little put off by the tones of elitism we kept picking up from our host, however. Although she wasn’t too keen on providing tasting notes or suggestions, the wine was great nonetheless and it would be worth visiting again.

We had a great experience here. Came in and were the only ones there, which was nice. Very attentive and helpful staff (the gal helping us was named June, I believe). Provided tons of information about the wines, and made great suggestions for what we might like to try next. And try we did! Such a great environment to taste and learn about wine, without all the pretension. Got a little spiel about membership but were not pressured to buy at all. We loved their sparkling sauv blanc, and the desert wine was one of the sweetest I’ve ever tasted. Will definitely return!

If you want free tasting and no info on the wines this is the place for you. Server was did not know much about the wines and did not seem to really want to help us learn anything. He did listen to our requests for varietals but that was it. If you desire good wines and customer service, go down the road to Delorimer Winery.

Came in here to wine taste and they were incredibly rude and inhospitable. One of the representatives insulted us and we ended up leaving in disbelief of the treatment that we had received.

I love the concept of having a single place to sample wine from growers that are too small to support their own tasting room — or who live in areas so remote as to make it difficult for wine lovers to make a visit. I spent about 20 minutes there and tasted a dry gewurztraminer which was good but didn’t cause fireworks to go off for me. Then I wanted to try a Sirah but they had 3 different ones, so I said, «Which has the most smokey taste?» A wry smile and the man behind the counter pointed at the William Gordon Sirah. «I don’t like Sirahs — but this is one that I love!», he said. It was crazy good. I purchased two bottles at $ 30 a bottle which tasted ever as good as the $ 90 bottles I can’t afford in Napa county.
If you are looking for spacious vistas of a vineyard, a romantic setting to propose to your future wife — this isn’t the place. If you are shopping for a good wine or something unique — this place is for you.
You know the song «Jesus is on the Mainline»
(2:49 into the clip)? Well this place is kind of like that song goes… you just walk in and tell them what you want. Chances are, they will have it because they represent a handful of different wineries. It sure worked for me!
This place is downtown Geyserville, so you can experience Geyserville. (Just be careful you don’t run over the town dog.)

Let me first start by saying I have been wine tasting many times before and this place by far has been the worst experience I have ever had. The lady that served us is rude rude rude, I believe she was the owner. She had major attitude and seem to care less about helping us at all. She acted like we were bothering her and she answered every question with a snobby tone. She didn’t care to explain anything about the wines or help us at all with our selections.
It was an extremely unpleasant experience. To top it all off there were small little flies everywhere flying over the bar and landing in and out of the open wine bottles. It was disgusting. I would be embarrassed if my wine was being poured here. I don’t know how this place has so many five star reviews, let alone is still in business. Do yourself a favor and avoid this place like the plague. There’s many more places in Sonoma you can taste good wine and get great customer service.

At the geyserville santa parade and tractor pull. Great sausages and home made slaws, mustard, and yummies. Seems like a town hall kind of place where the locals hang. Hmmm. Hence the name.

Cool place with lots of boutique wineries represented. Casual and friendly and lively atmosphere. Free and plentiful tasting. Lives up to its name — great for locals!

Came in last weekend to taste Bodkin Wine’s, which is now being poured there. I think this is a great place to get lots of different tastings from a variety of smaller production wineries. If you’re in the area of Geyserville definitely stop in and do a tasting. One thing I really liked about Local’s is that they allow dogs. Next time I’ll definitely be bringing my lab.

I do not use the race card, after-​all I am from the Bay Area and am use to a wide range of color as well as socioeconomic backgrounds.
As a group of 4 young professionals, we clearly had a different experience than the 3 white women that walked in the door. We got no explanation on the wines, little interaction and truly felt we were being quickly brushed off there premises.
I want to be clear that this review is in no way representative of the wines, but rather the interaction and treatment that we received. (Or lack there of)
Customer service goes a long way, Locals, shame on you for pre-​judging. And yes, we did make a purchase, not just take
advantage of your free wine rating.

They have a wide selection of local and regional wines. The easy going environment contributes to take your time to find the best wine that suits you. They can ship you the wines you want, order them online or even sign up to receive random bottles every three months. The wines have great quality and the owners are down to earth.

