Conn Creek Winery (St. Michelle Wine Estates) Review

Best place to see a summer concert in Seattle area. BYOBs of Chateau Ste. Michelle wine from home or stores too. Way cheaper!

One of my favorite spots to visit in Woodinville and to take family and friends when others are visiting the area. There are multiple tasting room options but my favorite is taking the tours of the winery itself and not just because it s free and you get free wine tastings (great perk!) The guides are extremely knowledgeable and really educate you on the history of the winery and wine region in Washington state. They also have concerts running at the winery over the summer! And of course, there is wine to be drunk and yummy food to be had! Can never go wrong with an outing here!

My husband and I were here for their summer concert series. It was the first time I had gone to a concert at CSM, and it was awesome. For those who don t know, you bring lawn chairs and picnic baskets and set yourselves up in the lawn. There is a booth where you can purchase bottles of wine and drink it on the lawn while watching the band you came to see. It was really a fun, relaxing time! One hint though: bring a jacket. Once the sun went down, it really cooled off!

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We were at the Gypsy Kings performance. The atmosphere is great, an outstanding organization. True joy. We really enjoyed it

What an awesome winery! Just beautiful! Wine tasting was truly great.

Get here early!! It was absolutely packed and I can see why. The grounds are fantastic and plenty of space to roam. We didn't even have a chance to taste the wines but the ones I've had in restaurants have always been great. I will be back when we can stop here first!!

What a disappointment to pay $50 for the two of us to taste out of test tubes and 1 wine glass sitting in a cheesy hotel lobby with curtains that feel like senior prom. Take a selfie at the front gates and walk the grounds for free, then go taste some really good wine elsewhere in the dozens of wineries close by. Most other wineries in Woodinville wave your tasting fee with a purchase of only ONE BOTTLE. Chateau should be ashamed of themselves for charging exorbitant fees and ignoring guest experience just because they are a name brand. Not worth the time or money!

Interesting (free) tour and nice 5-wine tasting for $15/person. It's a beautiful place but was a bit confusing getting started. Things aren't marked real clearly - they could do a better job on that.

Great place for wine tasting. My only negative is the cost.

I'm sure there are some good wines here but what a tourist trap. Beautiful grounds. If you come, do it on a weekday

Delicious wine, knowledgable staff, curated flights, beautiful space.

Our estate tour was just fine. We were a group of roughly a dozen and while it was difficult to hear our guide at times, she tried her best and walking the grounds was lovely. She was at least friendly and professional. The wines we tasted were subpar as to be expected from a large corporate-like winery. The tasting rooms were worse. It was crowded and the small signs or lack of signs made it chaotic. When I asked for assistance, I was shocked at the rudeness and arrogance of the feedback I received. It was needlessly condescending. Would I return? Maybe to revisit the peacocks, ducks, and beautiful grounds for a concert...but for a really good authentic wine experience? Absolutely not. What a disappointment, but it was a relief leaving the tourist trap nightmare. While we only had time to taste (and buy much more impressive bottles) from two others (icon and celaeno), I very much look forward to trying some more of the other 100+ wineries that Woodinville has to offer when we return on our next visit.

Loved this winery. Wonderful experience, everyone friendly, i even signed up for club membership.

Club room needed more help. Took forever to receive pours. Packed with people. Room is a poor use of space. Bar needs to be in middle of room so customers can circle around it.

Seems like a great place for a formal event like a wedding, or you can just go there and enjoy a wine tasting. Great gardens and you could stay there hanging out with friends, family and even bring your dog. Bring some chairs to sit on the grass

I will try and provide a guide to navigating Summer concerts at Chateau St Michelle. First the lineups for General Admission tickets are long. Try and get reserved seating or show up at around 3:30pm for gate opening of 5pm. Put your chair down in the lineup and head inside for a wine tasting. Come back to your chair and enjoy your snacks, that you packed, and a nice glass of wine. Everyone in line is in a good mood.

Once the gates open you have to go through security which took us about 15 minutes. Then finding a place to sit. We brought a blanket and some higher chairs which we cannot use close to the stage. We sat on the blanket and chilled. A couple sat down in front of us with the low back chairs and blocked our view. We moved to the right and got a great view of the stage.

The food you can buy is from tents and it is expensive $16 for a burger and fries and mediocre. I suggest you bring your own food. Some groups had very elaborate setups.

The wine is cheap - $13 for a chilled Rose. Less than a burger and very good. Final note I dropped my wife off with our stuff and then parked up the street. I found it easier to walk out as opposed to dealing with the long car lineup to leave the place. Final, final note the South entrance seems to be faster for getting into the grounds.

A charming region with wine tasting rooms and a vacation town vibe. $5 tasting at Silver lake and $10 at Zerba's

Saw a concert here with ziggy Marley. The grounds remind me of being in Napa. Staff is super friendly, wine tasting stations were setup everywhere with no lines, plenty of great little spots to relax and enjoy around others or secluded. This is a perfect daytime date location

Awesome setting and environment. The staf are also super friendly. The wines are a bit expensive though. I really wish I could give half stars on Google so I could give 3.5.

