Christopher Creek Winery

Came here since they were open late (till 6pm) unlike some of the other wineries.
They seem to be popular to for their Viognier, which they were out of that day.
Ended up trying their chardonnay, which was nice and crisp. they have pool on their patio.
Overall nice set up.

I always have to give some extra credit to smaller, family wineries. This one is actually at a house (that I think is rentable). We had our wine tasting at a picnic table around the pool. While it felt like I was in someone’s backyard, the wines were delicious & Christopher Creek is a great community winery. We stopped there on our Segway Tour and I’m so glad we did. (I know it looks goofy, but they are seriously so much fun!!!) I don’t know that I would’ve found this spot on our own. Luckily there was a pouch on our segway so that we could take some wine home with us!

Come for the wine, stay for the view!
The view is simply gorgeous. The scenery is better than the wine. Maybe we were spoiled by a phenomenal stop just before this, but the wine here wasn’t quiet as impressive and our server was somewhat less enthused than at our previous stop.

Beautifuly tasting wines with a wonderful tasting area. Owner greeted us in a tank top hammered. Service was great, other than the owner being hammered it was great!

What a beautiful location for wine tasting! We were set up at a long table for 12 on the deck and we all brought picnic items to share. If we had known, we would’ve brought our bathing suits to enjoy the pool. The lack of proper attire did not deter all of us; a couple of the girls decided to jump in with their dresses on. I would not recommend that.
Although the setting was perfect and the staff was friendly, frankly the wine was not that great. There were one or two reds that were ok but they certainly were not worth the $ 50 price tag. The rose was so terrible I wanted to pour it out but we were not provided a bucket.
For the sake of tasting wine, I would not suggest Christopher Creek. The long drawn out stories about the various labels being sold there were not that interesting and hyped up the wines more than necessary.

Loved this place! We were just driving along the 101 and discovered this place right off the highway. The view was absolutely beautiful, and the wine was honestly the best I’ve had overall. The first tasting was fantastic, then I found myself loving every sample of the whites. This is definitely a place to visit if you think you don’t like wine! Also there is a lovely deck with a pool. There is a way to rent it out I believe. Would be the perfect venue! Also CC does traveling tastings and you can order them to come to you! I would definitely recommend this spot to anyone. We spent the whole morning there!

So, here’s the deal — what do you give a winery with an amazing wine tasting VIEW but average tasting wines?
One morning on our first Napa wine tasting excursion, the hubby and I exited the freeway and headed to Christopher Creek Winery (we were on our way to the Coppola Winery but it was still too early so this was our side trip). Drove up without a reservation and were greeted by a friendly man who walked us inside the tasting room and pulled out our wine glasses. We decided to do our wine tasting on the deck overlooking the vineyard. Beautiful day!
We tried their flight of wines — we just didn’t like the wines very much. They were all very light, even the reds. The girl who poured our wine introduced the wines but hovered around a little too long for our liking.
We would revisit the winery for it’s awesome view, but, if we’re in wine country, we’d rather search for another winery to find wines that match our taste.
So to answer my own question — based on the ambiance, service, and view, we are giving this winery four (4) stars.

We ordered some futures nearly two years ago … no word. The notification might have gone to my spam folder since they were sending me emails almost every day for a while there!
I remember the visit being pleasant enough and the wine tasting good, though.

I downloaded the Unilocal app only to make this review. Which really says something.
We arrived at the winery after going to two wineries and were asked to go outside by the pool. The three first wines of our tasting took a long time coming. Two members of our party of 10, tired after an early start, took a nap by the pool on some lounge chairs while we waited.
Lo and behold, we get approached and told we are all too drunk, clearly, to continue drinking, due to us being «passed out by the pool.» Despite 8 of us hanging out and chilling at the table while our friends took a snooze. Beautiful vista. Horrible experience. Low light: «If you all were part of our wine club you’d be totally fine.» What does that even mean? Super offensive and we will never be back. Snooty and judgmental. Done.

