Vermeil Wines

Great place to stop by to drink some fine wine and watch a game. Kiera and the staff are awesome. Good place for couples and group of friends. Make sure you taste the Cab Franc.

My wife and I had an hour to kill before our dinner reservations and stumbled into this wonderful tasting room. I ordered a glass of the XXXIV Proprietary Red Wine which was fantastic. My wife who doesn’t really enjoy wine had a sip and liked it. We also ordered their cheese plate which they put together themselves and it was a perfect size and compliment to the wine. We asked about the plate and our hostess actually brought us some of the crackers and let us have them! I was sad to miss her name, but we were happy to sneak a selfie with her to say thanks for taking extra time with us one a very busy night! We will be back because of the fantastic wine, cheese, crackers, and customer service!

Wines are ehhh, but great find for wine & football on a Sunday. If you’re okay with a slightly sweet chard and a red table wine with a cheese plate (that’s the best part), this place has a cool vibe. Nice Staff. wine and football!

This place is perfect because it has something for everyone! The wines were delicious, the coach/​sports thing was great for the guys, and there is a room with a tv and couches in the back! We ordered a bottle and lounged in the back room for awhile. It felt like hanging out at a friend’s house. And our host Kiera was so sweet and friendly and had the best recommendations out of everyone we met the whole weekend!

Absolutely great! This was our first stop downtown Napa. We meet wonderful couples: drank wine, talked about sports, and share multiple winery locations. Excellent wine!

Great find, especially if you want to watch sports and drink wine without the rowdy and loud scene at the local bars. The drinking space is large with comfy couches and two large tvs, it feels warm and comfy. The large windows are great for people watching. The wine is very tasty. 3 tastes for 25.00−35.00 depending on which flight you go with.

We shared reserve wine tasting and chese platter. Comfortable seating and no pressure to buy wine or leave.

I had an amazing tasting yesterday afternoon! Ended up hanging around for a few hours since I was having such a great time. Kiera KNOWS HER STUFF and gave several great recommendations. Definitely try the JLM — it was my favorite. Andrew was also incredibly knowledgeable and great to chat with. I highly recommend stopping by and doing a tasting!
They also have very affordable shipping — I have several bottles headed back to the East Coast that will be waiting for me when I return ;-)

We had a really great experience here for the tastings and the guy who helped us was Michael. Super nice, informative and fun to talk to. He gave us many good recommendations on restaurants and winery’s. I would recommend coming here for some wine tasting or even for a glass. Place is located in downtown Napa.

I love Vermeil, just not the Napa tasting room. The girls pouring the wine were not friendly, did not explain the wines well, and appeared to be more into socializing with each other than anything else. We did meet some nice people in the tasting room.
I love the Calistoga tasting room. Again, a younger man serving us but well versed on the wines and very mature. More character and warm feeling than the Napa location.
Good wines.

GREAT place to hang out. Huge couches and lots of TVs.
Not a sports bar but a great compromise if your with your spouse or a group.
Had no idea of the history of he wines. Our group really liked the Sauv Blanc and the Rose.

Just had a tasting and WOW! Andrew is a perfect host… knowledgable, interesting and so personable. He’s the reason we came back. If the wines could speak for themselves, they would say, ‘taste me and you’ll wanna take me home’! My fav: the 2012 Rosedale Cab. Hubby’s fav: ’12 Pickett Road. Vermeil gets what it takes to make not good, but EXCEPTIONAL wines (especially reds).
This place has a nice and relaxing vibe too. Can’t wait to return!

Neat little tasting room for those that like sports memorabilia. We got a kick out of seeing an old photo of a packed full Rose Bowl in 1976. The staff was friendly and the wines were good. We ended up with two bottles of their signature red (I drank too much of it and can’t remember the name now). Overall, a good tasting room to visit while strolling through Napa!

What a nice winery.
Quality of the wines can’t be beat.
Definitely a football theme here

We had the place to ourselves. Comfortable seating. Big screen sports. Friendly service. The wine was tasty but a little pricey. We had the wine and chocolate pairing for $ 25 each – basically three 2 oz tastings with a different chcolate with each one. We sat in the back room with the TV and it was private and cozy, so the price twas worth it to me. They do have a few minimal nuts and cheese plates. I think if they amped it up a little with more food, they would bring in more people and liven the place up.

Being a local from Napa, I am always looking for somewhere with a great atmosphere, where I can relax, and feel welcome. And THIS IS IT! The staff always does an outstanding job, they know the wines, they do generous pours for the price point and really go out of their way to make anyone feel welcome. My boyfriend loves the tvs and I just can’t get enough of their cheese plate, it is delicious! I would recommend this tasting room to anyone really trying to experience the Napa lifestyle, the staff does an AMAZING JOB, we come here all the time and have always had the best experience! Cheers to great wine!