Was there to experience wine tasting. Not only enjoyable but informative. Each tast of very good wine came with some insight of that wine.

Had an awful time trying to listen to music at a concert with drunk people talking loudly all around us. We will never go back.

Great wines and awesome tasting (if you pay). We went on a Wednesday and received a personal Sensory Sojorn from a wonderful educator.

The tour was very interesting! The grounds are beautiful! Definitely worth the visit!

Thank you to all staff at Chateau Ste Michelle! Aside from being amazing to their members on a small/individual scale, when a member brings a party of 16 bachelorettes to hang out on one of their most busy days they don't panic! In fact they were very accommodating and helpful to all!
While there I saw many other bachelorette parties coming through and noticed one party that was very rude. The staff handled it so well! They resolved the situation immediately and in a very well mannered way. Most didn't even notice what was happening.
Overall the experience was fantastic and I can't praise and thank them enough for professionalism and skill!
You will always be greeted with sincere smiles and enthusiasm for the culture of wine! The staff is very knowledgeable! The education you'll recieve during the tastings is phenomenal!
All in all becoming a club member is the best way to experience all this winery has to offer! But if your just swinging by it's worth it as well!
I reccomend this winery to everyone! It's a family friendly place with so much to offer!

This is definitely a must if you're in the area! Went there for a weekend getaway and had a blast there. Their tour is very informative, wine is exceptional and the atmosphere is perfect.

Fun outdoor concert, nice grass area, and reasonable good food vendors. Parking on site is 10$

We sampled a Chardonnay, the 50th Anniversary Cabernet, and a limited 2016 Muscat Canelli.

So much to eat and drink. It tried a little too hard at times though.

Very disappointed in my visit to this winery. I was visiting from Indiana..this is one of the places I most wanted to visit as they have some of my favorite wines. I understood there would be restrictions due to Covid-19 but for the price charged for our tasting it was a joke. Not only was one of the Staff members at the entrance VERY RUDE the whole experience was the worst I have ever had at a tasting. 4 small tastings in over sized test tubes..a bottle of water and 1 wine glass..I guess there was no rinsing your glass between the tastings just take a drink of water I suppose. You received a paper with descriptions of the pre-selected tasting (you have no choice) and the food choice was ridiculous. We were seated at a table, given our wine tastings and papers, informed there was no tour and that was it! The girl was pleasant but never returned once we were seated. We were there maybe 30 minutes. What a waste of time. We left went to another winery had a nice flight of wines and a great food menu to choose from. I did get a membership from that winery before leaving so the day did end well just not at Chateau Ste Michelle sadly.

Great sound for an outdoor venue. Even had good sound and could see the stage all the way in the back on the lawn.

I went here recently with a close friend to celebrate my Birthday. We had the BEST time. We took the tour with Jan, who was absolutely fabulous. It happened to just be the three of us on the tour so we were able to get a lengthy tour with a lot of information. Jan made sure I had a great Birthday. Then we decided to do a paid tasting. I tried the reisling flight and my friend tried the estate flight. We were both impressed. I LOVE the reislings. Then we went to the gift shops (which has a great selection of cute things and Christmas decor) and we ended up leaving with 5 bottles! Daniel was our cashier and he was really friendly and helpful. Thanks again for the great Birthday!

We had an awesome experience with Laura. Opting for a private tasting and walking away with wonderful bottles and a premium membership. Ibhighlybrecommend!

I love jazz and have attended the all of the jazz festivals there since 2004. Recently, I went heard about the jazz function on July 27 and went online to order a ticket. I inserted Chateau St Michelle and clicked on Chateau St Michelle - Official Tickets Source Online. I clicked on this and then went to July 27, clicked ordered a ticket. The cheapest ticket at that time was 73.00 with a picture of a seating area. The bottom line is I paid 108.00 for tickets and then found out via my neighbor that they got tickets for 54.00 for their lawn seat. I paid double to sit on the ground! I think that you should have the Woodinville Tickets - Official Tickets Online removed as it quite misleading and perpetrating what I would translate as borderline fraud.

I would have never willingly paid 108.00 to sit on the lawn had I not been deceived to do so. Their name should not be associated with Chateau St. Michelle if they are not representing you. I would like a second ticket to make up the difference of what I paid or be interested in a full refund. Rather than rate this issue as poor or fair, I would rate it unacceptable at this point.

Rosemarie and Cheryl really took good care of us. Especially when we started to walk out because there wasn't enough space at the bar for the 4 of us on a wine tour. Rosemarie personally poured our wines. What was almost a bad impression turned into an exceptional impression. Customer Service is not dead.

