Hearst Ranch Winery - San Simeon

We are always looking forward to visiting Hearst Castle Winery. Best location for wine tasting on the coast. Servers and staff are the best.

$28 per flight! The wine is good, the location by the sea is beautiful, but this price is a complete demolition. The 4 tastings rarely pour a glass of wine. And if you don't sit at the bar, you can expect this tiny tasting to be served 45 minutes. You calculate the $28 tasting when you buy 2 bottles, but the Chardonnay is $32 and everything else is $40–$50 a bottle so no savings there. I would skip the tasting room and just buy her bottles cheaper in local wine shops. And don't even let me start their gift shop prizes. Another problem I have is drinking. Your review can go bottles of wine and/or gift items. But they prompted you to type a minimum of 18% on purchases that would normally not be included in a tip.

Five stars for the location, the very pleasant tasting experience and the good selection of wine. We've been happy to have a taste for a cancellation. I definitely recommend reservations. We bought several bottles of wine and made a productive stop in their gift shop. We will definitely return.

Another beautiful day in the Hearst Ranch winery! The spring pickup party is 15. April, but we will be busy so we decided to visit the first day of the spring break. Oceanfront table, big wine and weather. Amazing service! This time we left the dog at home, although we usually bring him. I like to be a member of this winery!!

I'll admit, there was a few minor inconveniences, but Renee took care of everything and made it a 100000 times better I ended up making a reservation online but then called the day of and asked if I could make it for earlier. It was no problem and everything was smooth sailing. I was ready to be on another planet and let looseWe were immediately sat and I was honestly really impressed with their layout the ambiance. The gift shop was great and the ocean view can't be beat (Also very thankful with how dog friendly they are) Anyways, we were given the whole rundown by the hostess. She explained they have a food truck (I personally didn't see it and someone else went over and placed the food order) and explained how we can place an order for food at the truck but then they would bring it to us. They also had a lot of charcuterie items inside that you could buy and eat at your table It was a little rocky after being sat down. Our server was very sweet and taking her time at each table making sure all the questions were answered and etc. BUT, after telling her 4 times I'd love to do the wine flight I ended up getting my food before the flight came to my table (I ordered a burger well done and some fries. So this wasn't a 2 minute food item I ordered) by the time the flight came my food was already half way down my gullet. But thankfully when we were sat they gave us each a glass of wine to kick everything off. (From the first photo I took which was time stamped and to when my flight arrived it took exactly 36 minutes and it wasn't busy at all) It came to a point where I finally had to call our server over and asked her again for my flight. She could tell that I was upset and immediately started apologizing and came out with a couple extra wines to try.I'm not a HUGE red wine fan, especially for day time. It was really awesome she noticed that I wasn't touching the very strong reds. She asked if I wanted some white wines and a rosé insteadAt the end I told her I wanted to buy a bottle of the rosé but then she informed me it would just be a 4 dollar difference if I bought another bottle of it because then the tasting fee would be waived. So I went ahead and did that. She ended up giving me a complimentary glass after the mixup earlier and apologized againAt the end everything was amazing and it was just a bump in the road. After being a few drinks Deep I even forgot about the whole thing I'm definitely not the best at winery reviews since I don't take it very serious like a lot of wine connoisseurs. But I highly recommend coming to this place just for the view alone. I'm already mass texting all my girlfriends saying we need to plan a little getaway soon and I'll definitely put this place on the list