Calling all football fans… if you are in Napa and want to try some good wines this is your place. Being from St. Louis Coach Vermeil is a legend so I HAD to check out Vermeils on my recent «sisters» trip to Napa. I would describe this place as a minimalist, classy, sports bar motif wine tasting room. My sister and I visited here on a late Saturday morning during a Cajun festival in downtown Napa. The location of this tasting room is ideal in some ways because its in a busy downtown area with a lot of foot traffic. The tasting room wasn’t busy at all at this point in the day so we had the place to ourselves. The adorable girl working that day told us she was new and learning a lot on the job. She did a great job and was very attentive. We decided to do a tasting that was paired with chocolate. There were three wines included in this tasting, 2009 XXXIV Proprietary Red Wine, the 2011 Frediani Vineyards Zinfandel (my personal favorite), and a 2009 Sweet Semillon. The chocolate pairings were perfect. We were told the chocolate was purchased from a local chocolatier just down the street-​SO delicious. It was so decadent to be drinking wine and eating chocolate that early in the day. I also tasted the Chardonnay and the Rose of Cabernet Savignon. Both were good but I LOVED the Rose! I ended up ordering several bottles of the XXXIV for my husband because he likes football and I thought he would get a kick out of it. (For those of you who don’t know the significance behind this that is the Superbowl in which Coach Vermeil took the St. Louis Rams to the Superbowl and WON! 2000) I also ordered a bottle of Rose for myself.
One really great tidbit about this winery that differentiates it; they are open until 11 pm on the weekends and until 10 pm during the week. Most wineries close at 5 or 6 at the latest.

Small location with a small selection. I enjoyed my visit here, but nothing particularly stood out for me.
I really like the set up of the place, and if you’re a sports/​wine person then this place is probably perfect for you. They have TVs and nice settings/​seats and it looks great. They’re also open past 5PM which is a plus since a lot of places in Napa close around then. My girlfriend and I tasted three wines, all of which were okay. Service was friendly too.
However, if sports is not a drawing point for you, I can’t really think of any particular reason to come here other than that it’s open past 5PM. The wines were fine, but they were fairly expensive for a tasting and the quality (though I do admit they give you a fairly generous pour). The selection is also pretty small. I know competition is tough and having something to stand out is good, but I don’t see that influence in the wine which is primarily what I’m looking for. Maybe if they had a better selection and someone who can explain the wine and/​or why it’s so pricey it would feel less like I’m just paying extra money because a famous person’s name is attached to it.
Still, worth trying!

Kind of a nice little hidden gem of downtown Napa. With all the construction and everything going on, this place can get a bit lost.
The name obviously comes from the ex-​coach of the St. Louis Rams, Dick Vermeil and once you walk in, you can figure that out pretty quick.
I understand the service comments people have made, sometimes it is a bit lackluster, but I have never had a big issue, though I have seen someone turned away 20 minutes before closing, which I thought was weird for a stand up tasting.
The Wines:
Average to Above Average — the whites/​rose are actually very refreshing. The Reds are okay, but I haven’t had all of them. The value is very good overall.
The Atmosphere:
I haven’t tasted inside, but it looks like a cool spot if you want to kick back and watch TV, or have a group around the table. I have been outside a few times and I think people are missing out. The couches are very comfortable and they are dog friendly, so you can just chill out with your pooch and sip a glass if you stop by. The last time I was there, they brought water out for the dog in our party.
They also stay open late, I believe 9 on weekdays (M-​TH) and 10 (F-​Sun). Which is awesome if you just want to hang out after dinner, buy a bottle and sit outside. A nice option to going to a crowded wine bar, and very laid back.

If you are a sports fan this is a very cool place to come visit. If you are a wine lover it is just average.
The set up of the bar and its surrounding tables is very quaint. They have a large sitting area and a small private area off to the side. We chose a table/​booth off to the side and were brought a menu and glasses quickly. My wife had a flight that included whites and reds and I chose the zinfandel only flight. Both flights were reasonable about 25 – 40 dollars.
The glasses are HUGE and they poor heavy. You almost get a full glass of wine with each tasting. I had a good time sipping on my wine and looking at all the sports memorabilia. My zis were very heavy. The tannin level on the younger wines were very pronounced. They would have done well to decant them a bit.
We ended up hanging out for a while and picked up a bottle of wine. I buy wine for the memories. Months our years later I will open a bottle and immediately be brought back to that moment.
I am giving them 2 stars due to the lack luster service. The two employees had groups of friends stop in for some quick pours and we felt bit forgotten. The employees were more interested in the NCAA tournament and less in discussing wine. But it is a sorts wine bar so I may be wrong.