Went for a concert. Never felt safer and the wine was excellent. Must go back

Brett had fantastic customer service at LONG SHADOWS.

2018.08 big winery with tour. Can spend 1 HR there. You. Can hv wine tasting too.

Excellent ambiance and excellent choice of wines Great place for wine tasting.

The tour guide was amazing. Learnt a lot about the process and different types of wines. Had a nice wine tasting session as well. One of the oldest wineries in Seattle.

I love the Chateau St Michelle Winery! I've attended a few concerts there! It's beautiful!

It was a wonderful experience to take a tour of the winery. They showed the machines that are being used, the geographical areas where they get the grapes from and the variety of grapes that are being used. Got to taste three kinds of wine during the tour. Towards the end of the tour, there is an area where you can buy the wines. Live music was played there by musicians and I really loved the ambience there. They have a vast land area so you can take a walk outside too.

Wonderful place to enjoy outside concerts of any kind!!

Open for a 50th anniversary and hosting a concert and stop selling wine at 7:30. Come on! It's a winery. Time to move to the many winery around you, they are still selling wine after 7:30. What wrong st Michele. Thing your so special? I will never be a wine club member with you.

If you are white, you probably wont be asked for proof that you are a member. So just go ahead and order whatever you like and enjoy yourselfd. If you are a person of color, be prepared to prove that you have paid your membership as we were asked, unlike anyone else infront of us or behind us. We canceled our membership since it was made obvious that we were treated differently there and treated like we didnt belong there.

Nice place, good wine, just know that they are owned by a tabaco company.

Should be 4 rated but the people are exceptional, wine was ok , some way better of course but then we were looking at 50$ + per bottle
The winery ambiance itself shines , but to say it all tastes out world class is not where we saw it. They do have the walls stuffed with different vintages , whites reds etc
Recommended for the visit itself , wine maybe

I like this place. It is perfectly located near our place. They offered good stuff in good prices. I feel like everyone is always welcome.

My husband and I were on a short visit to Seattle and decided to visit Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery as we love wine, but had never been to a wine tasting before. We were so excited to visit this winery, and it well exceeded our expectations! When we arrived, we went on a free tour/small tasting with Chris (who, by the way, is the best tour guide. If you get a tour with this guy, you will not be disappointed!) after the 30 minute tour, we sampled a flight, which gives you a percentage off any purchase you make. Try to go a little before lunch, because you can buy awesome sandwiches and have a picnic on the grounds! This was also one of our favorite parts. Our experience here was amazing. Everyone was so, so helpful. Shout out to Chris and Ginger! They made our visit worth while, and we left with a bangin bottle of the artist series!

Not a place to go if you actually want to enjoy the music. The winery is beautiful - had such great expectations for a relaxing evening. We have waited a long time to see Don Henley and the little bit of his performance we could hear over the loud drunks was amazing. But as the evening went on and people got drunker, they just started talking louder over the music. AND, this wasn't just a couple of people - it was consistent throughout the venue. For the life of me I can't imagine spending that much money to act like you're in a bar. I've attended a number of concerts recently - even some heavy metal large venue concerts - and the people at the winery were far more inconsiderate and obnoxious. The set up added to the poor sound quality. It seemed like the sound system wasn't set up to handle the space and rather than having walk ways around the perimeter there were people constantly standing up and walking through the crowd. Unfortunately, I have tickets to another show this summer - at least now our expectations are level set. That will likely be the last show we see there. Great place to party - lousy venue if you actually go to enjoy the music.

Even during covid the winery has figured out tastings. The wine all tasted so good. The staff is so friendly. Go enjoy

As a concert venue this place is amazing! I have not been to the tasting rooms.

Amazing Winery - we bought several bottles of Solari wine to take home and it seemed to taste even better when we got home!

Large commercial WA winery with good high end products.

Beautiful grounds. They have concerts and wine samples.

Beautiful experience, knowledgeable staff ! The grounds absolutely breathtaking!

Great & beautiful winery! Staff was excellent & going through the wine tasting class was excellence. Staff is knowledgeable about the wines & the history of the winery.

This place is so historical and I loved their choices in wine. A bonus also for someone like me that's local, I get a discount for giving them my address. I love coming here, they always have special events, which is a great way to promote a place and sell their wine.

Saw ZZ Top and cheap trick here. Show was great and the venue beautiful. Un fortunately tje stage itself is only about 24 inches off the ground, which means you cant see the band at all when the crowd stands. Sound was good, and the concessions were great.

Nice joint. Tour was garbage and just marketing. Also not a vineyard. I like the wine but no reason to visit this again.

We absolutely loved our wine experience here! Renee was a dream to work with! The facility is gorgeous, very well kept and clean. The customer service was phenomenal. We are definitely returning customers!

@ Breakfast in America concert good way to finish the weekend

The wine tour, all the nooks and crannies around the property and its estate can be a.heady.experience when done on an empty stomach. Excellent nonetheless!