Stopped in to pick up some futures my sister-​in-​law had picked out there during a tasting and though, why not try some wine (i mean, who are we kidding?). We didn’t have an appointment but they were really cool about accommodating us, even bringing us into the back for some barrel tastings. The tasting room is quite small but it sits on a beautiful landscape overlooking a pool, jaccuzi, green hills, and next to an awesome house you can rent out if you’re part of the wine club.
Desi took great care of us. Our favorite wines were:
2012 Meritage
2012 Petit Sirah Port
2012 Sotoyome Red Blend
2011 Estate Syrah Reserve
Of the many amazing futures we tasted I think the 2014 Lavio Pinot was pretty killer. Look out for that one when available or secure some now and be safe! :) No charge for the tastings.

A truly great person… I brought a group to Christopher Creek Winery/Estate…this is in the off season and it was beautiful, yet more than the view… Joe greeted my guests with a handsome smile (genuine) and a welcoming embrace. After my guest were situated… Joe came back and personalized it for me and another
Driver by explaining the history of Christopher Creek… My guest left feeling this top their day off and as an experience Owner/​chauffeur it left me extremely impressed that I woke up at 2:00 am and was thinking of this special Gem in the mountain side… Thanks Joe Foppoli​I’ll be to see you again soon you Rock !

It was absolutely great experience to taste wines at Christopher Creek
You can enjoy their perfect hospitality, fantastic view of vineyards in a hill and awesome wines, mostly of Rhone style.

Christopher Creek is a beautiful winery. My boyfriend and I headed up with a groupon that I’d received as a birthday present, and we were really excited for our wine and food tasting and tour.
Okay, so our tasting and the accompanying food were tasty, but the service left a lot to be desired. The tasting room was staffed by a group of friends who made some snarky comments about us being from Oakland. And after the tasting, we handed over the groupon, but the staff gave some blank looks when we inquired about the tour. So no tours?
While the wine and the food pairings are pleasant, I would have preferred to have had a little more of a professional staff in the tasting room. As much as I like hearing all the latest gossip of this friend group, I had to probe the staff to learn more about the winery. I’d consider coming back if I could learn any history about Christopher Creek during a tasting… and maybe even get that tour that I didn’t get.

We’ve stopped by here several times before. This time we came for the «Wine & Food Affair» event last weekend. They were doing barrel tastings, but we told the guy that we just wanted to do the regular wine tasting, and he had no problem with that. The wines are good, but they are on the pricey side. My favorite is their 2012 Estate Petite Sirah Port.
Every time we’ve been there, they have offered to give us a tour of their grounds. It can come across as a bit too sales-​like, if all you want to do is taste their wines and not spend too much time there, but they seem to be passionate about what they’re doing and wanting to share their story with others.

My friends and I absolutely love this place!
Amazing people, gorgeous views and very, very good wine. I go there as much as my time allows. They have a nice area with a pool and space for an occasional live music. This is a place to bring your family because it’s very casual en environment!

One of the worst service experience ever at any wineries, in fact any establishment, that I have been. There was 4 guys behind the bar 1 guy on the side of the bar and 8 – 10 customers, and my gf and I received pretty much close to zero service and acknowledgement. I do not recommend this place to anyone.
This is the most detail review I ever written, I even thought about it for a few days so I don’t write an angry review, that is how offended I am. I am thoroughly upset at my experience here.
Date: Sep 26^th 2015 of encounter
0 Mins: Walked in with my gf, I see a bunch of people here and there, cool it should be good.
1^st-​5^th Mins: Bar seems full, ok, we will wait.
5^th-​8^th Mins: Moved around a bit to try and make eye contact with 1 of the 4 guys behind the bar, hoping that some one would at least acknowledge us. Nope, nothing, ok they are a little busy, started to be a little annoy to not even receive the initial «Hello, we are busy, will be with you in a moment.» Fine you guys are busy… ignore us maybe we would go away. We should have walked out at this point, but silly us, trying to give this place the benefit of the doubt.
9^th-​11^th Mins: — Found a spot on the bar. Still none of them acknowledged us for another few mins. Just going about what they were doing, never making eye contact or saying Hi.
12^th Min: Great, a guy comes over and serves us the first pour. No enthusiasm, no personality, did not explain anything at all. How much was tasting? What are you pouring? Anything special about this wine? Where does it come from? The guy walks away right after he pours and go to the register to poke a bunch of buttons, ok you got some stuff to do, hey no problem.
13^th-​15^th Min: Ok, tasting the Viognier, not bad, not stellar. Looks around, ok we are done, want to come back for the next pour? Please?
15^th Min: A couple walks up to the bar next to us, then a different tasting room rep greets them right away. Ok, bad luck to us, maybe he didn’t see us when we came in. Then the rep and couple starts chatting, the rep is super nice and had all the hospitality you would hope for at any winery. Then I realize, the couple are wine club members. Oh I see why there is a different level of service here… at least from this rep. I get you need to treat your members nice, but don’t you want new business?
16^th-​21^st min: Giving it the final chance, waited at the bar for our next pour. While watching the rep ignore us and continue to chat with the couple to the right of us. Still waiting for our original rep to finish with the register/​walking around. Oh, and there was also another rep who was giving his undivided attention to the two ladies to the left of us. No one stopped us as we left the counter, I guess they still didn’t see us.
22^nd min ish: Walked out with disbelieve from the lackluster service, ZERO level of hospitality, being ignored, and having mediocre wine, but of course I only had the Viognier. I wish i could comment on more of their wines, but geez i don’t think i was severed anymore…

