Bella Piazza Winery

Can not really rate the wine — It was so crowded, could not get close to tasting area. Beautiful Grounds & tasting room. Nice view of Grape orchards and rolling hills. Apparently it is affiliated with Villa Toscano and we loved that wine and tasting room.
I thought they should have had the Pasta Buffet open — They would have made a bundle with that crowd.

Just had Mother’s Day Brunch outside in the beautiful gardens at Bella Piazza. This was going to be a real treat — to spend quality time with my son, his wife and his mother-​in-​law. It didn’t start off good — we were shown to our table and told that someone would be with us soon. After 10 minutes, we flagged down the greeter and asked if he could send us our waitress. He said we should just go help ourselves to the buffet and our waitress would be with us shortly. The buffet looked wonderful — lots of variety — only problem was that every plate I pulled from the stack had dried food on it. I discretely reported to one of the wait staff and handed them the dirty dishes. They did bring out more plates. I searched through about 5 of the plates on my side before I found one clean enough to use. I got my salad and went back out to our table and waited for our waitress. We asked for water — to which she replied that we could help ourselves to the water inside, but we could purchase a bottle of wine from her. I finished my salad and went back in to get the entrée. Once again, I had to search through the stacks of plates to find one clean enough to use. It wasn’t like the dried food was hard to spot. One plate had rice kernels — very obvious. I notified the staff again and they brought out more dishes. Bottom line — No reason to ever go back to this place. The food was OK, but not exceptional. The service was non-​existent and although I do like some of their wines, I can purchase them for less at Costco.

I’m not a wine expert by any means, but I thought my visit here was on par with some of the more larger and popular wineries in Napa. I came here with a friend of mine who is more wine savvy and also happens to belong to their wine club. We came to take advantage of their pasta lunch buffet on Sundays. I believe if you don’t belong to the wine club you can also purchase a buffet lunch but not sure on that. I really thought the food was pretty good for a free buffet ! The salad was fresh, and they had two different pastas and bread and veggies and potatoes … Carb central ! It’s not fancy tho, they give you paper plates and plastic utensils. Anyway after filling our bellies with pasta we meandered in the the tasting area and basically had a taste of nearly every wine they had on hand ! It was about 14+ pours ! All for free cuz my friend is again part of wine club. So he can have a party of four for free pours. They do charge a tasting fee if you’re not part of club. But fee was nominal. As far as quality and taste … I guess it was good ! I’m still learning the slight differences in taste of reds … I’m a bit better with whites and they have great selection. Service was attentive and friendly, they were very crowded at peak hour, but they did a great job serving everyone. The grounds are very pretty and pleasant. Very enjoyable way to spend a lazy Sunday afternoon !

Great wines and great service for a better than great price. Kerri was our tasting room pourer and she was outstanding.

The venue and the wine was great however John the «manager» was anything but helpful. Three of us did wine tasting by John and from the start he was rude, and not informative what so ever. We went in today on a Thursday around 1:00 in the afternoon, and we were the only people in the winery, so much for customer service. I defiantly won’t do tasting at this winery again due to this experience.

Beautiful setting and that’s about it. Wines were lackluster and the service was terrible. Probably one of the worst I’ve experienced at a winery. Unfriendly and lethargic staff!

Four stars for a beautiful setting and great wine. Not five on account of their lunch buffets.
OK, disclaimer: I was a member up until recently. (Can’t really take advantage of the benefits if you live over an hour away.) One of their membership’s benefits is a free lunch buffet every weekend. They serve pasta dishes, steamed vegetables and a side salad. Everything is fine, although it gets repetitive after a while, except for their house dressing.
Dressing? What’s wrong with dressing?
The last two times I went there (around twice in two months), I got somewhat ill from the lunch. I ate with others and they only thing I ate both times that they didn’t was the house dressing. Now, I wasn’t in the hospital ill but «I can do without that stomach pain» ill.
I don’t know what it is but don’t think it’s an allergy or anything like that. Just something to be aware of.
On a more positive note, the surroundings are lovely and the staff is very nice. The wine taster person (whatever that title might be) Rachel is great. The wines themselves are good. I prefer their whites and sweet wines more than their reds; the latter are a bit harsh for my taste. They’re good, don’t get me wrong but I would buy (and have bought) the others first.
I haven’t been there where it’s been so busy that I haven’t been able to get a seat, good service or just allowed to enjoy myself. I highly recommend going, tasting some wine and soaking in the sights. You’ll definitely enjoy it.
Just avoid the dressing…
Thanks!

