Spring Mountain Vineyard
Ninety-five dollars for the way in, $395 to be driven out into the vineyards, seven people at a time. Next month's dinners in four states are already ticketed.
Why go
The ladder is unusually clear for this valley. The Vista Experience is $95 for up to seven people and is the way in.1 The Founders Experience doubles that at $200 and is built on the estate's claim that Cabernet Sauvignon has grown on these slopes for more than 150 years.1 Mountain Explorers is $395, takes two to eight, and puts you in a vehicle out into the estate rather than at a table.1 The winery is plainly working: it has ticketed dinners on sale for 9 through 13 September in Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois at $150 a head.1 Its own website gives our reader nothing but a navigation menu, so I have no history and no tasting notes for you.
Order this / avoid
- Order: the Vista at $95 if you are stopping. It is the same price as three other tastings on the list and the shortest commitment.1
- Order: Mountain Explorers at $395 if you came for the mountain rather than the table.1
- Avoid: double-booking. Four tastings appear twice on the reservation page under different names at identical prices.1
What locals & experts say
- Spring Mountain Vineyard, on the Founders Experience:
For over 150 years Cabernet Sauvignon grapes have been cultivated on the precipitous slopes of our namesake mountain.
1 - The same listing, on the property:
Wine estate with hillside vineyards, a garden and olive trees, offering tours & tastings.
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Both of those are the winery on itself. Nothing outside it was read, so I have no critic's line for you.
Good to know
- Booking: through Tock, with a concierge on 707.967.4186 and concierge@springmtn.com for parties above seven.1 No opening hours are published on the route that answered.
- Hygiene: not established. No inspection instrument for this county is on file here.
Verdict
could-visit — Trading, and the proof is that next month's dinners in Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and Illinois are already on sale at $150 a ticket. The ladder on the mountain runs $95 for the way in, $200 for the Founders tasting built on Cabernet the estate says has grown on these slopes for over 150 years, and $395 to be driven out into the vineyards. Seven people is the cap on everything except the vehicle run, which takes eight. Watch the booking page, because four tastings are listed twice under different names at the same price. I could read nothing about the estate's own history or its wines, because the winery's site gives our reader nothing but a menu, so this is a price list rather than a judgment.