Absolutely LOVE Christopher Creek. Visited for the first time two years ago and joined the wine family. As soon as I knew I was coming back to the area, I put a visit here on the top of my list of things to do.
First things first… the second you step off the bus or out of the car, you will be amazed by the view. Breathtaking. The grounds of the house and tasting room are very nice as well.
After taking some pictures of the view, you will be greeted, likely by one of the four owners, one of their relatives, or (if you are lucky as we were) Papa Foppoli himself. One of the best things about Christopher Creek is that it is truly a family affair. In fact, the first thing that happened when Liam (one of the owners) introduced himself to our group was that he gave me a big hug… because wine family is still family, even if you’ve never met in person before.
After greetings and more photos, we moved into the house for the tasting. We got lucky that the people who were renting the house that weekend cancelled last minute because tasting while overlooking the vineyard out of the giant dining room windows was incredible.
We tasted a ton of wines, including some Pinot Noir futures from the barrel. Every single one was excellent. I came out with a few bottles, some futures, and an upgraded wine club membership… plus some swag that Liam and the guys threw in for me. They called them «upgrade gifts» but I think they are just generally generous guys. I mean… they will fly out to your home, bring along a bunch of wine, and do a tasting for your friends and family in exchange for only a night on your couch. So cool.
I think my favorite part of visiting Christopher Creek, though (aside from the wine of course), is hearing the history of the winery, the owners, and the Foppoli family. Liam (and Dominic who was leading the first visit I did a few years ago) is a great story teller and they have a great story to tell. Our visit was made even more special when 99-​year old Papa stopped in to tell us stories about his bootlegging days. He reminded me of my own grandfather telling stories about his childhood, which was just another way that Christopher Creek made me feel right at home.
Anyways, cannot recommend this place enough. If you are ever in the area, you MUST stop by!

Gorgeous views, mediocre wine. The staff was fairly young and a little inexperienced, but they still tried and were polite. They were very accommodating to our large group and allowed us to bring in food.
I really like how they have poolside tastings, so you can enjoy the scenery of the rolling hills and vineyards. Great low-​key atmosphere. They weren’t too busy when we came here during Memorial Day weekend. They also have a house next door that you could rent.

I happens to come by this winery by chance and I was blown away by the quality of their wines. I especially enjoyed the Petite Sarah, the Pinot Noir, the Chardonnay and the Zinfandel. My wife liked their Deux Barriques Reserve blend. The price is generally $ 30 and up but the quality is excellent! Many of the pricier wines you can actually only purchase before their release. Desu McCormick took care of us for the tasting and did a fantastic job!
Also you can rent the house out at Christopher Creek and spend the night. They also do events and weddings if you are interested in a smaller and more intimate wedding. Their grounds are beautiful with the rolling hills and vineyards.
We were fortunate enough to have a wine club members early release tasting. For this they served hors d’oeuvres and had a comfortable outdoor seating area.
If you are looking for a good winery to check out I recommend his place!

We loved this winery. This place was a last stop on a birthday celebration wine tasting outing. It was very casual with great wine. We sat out on the deck where there was good music playing and a great view of the vineyards. We sat and relaxed for quit a while while tasting their delicious wine. I’ll definitely be back soon.