Rasta Ranch Vineyards

Was the final winery of a two-​day winery tour. The best and most relaxed winery of the two days. Love Uncle Homer’s Red!

They were extremely rude and insulting when my bridal party and I went here and proceeded to make unfriendly comments inside about us when they thought they were out of earshot and the server left little to be desired (very negative and grumpy) even the guy who seemed to be in charge had said out loud (to the server) «Stop being so gloomy and smile a little…(to us) don’t mind her, she’s always like this. This was also the guy who moments later went into the main store area and proceeded to be extremely rude and start talking about me and the 5 others I was with. Little did he know the patrons he was saying this in front of happened to be 2 of the 5 and they were none other than my own mother and soon to be mother-​in-​law. We were not overly loud, overly obnoxious or remotely drunk (3^rd winery stop). SO, If you want friendly and accommodating… go some place else.

Rasta Ranch has a special place in my heart. Most of their wines aren’t that great, but all the other hippie things you can buy and the chill staff make up for it. They were very busy during my most recent visit so they had a set tasting menu instead of tasting anything off the menu.
If they’re using a tasting menu, ask them to sub Bohemian Raspberry in it. You won’t regret it! It’s a semi-​sweet raspberry flavored red, and it might be favorite wine in the entire Finger Lakes. I don’t know how they can make one wine that is basically the embodiment of everything good in the world when their other ones are so meh.
I also recommend their wine hot sauce, Uncle Homer’s Hippie Heat. It’s slightly sweet, very hot, and delicious.

Skip this one folks! $ 5 tastings out of little plastic cups. 5 tastings, nothing worth purchasing and taking home.

Awesome winery!!! Go in open minded… all this getting yelled at? B. s… If you’re disrespectful, rude, obnoxious and already wasted, or if your limo has been yellow or red carded then expect to be asked to leave!!! The owners are fantastic! They really don’t care about taking your money so whoever said that is just down right miserable… Surely there are swear words tossed around, but it’s part of the hilarious atmosphere… If you’re a snob, this is not your place! (I’m assuming the «awful wine» comment would be from such…) The wine and atmosphere are great for people who just enjoy wine, especially sweet! Uncle homers and Peace of My Heart come in jugs by popular demand and they’re DELICIOUS! Mixed together they’re even better!!! Perfect for beer and wings! When you walk in you enter a warm cozy barn with so much to look at! Every time I go I notice something new! I’ve definitely had the best time here and Hector Wine Company! (which is for the dryer crowd.) The owner of that winery is also fantastic!
Tastings are larger than most, especially if you like a particular one and are chill… if your an ass you will be treated as such, and this «yelling at» comment from a bartender and being told to pay attention… can;t see it happening…

This is by far my favorite winery. I make the 3 hour trip out of my way just to get a few jugs of my favorite, Piece of My Heart” wine. Can’t wait to do my annual visit this summer!

This place definitely has character. Strike up a conversation with the owner about her trip to Woodstock or the many concerts in the 60s that she had attended. Go try on a mood ring or purchase a tie dyed t-​shirt. Try some wine such as the sweet wine titled «Purple Haze.» Don’t expect high quality wine though. I opened my Purple Haze and the cork literally disintegrated causing in little pieces of cork to float around in my wine. It didn’t taste quite like it did in the winery. I don’t know if it was because I waited a while before opening it but it tasted quite weak and watery. The label on the bottle also came off with in a week of buying the wine and I had to tape it back on. If you are hitting the wine trails this is definitely a place you need to stop, though, just to experience it. You will not find another winery quite like this one in the finger lakes!

Had a blast tasting wines here. Lady behind counter had been a Woodstock and had tons of cool tales to tell. This was our 2^nd wine tasting, so maybe our tastebuds were off. We liked the wine well enough to buy 2 bottles each. That night we opened the first bottle. It tasted weak, no where near as good as we remembered. Same with all other bottles. Maybe a great wine if you like sweet wines or ice wines, but we regretted the wine purchase. The experience was fun though.

We visited Rasta Ranch in September of 2012 and had a great expereince. Loved the wines — especially Uncle Homer’s Red and Piece of my Heart. We will be going back in just a few days and I am a bit worried based on recent reviews that we won’t be able to recreate the good memory! Will post an update on our return.

We came here a couple of years ago and enjoyed the «experience» of the bob Marley, patchouli smell, full cups of their swill, fun, and laid back tasting.
We came this year and it was the same ambiance but trying to pretend they’re like the others, charging for a tasting of 5 and putting a sip in a tiny cup. The wine is still super sweet and not good but now they’re stingy. It’s too much of a gimmick. Too bad, so sad.

Fun, unique winery! Loved «uncle Homer»! Homer is very mild and laid back;~}. This winery is for everyone not just for the «elite»! What a great time, thanks.

Skip this on your wine tours people! Mean hippies yelling at you for anything you do. The wine wasn’t anything to write home about either. Left early because we were yelled at, won’t be returning here.

Okay, this is usually one of the last stops on our «Parker Loop» wine trail jaunts so my judgement and recollection is not complete. Here’s some highlights and lowlights:
Man behind the winebar is bearded, gray, and gruff, wearing an awesome Hawaiian shirt. Also seems to be flagrantly chugging from a Molson Canadian can as he serves our wine «tastes» (Tastes seem to be half glasses). He yells at my special lady when she has to ask where we are in the wine tasting list, «Pay attention!»
Oh man, this is some sweet sweet wine. Grateful dead blasting on the speakers. My special lady picks up a tank top she would like to purchase, then spills some wine on it during the tasting, and discreetly returns it to the rack. Wandering around the store, ogling the merchandise.
Must buy Uncle Homer’s Red.
Purchased one jug. Later would wish that I had purchased several more.
It’s the Fingerlakes, baby. Drink in the sweetness.

The tasting room is a converted old barn, with kitschy music memoribilia displayed (eg, posters of Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, etc), and hippie-​esque jewelery and clothing for sale in addition to the wine.
The service was good — the woman behind the counter took our tasting fee ($ 2 each) and poured their wines, talking about each of them.
However, the problem is (and the reason the review is 2 stars, not 4) that the wines they make… not particularly good. Some of them, in fact, were rather spectacularly bad. Yeah, there’s no accounting for taste, but it’s hard to seperate the tasting experience from the service one.
I can say, been there, done that, I’ll pass on another try.