Jennifer Marable

Review of Chaumette Vineyards & Winery

I went here with 3 friends (Annual birthday / girl...

I went here with 3 friends (Annual birthday / girls trip) and when we arrived we were greeted prompty; However, that was the only good thing they did. We stated we'd come a very long way for wine tasting and we were told that we were 15 minutes too late and they were closed the following 2 days. We were then told our only option, if we wanted to stay, was to pay for an expensive 3 course dinner and it was a pre-arranged meal, no substitutions. I asked if we could at least pay for a glass of wine since we'd driven so long to get there and she reluctantly said we could. We seated ourselves on the patio (after being told to sit anywhere without a table cloth - as if we weren't good enough to sit close to the interior.) After 5 or 6 minutes, we were asked for our order and after another 15 minutes, I went back inside to ask for water. The waitress handed me 3 empty glasses and ordered me to the bar area where another staff member was waiting and reluctantly filled my water glasses. After struggling to carry all 3 wine glasses of water at once, the only thing the gentleman, or should I say "male staff member" (hardly a gentleman at all) yelled at a waitress who was walking outside to hold the door for me. After another 10 minutes we still didn't have our wine. We decided to walk out. After walking out, snapping some pictures, making it to our car and taking the drive past the restaurant, we looked back and noticed that we still would not have been served (no one was at the end of the patio looking for us.)
Note to the public: this is a BEAUTIFUL location to snap photos, but do NOT eat at the restaurant or "bother" the wait staff.