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Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Fermenter
Posts:401
 | | 01/16/2008 7:39 PM |
| When you're planning several winery visits during a day, how much time do you plan on for each winery, not counting travel time?
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| DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2000
| | 01/16/2008 8:31 PM |
| | I think it depends on the winery you're visiting. If the winery is generally open to the public, the chances of talking to someone intimately involved in the wine-making is low so the amount of information that you can pick up is limited (the exception to this that I can think of is Swan, where Rod Berglund is usually manning the "tasting room"). I usually figure I'll spend 20 to 40 minutes at these places. If the winery is by appointment only, expect to talk to someone who has more to say about the wines, process, vineyards, etc, and therefore expect to spend more time (I can't think of any exceptions to this, but I have a big mouth and like to ask lots of questions). I usually figure I'll spend an hour to hour and a half on these visits. | |
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| rickym13
los angeles
Wine Thief
Posts:2843
| | 01/16/2008 8:36 PM |
| agree with duke. walk in winery off the hwy 29 or silverado will take anywhere between 20min to 40min.
now....apt or private tasting can be all over the map! longest we had was 5+ hours at david arthur to shortest being around 1 hour. i would give 90min to 2 hours average. | | | |
| Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts:9247
| | 01/16/2008 9:04 PM |
| As other have said, it depends. A walk-in along Hwy 29 is easy - zero minutes 
If it's a non-mad-house walk-in, probably 20-30 minutes.
If it's an appt., then you should allow a minimum of 1 hour, and typically 90 minutes to 2 hours, but again - it depends how familiar you are with the winery, how interested you are in discussing things, etc.
Area also matters, it's different if you are France, Napa, Sonoma, Australia, etc... | | | |
| Winetex
Austin, Texas
Master of Wine
Posts:10796
| | 01/16/2008 9:06 PM |
| | Yes, most of our Italian visits were 2 hours+. Not that there is anything wrong with it but it does cut down on the amount of visits. | | | |
| kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2968
| | 01/16/2008 11:39 PM |
| Posted By Eric White on 01/16/2008 9:04 PM As other have said, it depends. A walk-in along Hwy 29 is easy - zero minutes If it's a non-mad-house walk-in, probably 20-30 minutes. If it's an appt., then you should allow a minimum of 1 hour, and typically 90 minutes to 2 hours, but again - it depends how familiar you are with the winery, how interested you are in discussing things, etc. Area also matters, it's different if you are France, Napa, Sonoma, Australia, etc...
When you go to visit someone/someplace whose wine's you've admired (and/or desired)....easily over an hour.  Like Eric said...how interested you are in discussing things.Â
or if you find a common non-wine topic,
or you start getting great recommendations for other interesting places to visit...
or it's david arthur
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| Appreciative
Beaverton, OR
Grape Fermenter
Posts:418
| | 01/17/2008 5:19 PM |
| Depends who you're traveling with.
I can easily spend 45 minutes at a winery. I make time for tasting, conversation, questions, a few re-tastes, tasting something usually reserved for club members, and some time to eavesdrop on the opinions of those around me.
In 2004, some friends and I were touring the Central Coast area with Wes and Chanda Hagen. I wanted to go to the Los Olivos Wine & Spirits Emporium. With a small group of customers there, the salespeople let Wes talk about the area and winemaking, make a few sales, and sign some bottles. | | | |
| Edward Bowers
Palm Beach Gardens
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2072
| | 01/19/2008 1:17 PM |
| A thought: Did you ask for time at a tasing room or tasting / tour etc.? At times the tour is the best part [like Del Dotto caves] VS just a swig & spit.
Some tours in Tuscany took me 3 hours, and had more wine poured at different stages than I'd get at a stand up counter at a pouring bar. | | | |
| Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Fermenter
Posts:401
| | 01/20/2008 11:55 PM |
| | No, I have appointments for pickups at Prive and Le Cadeau and I'm looking to fill in the day with a couple other stops. Think we're likely going to shoot for Owen Roe and Chehalem. | | | |
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