Where else would you want to go on your wine country visit? Well you should check out the gem of Sonoma County, Geyserville!
Located in the heart of some of the best vineyards and wineries in the world. Check out this spot, featuring many different local wineries in a one stop shop. You can hardly beat that. And it’s next store to possibly the best restaraunt in the world. Diavola!

This place offers a handful of tastings from different local wineries in one location. The people were very enthusiastic about their complimentary tastings. They offered 49 different complimentary tastings and if you check in you get 15% off your first purchase.
I thought the bottle of wines were on the pricier side compare to the wineries but I think that’s the tradeoff for complimentary tastings. We bought a bottle of white wine ($ 20) and brought it back to the hotel to chill in the fridge then when we opened the wine it turned out to be a bottle of RED! We weren’t upset but we were looking forward to our bottle of white and if we knew it was a bottle of red we wouldn’t have chilled our wine, but we left our wine in the paper bag and didn’t bother to take it out… We also bought some lamb jerky that were delicious but it was $ 7 for a few ounces.

Our friends and I came here for a birthday celebration first stop. At first I was thinking this place is small, but boy do they have a GREAT BIG selection of tastings for you to choose from. Better yet, these are tastings from LOCAL wineries that may not have their own tasting rooms. The owner Carolyn is so personable and everyone there just wanted us to have a great time. They took the time to explain to us the wines, what are tastes are and what we like. They also recommended us to get food from next door which will deliver the pizza over to the tasting room! This is honestly the BEST tasting experience I’ve ever had. I got a couple bottles and the winemaker was even there to sign my bottle! Will definitely be back!

Go here! Go here! Go here! I can not say enough good things about this place. Tell them what about wine you like and they will find you a wine you will love. The great thing about this place is that, as in their name, it is local wines, many from places that are small producers of wine from that region and many of whom have no tasting room.
My favorite pour had to be the zin from Peterson winery, and no it was not because the wine maker just so happened to be there the second night we went (he was also signing bottles). Why run around and try to cram a bunch of tastings into one exhausting day when you can just go here?
Laid back pourer who actually prefers beer but has a knack for wine. I saw someone bring her a glass of wine and she, just by smelling it, was able to tell what they had been poured.
Free tastings and the bottles of wine I loved were also reasonably priced.

We had a wonderful time at locals this past weekend! Let me tell you about it.
We were first attracted to the idea of tasting several local wines in one spot because the temp was 110. It was a far more comfortable experience then shlepping around in the heat all day. The other thing that drew us to this spot is that they represent many smaller producers that don’t have other tasting rooms. I love the idea of tasting handcrafted wines made my artisans as opposed to things produced in a more «factory» environment.
The staff was friendly and knowledgable about the wines they served. They were happy to answer our questions about farming and wine making practices for the wines. They were happy to offer tastings and there were no high pressure sales pitches. Since they offer 50 wines for tasting, we appreciated that Caroline (the owner) tried to get a sense of our taste and guide us through the selections.
One other thing we discovered about Locals is their next door neighbor, Diovla’s. They have wonderful pizza and even serve a gluten free crust. It’s to die for. It was so fun to be able to order a pizza and nibble as we sipped our way through the wine list.
Locals is absolutely a place we will visit again on our yearly trips to the area.

I have been going to Local’s for years and a Wine Club Member for almost as long.
It is a unique place! The people that work there and the owners, Carolyn, are all very friendly and want to showcase every wine. They explain each one and doing tastings in threes — able to taste 3 Zins side by side from different wineries.
There are usually some nibbles off to the side to try and the shop itself is full of fun wine related gifts.
If you haven’t been, it is a must when visiting Geyserville!

Not sure why it took me so long to get around to trying Locals. This place is AMAZING. I am tired of visiting wineries that look great (nice picture spots!) but make what I can only describe as bad wine that you wouldn’t want to spend $ 10 on much less $ 20 or $ 30.
Locals is different. My bf and I dropped in this past Friday. The lovely women behind the counter started by asking us to describe the kind of flavors we look for in wine, rather than a particular winery or varietal that I favor. And guess what? This approach worked. I ended up finding a bunch of new wineries with some really great wines that I just had to buy. One was even… gulp…a chardonnay. Couldn’t believe it. Chardonnay is like a 10-​letter word to me, usually.
My selections were from Praxis and Ehret vineyards — neither of which I’d heard of before but both of which I’ll definitely start following.
Also, the prices were great… Now if I could get it together to join Locals’ wine club…