Cons: They charged one person from my group for all the tasting fees of the party on accident — then didn’t attempt at all to fix it, staff talked trash about other wine members in front of us, pourer looked like he should retire as he was shaking so bad he almost missed the glasses, and the wines are not that great as they do a quantity over quality.
Pros: Sleeper was decent, the actual winery itself was really nice inside and out.
4÷17÷15 was our visit date.

My husband and I are wine club members because we have always had good experiences in the tasting room and the pasta buffet is really good! The first time I went I expected basic pasta but it was really good and high quality. However we are disappointed when we get the bottles open because almost everyone has a LOT of sediment, I’m not talking a little like some places have but a LOT. Its really quite gross and off putting. I have told my husband to cancel or membership despite the pasta, but I’d rather pay for the pasta.

I really like this winery! I am not a whino by any means and I am still learning about wines and trying to enjoy the wine culture and learn more. I really liked Bella and Villa because of what they offered their wine club members! I am a new member and we will see how I enjoy the experience, but my wine tasting experience had been good both times I went. They did not make me feel bad due to my lack of knowledge and just let me enjoy what I enjoyed. For me, I enjoyed the wines at Bella Piazza more… but they were both good! The Port at both locations is amazing! Both times I had Matt as the server and he is super cool and knowledgable! He was very down to earth and not a snob!
Neither location had Cab’s or Merlots… So that was kinda upsetting. But I was told the grapes needed for those wines are not grown in Amador.

Today my family visited Bella Piazza. My parents are wine club members so we enjoyed a complimentary lunch. Everything was delicious and the wine is always fantastic. They have a beautiful tasting room and stunning views from the grounds. We really enjoyed our visit here today!

Great wine. Beautiful scenery. Good food. Great wine club. Lots of events for members and nonmembers with lots of discounts. There’s a Pasta buffet that’s free for a member and 3 of their friends or $ 10 for nonmembers

Beautiful vineyard! Perfect setting for lunch, a wedding or just a quick trip out of town. Tasting fee was $ 5 and the tasting room was awesome! Yummy snacks to clean pallet. Great customer service. We came in as a large group of 8 ladies and they paid full attention to all of us. Will definitely be going back… Plus their Orange Muscat was AMAZING!

Let me start by saying I like the wine here. They have a decent selection and I’ve actually had a few wines here that I haven’t been able to find elsewhere. That said, they could be a little friendlier. We went in for a tasting and stood at the tasting counter for more than 5 minutes before someone acknowledged us. Not only were we the only ones there, but the fellow looked up at us several times — it almost felt as if he was hoping we would leave. We tasted a few wines and he mentioned the wine club. Once a member of our party showed interest and signed up, this dude suddenly became very nice and pulled out a couple of «special» wines. While I appreciated it, I didn’t like the feeling that we were rubbish until we decided to join up and spend ALOT of money (their wine is good but expensive). I will go back and I hope to have a better «people» experience the next time.

As soon as we walked up to the tasting counter (which is at the rear of their boutique) we were immediately told: «You have to pay the $ 5 tasting fee upfront, I’ll take that from you now.» The girl that started us with our tasting left after the first taste and pushed us off on Sir Richard, who was energetic and had a great personality, but all he could talk about was the wine club: «Well, what you are tasting now, if you join the wine club would only cost you X … well, our wine club, if you join … etc.» The wine was just average and the place looked like a boutique and not a winery. There were many, many items for sale ($ 70 vase anyone?) Very high pressure to join their wine club. We left disappointed, and will not be back due to the pressure.
We love Amador wineries because usually they are not like Napa — meaning they are usually friendly, low pressure, tastings are usually free and you get to chat with the actual winemakers. This place was like the Costco or Sams Club of wine.

