Mountain Valley Vineyards

This winery was the only one where I didn’t feel welcome as soon as I walked in. We were moved to three different places before we got to taste the wines. The wines were good. The person who finally helped us was friendly, but they definitely need to work on greeting people.

This was our first wine tasting it was okay, I am not sure what I expected but we drank six different wines and the show was over! Luckily I found two new wines but my first wine tasting experience was boring didn’t go any further on the tour!

Enjoyed a nice little stop here. Enjoyed all the wine we tasted. Got some muscadine wine which was really cool since you can’t find it at home. Only thing that stinks is you are only allowed to try 6 wines and then you have to pay for the rest which I think isn’t cool if you are buying a few bottles you should be able to taste as much as you want.

This was the second stop on the wine trail. I enjoyed the wine that I tasted, Collier Red being my favorite.

I visited all five wineries on the trail. Let me tell you, this winery was the best! The waiter made sure to rinse the glass each time I tried a new wine! They have very good wines and are knowledgeable! I will be ordering off of these guys again!!!

This was my least favorite of the wineries we went to during our trip to the area. The only thing I really enjoyed was the fact that they have a large parking lot and it was easy to park. The service was bad from the start. The person helping us was not friendly, didn’t talk to us much about the wine and just seemed like she didn’t want to be there. It just felt like a wine pouring assembly line. The wine was also below average. I would say this should be your last choice for local wine. The only positive was that the tasting was free.

A nice stop on your way though Pigeon Forge.
This is one of the better wineries on the Smokey Mountain Wine Tour. Make this one the second stop. It is one the right side of the road so no crossing traffic. The staff is great. They are always willing to tell you about the wine and just have fun. It can be busy on weekends. They do have plenty of stations but there can still be a wait for a tasting. But this is a must stop for a wine lover.

This is one of the five vineyards in the Rocky Top Wine Trail. The area for wine tasting is spread out, but well done. Very good selection of wine gifts such as bottle holders, glasses and cooking items. Similar selection to the others.
The building is beautiful. It’s all rock and similar to an old castle. Very unique.
We haven’t gone through the tour of the wine making yet, but I would like to.
The staff are always pleasant, but our server was not that outgoing. We enjoy tasting any and all the wines before we buy.
Definitely a stop we make when we go for wine tasting.

I love the idea of tasting EVERYTHING before I decide what to buy. As we rode into what we were warned is a dry county, we quickly panicked and began looking for spirits in this strange land. After stopping at more than one place we believed would sell wine but didn’t, we found this place. We rushed in ready to make our purchase but stopped when we smelled the opened wine. After exchanging puzzled looks, we noticed the tastings. When we found out we could get in on the tasting (anybody can), we were really excited. We forgot about our friend who was waiting in the car and began tasting everything on the menu. what a fun stop!!!
In the end, we left with a bottle we both enjoyed (Mountain Peach), one for her (Mountain Valley Red), and one for me (Mountain Berry). We enjoyed the different flavors that were very evident in these wines. The guy told us we could visit the other two wineries in the area and we’d then receive a free gift and that certainly excited us but we never got a chance to do that. I would definitely advise someone visiting who also had plenty of free time to check these out.

Nice staff and facility. Try the mountain berry red if you like sweet wine.

In life, one should stop at every winery they can. Its like stopping in some place, getting a little kick, maybe finding something you like, and head out for the evening!
This is a great afternoon or early evening stop. Yummy wine, and also, the usual «wine store» gifts to purchase.
Good wine! Good Time!

Being my first ‘wine tours’ to take… I’m not sure Pigeon Forge is the place to be. I wasn’t impressed with the wines here, but I didn’t expect much either. It was a fun adult activity for the day, but I look forward to venturing to California or Italy to have a REAL wine tour :) Of the three winerys – this was the second best.

The lady at the front was nice but the guy named JJ was extremely rude. While doing the wine tasting he wouldn’t even tell us the name of the wine. As we asked for the name he still turned away from us. Then he decided to walk away for a «smoke break» without even saying anything to us. Left us with no one to talk to. We still bought a bottle of merlot but I wouldn’t reccomend this place to any of my friends or families.

Our family likes sweet wines so we really enjoyed the Rhubarb & Muscadine white wines. I was SUPER IMPRESSED by free tasting. Our 3 families all dropped about $ 100 each on these unique sweet wines. We also all bought extra Mountain Valley Red (the best red ever-​served slightly chilled) to use w/​the Sangria bags that are to be served slushy & frozen. AMAZING! I also bought a bottle of the red Muscadine called Collier Reserve since it tasted good & it is supposed to be healthy d/​t the resveratrol. We will be ordering more online. We usually drink Rielsing-​but this wine was a wonderful change… if you like the sweet type of wines. We didn’t try any of the dry wines because we know what we like. Definetely, try the Rhubarb, (white & red) Muscadine & Mountain Valley Red if you are a sweet wine fan. You won’t be disappointed.

This is a place where their wine trumps their employees.
I haven’t had a horrible experience here but it has differed. I think that it has to do with their tasting stations having 3 sides and 1 to 2 employees manning wine station so its not totally personable but they do try and its understandable. They offer tours of their facility if you ask, there’s just not much to see when its off season, but its still nice.
Their wines are also nice. If you’re there in the winter ask for their Winterfest wine. Or really always ask about their seasonal wines that aren’t listed. You’ll be pleasantly surprised. Word to the wise though, their wines will definitely be sweeter. So if you’re a dry wine person, this may not be the best place for you…

Don’t waste your time if you enjoy wine. The wine is not good. Our host wine taster even called some of the varieties «crappy». Not professional but at least we got a head’s up. Weird vibe, worse wine.

My Husband and I consider ourselves to be reasonably educated when it comes to wine. Honestly, we’ve had better wines that we bought from drugstores for $ 5 a bottle.
We each tried 3 of the wines – a cab, a blush, and the blackberry. The blackberry was the most tolerable because it was a little sweeter. We both gave each other an uncomfortable perplexed look after we tried each of these wines as we were left with a very vinegary sour aftertaste. Even while walking back to our cars, we were cringing from the sour taste that lingered in our mouths. They apparently have won many awards for their wines, but we didn’t understand how.
On the plus side, the man who gave us a short free tour was super friendly. The employees behind the tasting counters were either very nice or completely disengaged. They also have a cute little wine store with neat wine accessories.
This was officially the strangest winery experience we have ever had. We enjoyed the Smoky Mountain Winery in Gatlinburg much better.

I think they forgot about fermentation.
We tried 6 wines all from their not so sweet collection. Well they all seemed too sweet. Not sweet and full like a desert wine, more like a spiked Grape Juice or Wine cooler.
There is a small tour behind the wine shop of the process of making wine but I had a tough time paying attention to the tour guide who lacked the passion for wine. He and a few of the people doing the tastings mentioned they liked beer better. Well I like beer better than their wine. The one positive I left with is my mother is new to wine and really likes sweet reds so I bought her a few bottles.
It at least provided a break in the travel day from Maryland to Atlanta.