Barnett Vineyards
A tasting at 2,000 feet on Spring Mountain, looking down at the valley floor. The winery's own warning about the drive up is the honest part.
Why go
Fiona and Hal Barnett own the place and David Tate makes the wine.1 The tasting sits at a 2,000-foot outlook, which up here is a growing condition before it is a view.1 You taste through current releases.1 The winery tells you the drive is hard: the journey up Spring Mountain road is no easy feat.
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Order this / avoid
- Order: whatever is open in the current release flight. The site names no bottle, so I have no wine to point you at.1
- Avoid: the drive in a hurry or in the dark. Spring Mountain Road is switchbacks the whole way.1
Good to know
- Booking: essential. The winery also offers virtual tastings if you cannot make the climb.1
- Hygiene: not established. No inspection instrument for this county is on file here.
Verdict
could-visit — Two thousand feet up Spring Mountain is a growing condition before it is a view, and that elevation is the one fact here that would change what ends up in the glass. Fiona and Hal Barnett own it and David Tate makes the wine. The winery warns you about its own driveway, which I take as a good sign about the people. Beyond that the record is hospitality copy: no varietal, no price and no critic was established this pass, so the rung is a maybe rather than a plan.