Graziano Family of Wines Tasting Room

Friendly staff. Fantastic wines and olive oil. The Pinot Meunier was a great revelation.

If you are heading up 101 to 128 to visit Mendocino wineries, this is a great place to stop by. Easy parking and nice atmosphere. There are lots of good and value priced wines. I especially liked the Enotria Arneis and rose.

We had such a lovely tasting experience here. I got to try a lot of Italian varietals I was unfamiliar with and learned about them too. Our server was friendly and knowledgeable. One thing I really liked is they have tasting sheets printed out for you to use and make your own notes as you taste. This is very considerate of them. Here are my tasting notes: Pinot Blanc — had a nice little kick of acidity. Tocai Friulano — it’s own grape. Primo Bianco — delicious and easy to drink white. Sesso — a really neat blend. Arneis — really sweet, smooth. Cortese — also really sweet. Dolcetto, so light and sweet. Also loved the Chenin Blanc — oh so (you guessed it) sweet, amazing.
If you like…
— trying Italian varietals
— free tastings
— knowledgeable servers
— delicious wine for $ 15/​bottle
— wines on the sweeter side
You’ll love Graziano.

Do not pass up this tasting room. Great wines priced right and olive oil tasting to boot!

Tasted here last week. It was one of the best experiences I have had. The nice gentleman who poured was super nice and very knowledgeable. They offer Italian varietals not usually produced, which was excellent because you get to taste wines other than those grown and crafted here in California.

This was honestly one of the best experiences I have had at a tasting. The Pourer was a wonderful sweet gentleman who was just as passion about the wines as he was the stories behind the wines. We heard many glorious stories in the history of the wines.
Although stories are great… we were pleased the wine matched. We loved so many of the wines we purchased 9 bottles and joined the wine club. I get so excited whenever more comes in the mail. So delicious… everything we have had. I wish we lived closer because we would go back constantly and take part in all of the events they have.
If you are in town, you MUST go here! Plus the prices are soooo low. It is shocking!

Good wines at great prices! Stopped by after a trip to the Ukiah Food Co-​op on our way back to Sonoma County. The reds are delicious and reasonably priced. I particularly like the Italian varietals including the blend even if it was bit more expensive. I am sure you will find one or more that you like. The tasting room is cute but very small.

We discovered this tiny tasting room in Hopland during a local wineries passport weekend several years ago. The place was packed and we only stayed long enough to try a couple tastings –Italian varietals not found at too many places. Liked what we tasted and decided we would come back on a quieter weekend even though the tasting room is the better part of an hour from where we live.
Very glad we went back as we thoroughly enjoyed our return visit. The pourers were friendly, attentive, and generous. The offered wines were numerous — upwards of twenty different bottles open, and you may try as many as you like. Re-​sampling for comparison was OK and as we conversed and asked questions about the wines they started pulling top shelf reserves and shared some of those as well — all with no tasting fee!
The wines are for the most part very tasty and food friendly What they may lack in complexity they more than make up for in their accessibility. And the price point? Outstanding as many are in the $ 12-​$ 15 range and there are only a handful a little over $ 20. Typically, we make a run up the highway every few months to pick up a few bottles to go with our upcoming pasta dinners. A word of caution when visiting here — if you don’t show some self restraint in your tasting you may burn out your pallet before you get to go anywhere else because they will give you so many samples!

Loved this place!
The most friendly staff!
Great wines!
Wonderful prices!
Really nothing was over $ 20 and the wines were great. We left with so many bottles because we could actually afford everything we wanted to take home.
Their Barbara is outstanding. I was excited that they made a Pinot Meunier. Their Coro was good, but most of them are.
Will be back!

This is a great winery in Hopland right on 101. A great stop on your north south travels. Gene and Bob are a fountain of information and have probably forgotten more on wine then I will ever know. They will gladly repour so you can compare and show you the differences in their varieties. They are always having specials that are open to nonmembers and make you feel like you are robbing them blind.

Like others have said: a small and intimate tasting experience, with an extremely friendly and helpful server guy. Lots and lots of wines over 4 labels, most of which were Italian varietals of one type or another (including zin), almost entirely $ 12−20/btl. Some excellent wines (especially for that price range); I thought the older zins and some of the Enotria blends were outstanding. Would definitely come again; would definitely recommend and bring others.

Oh, Graziano… grazie. Grazie to you for an afternoon and a sales pitch (along with tasty vinos) amazing enough to get us (ok, the boy) to buy a case to enjoy at home.
We took the Sangiovese to go go…
I have to agree – their Coro Mendocino is a delightful blend. It’s definitely a learning experience for me rolled into one with some constantly flowing sips and salivations at this tasting room.
I’ve never been to Paradise, I’ve only been to me. This past week I just happened to go to Hopland… I’m half way there. The host was very gracious, knowledgeable and an all around fun guy. He sort of reminded me of the Santa Claus of wine making. Do stop in if you’re passing through!

If you’re in Hopland, or just driving through on the way up 101, you’ve got to check out the friendly Graziano tasting room here. Last time through, I checked out Sip!, but I could just as well have stopped here, with the variety they offer.
Their Coro Mendocino is an interesting blend, an attempt at a «appellation controllee» type wine specific to the region. It’s a blend of old vine Zinfandel and three classic Italian grape varieties, Sangiovese, Barbera & Dolcetto. I can see the uniqueness of this wine, with the history of Italian wineries in Northern California, and California’s «official» state wine, ZIn. The blend is good, but not outstanding, but very drinkable, and certainly unique to the region.
The rest of the wines, mostly italian varietals and zins, were very good. I ended up buying a case of the 2002 Sangio at an outstanding price — first time I’ve bought an entire case of one wine!

The first place I have purchased a case of wine from, although to be fair the sale didn’t hurt. No tasting fee, and it seemed like at least twenty wines to taste from several related labels. A great Muscato, several good white wines and the various Italian Reds were amazing. The prices were good even before the sale. The tasting room is a bit small, so you may want to get there early in the day. They were incredibly friendly, will to let us taste any of the wines, generous pours, and suggested several other place to taste.

Staffed by a congenial, friendly and very knowledgeable tasting manager, this postage stamp sized tasting room is a must visit when in Hopland.
Well-​priced wines.