Wind Gap Wines

This place is super cute, loved the décor and wine! My favorite was the new cider they have, very refreshing on a warm day!
It’s also dog friendly!

I really enjoyed the wines here. The staff was friendly, the tasting room is open and welcoming. I do wish they offered more of an industry discount on tastings, though.

Cute space. Cute servers. Not worth the $ 38 tasting fee, though. Much better wine close by.

The location and building is pretty cool. Good overall vibe and good service. As far as the wine, I wasn’t impressed. They were over priced (what’s new) and the variety just wasn’t what I was looking for. I’m not sure I’d go back but am glad I tried it.

I really love the different tasting programmes offered including a draft wine program (bring your growler!) I’m partial to the Trouseau Gris (although the Jolie-​Laide label steals my heart even more), but come here for some lovely semi whole cluster Pinot Noir, funky orange Pinot Gris and a fun tasting room atmosphere flanked upon the Thursday afternoon farmers market. A summer day perfected!

Big disappointment! I went to the Balow with some friends and we tasted at Marimar Estate and that was wonderful, then has small plates at the brewery which was also great and fun. While a friend was getting coffee I decided to check out the tasting flight, the «explorer flight» look good so a friend and I shared a tasting. The girl that had only been there for 2 days was great! very nice and still learning. Her «boss» was very rude and a little arrogant. The wines weren’t good, low end blends. However I am giving the 2 starts for the tasting room ambiance and the «new girl»

Excellent wine club. Beautiful tasting room. Fun people. Great wine.
What more does one need?

Walked by this tasting room on a Sunday afternoon. We noticed they had Pinot Noir on their menu and decided to give it a try. The tasting price for their 3 Pinot Noir current releases was a whopping $ 20 per person! This seemed pretty pricey to me but being the Pinot Noir lover that I am I decided to fork out the big bucks. These wines are fermented with the stems, which for me, gave it a similar taste of too much oak and tannins. While talking to our server, I learned that this tasting room is a new venture for this winemaker. They have been making wines for several years and have quite a following. They do have other wine flights you can try for a lower price than $ 20 per person, so maybe next time I will go that route.

Bought a glass at the Barlow for the Halloween night at the Barlow. Syrah 10.00 a pour. Nice location with a lovely west county look and feel. This was complimented by cute blue mason glass jars, though clear instead of blue, would have been better; the unpretentious gesture was nice. The ladies serving on my visit were courteous and welcoming. I can’t speak to their wine knowledge as they didn’t share much. To the wine itself the Syrah however was flat and not just monochromatic but almost flavorless. Think water strained through pea gravel (but not mineral-​ly or salty) chalky almost gritty. If you aerate it in your mouth you get a hint of grape skins. I didn’t finish the glass… maybe I am just spoiled by the competition in the county.

The Arinto is really worth a stop and a tasting, it is very uncommon to find it and this one is a very good specimen of what a good Arinto should be.
The variety of wines is quite interesting and rich, adding some exciting notes to the regular Chardonnay/​Sauvignon/​Pinot/​Syrah scenario.
Come and try!!!

I have been trying to go to this winery for almost a year. Ever since they put the sign up in the Barlow that they were opening a tastinsg room.
The winery has been in operation since 2006, and as an urban winery in the Barlow since 2013. Tasting room is right off Mackenzie Street. It has a wonderful ambiance. Classy, country, relaxed, down to earth, Sebastopol, reclaimed barn wood, nice leather couch, and some contemporary design with a great view of the Barlow traffic.
Richie was my pourer. He took me through all the wines they had available. I was very excited because I knew this winery specialized in Rhones and Burgundy and a few extras. Even though the winery is in Sebastopol (RRV AVA), most of the grapes are sourced from the windy gaps of Petaluma (Sonoma Coast AVA) (hence the name Wind Gap.) The Petaluma wind gap is probably going to be one of the next AVAs named in Sonoma county, as it draws the nice coastal breezed through a funnel to cool the grapes on hot days.
What’s unique about the wines is that some of the wines are fermented in egg shaped cement fermenters. This gives the wines a unique minerality. The wines I loved the most was the Rhones 2012 Granache, 2012 Syrah, and a smoky 2008 Syrah.
Check it out!

Another fun spot in the Barlow. Very chill, delicious wine, no pressure environment (and has an old school turntable!). Bradford played host to a gaggle of wine-​crazed Coloradans (and me) — and did so very gracefully. Join the NEW Wine Club! Snap an artful picture on the couch. Check out the Syrah and the Rose. And if you’re local, take a growler so you HAVE to go back!

Update to my review: the Rose that my sister-​in-​law bought was bad and had to be thrown out.

Great selection on wine, very friendly staff, and a very relaxing atmosphere. What a great way to end the weekend!