Well their wines have gotten better but their service is horrible! Busy weekend for President’s Day and they have two people working their tasting bar and another the register and helping when possible. In the past I hadn’t been impressed with their wines but had a friend that wanted to try it. The grounds are beautiful, some of the nicest I’m Amador. Other than that this is one of my least liked wineries. Wines are fine, nothing special and service is mediocre at best. The bar was covered in spilled wine, bread had wine dripped in the bowl and on the sides. If you’re going to charge for a tasting you better back it up with good service and wines. Too many other great choices in Amador to waste your time here.

Such a beautiful location, we drove up here to enjoy a leisurely lunch on the patio with a nice bottle of Sangiovese. You can not beat the view, the ambience, and the wine! This is the sister vineyard of Toscano and both are located in the Amador Valley Northern California Gold Country wine region.
I definitely recommend driving along the scenic highways leading to this wonderfully underdeveloped region for site seeing, dining and wine tasting!

Ok the reason for the two stars really has to do with the wine. After trying about 4 wines I didn’t like, I skipped right down to the petite syrah and then gave up. This wine is mediocre at best. Although I like bold wines, there just wasn’t enough going on here.
Other then the wine itself, this place has a lot of other great attributes.
The grounds are GORGEOUS. I mean exactly what you would picture when you image going to a winery. Very pretty, Tuscany style.
Also, they have lunches with unlimited pasta buffet Fridays & Sundays salad & bread — free for wine club members (for up to four people), $ 11 for everyone else and the food is BOMB! I mean you get so full but is so good you can’t resist. Their rosemary bread is so so good. all the pasta and salad I had was really excellent. And not too many vineyards in the area offer food, so definitely a plus.
Also, have a dessert area with some over the top dessert, Red Velvet Mousse, yea. try that out. but might want to share it with a friend. 99% sure you won’t be able to finish it yourself.
The tasting room itself is very large, lots of art and things for sale.
If this place had better wine, I’d probably become a member, but for now it is just deserving of two stars.

I’m not a fan. A lot of this is subjective, so it’s hard to rate this winery accurately.
First off, it’s gorgeous. Huge château style tasting room with an events center, fountains, and beautiful landscaping. It truly looks like it belongs in Napa.
–BUT–
It’s in Amador. I love Amador because it’s NOT Napa. It’s laid-​back, down-​to-​earth, and easy going. Free tastings that are poured in a barn by the same people who work on the vines: that is the draw for me. Decent prices on wines because they’re not selling a label or a name, but rather a love of their land and their grapes. This winery feels too much like the flashy, arrogant Napa style.
I personally don’t care for their wines, but that’s just me. I have friends who are members here and love it. But here’s what really annoyed me. We came here because my father in law wanted to pick up several cases of wine for his good friend back home. As he was placing his order, we were asked if we would like a tasting. I have never tried any of the whites at the winery, so I was curious to taste just a couple. In other Amador wineries, you taste for free and can pick which of the wines you want to try (we ALWAYS buy at a free tasting). But here? No! Even when buying THREE CASES of wine, they were going to charge us a tasting fee for ONE person to try only a couple of whites! Seriously? This isn’t Napa!!! That was pretty ridiculous.
The guy that helped us out to the car with all the wine was friendly, but we won’t be returning here.

My fiancé and I went here with her parents to check the place out as a potential wedding venue. While walking around we happened to meet the event coordinator «Jesse» who seemed nice but was unable to speak at the moment. He did check for some wedding brochures but couldn’t find any in the reception building so he forwarded us to the tasting room.
We went over and stood at the tasting counter for what seemed like forever without any acknowledgement from the two servers. The woman «Vanessa» made eye contact with me three times and didn’t even say hello or that she’d be with us soon, and in fact walked out to help someone else and the guy «Travis» didn’t even look our direction despite us standing right beside the two people he was pouring for. We walked out without having ever been helped or acknowledged for about ten minutes.
Terrible customer service. If they were this aloof and rude before they have my money, I can only imagine them once they’ve already lined their pockets and have nothing to lose. Needless to say, I will not give this place our thousands of dollars in business.