OMG!!! This place is amazing!!! This is an event, not just a tasting. My husband and I visited on July 7th and did the wine and cheese pairing tour. Totally worth it. Our tour guide was from Italy, and was so nice and knowledgeable. He seemed like he was having fun and didn’t seemed bothered by all our questions. I didn’t know how to test wine and he took time to explain the process, and answer my questions. Our guide kept saying how much he liked working their and how well he was treated; he also told us the owner provided him a house and donated $1million to the local school. which made my hubby and I purchase a magnum wine (I like to give back to those that give to their community and are just good people) if I had more money I would have totally bought more from here. I will definitely be making a stop here every time I come to Calistoga. Oh, and I should say the wine was amazing!!! The nice thing is that there were bottles in all price points, from what I remember the bottles ranges from $25-100, and during the tasting I didn’t try one I didn’t like. I highly recommend a tasting tour, rather than just doing it in the gift shop, it is just such a unique experience.

The idea didn't initially appeal to me, but once we crossed the moat of this medieval castle we were hooked. One of Napa's premier wine families brought stone masons from Italy to build this architectural wonder on wine country's best Cabernet Sauvignon terroir. The tasting room is a blast, and generous pours are included with the price of admission. The delicious wines are only available at the location. Check it out for a really fun afternoon.

The decor of the winery is a classic and elegant castle which is super famous in Napa Village. The footprint is huge with vineyard and a mini zoo. Castello Di Amorosa is a perfect getaway place for family. Parents are able to enjoy the wine tasting and kids can have a small adventure around the castle, interact with animals. I am not professional with wine but there is a couple of options of snack tasting with a reasonable price. If visitors would like to have a tour inside the castle, they must purchase wine tasting.

Really bad organized. The tour started late, even though they asked to show up 15 min earlier. The tour guide seemed tired and overworked, talked really fast and very little information, just to get us to the tasting. Our waiter was ok but he lied about the price of an opener, said it was 50% off the price when in reality it wasn’t. The wines are good, they are really pushing you to purchase, not like other wine tastings. We paid for the Belgium Chocolates and we never got them. No one brought them or give them to us at the end.

I’ve thought long and hard to even share my experience since it’s been so long but I remember being so uncomfortable that I have to share. I was 8 months pregnant in June and I brought my best friend to celebrate their engagement here since it was scenic. I bought advanced tasting tickets for all of us to enter the winery and upon entry, saw signs that if unvaccinated, wear a mask. Being pregnant, I was only one dose in at the time and as I got to the tasting room indoors, I felt more comfortable wearing a mask. Not only did the wine attendant (Victor from Medellin, Colombia according to his name tag) kept insisting I remove my mask because no one seemed “sick” around me while his colleagues who are clearly masked around him regardless of their vaccination status. On top of that, he stopped pouring tastings for me after 1 pour because I gave my glass to my friends and lectured me on making my friends drunk and driving but clearly I was the designated driver since I was pregnant and not drinking and I wanted to be part of the experience I paid for to at least smell the aromas of the wine. He argued back that I did not pay for the tasting, I paid for the entry and tastings are “free” when clearly my tickets say tastings. Victor even called over his colleague, Alexander, to both tell me that if I did not like what they said, go call a manager. I proceeded to report the uncomfortable experience to the check in manager, Kristine, to share my experience and share my contact info and I even emailed their customer service dept when I got home but til this day I have not heard back. It was such an unpleasant experience and made me feel almost discriminated for being pregnant and wanting to show my best friend a good Napa experience but it was such a damper to such a celebratory day. This place has become so popular that it has depleted its customer service and it clearly shows that they don’t care about one or two or more bad experiences since they have their names out there. Please do better.

The estate was pretty. However, the wine was subpar and the server was worse. Their reds are nothing to write home about. We've had better $20 bottles. Although their dessert wine, La Fantasia, was fine, it was not worth the drive. The server however, my god. Pray that you do not get the same one as we did. This was the smallest amount of wine we have ever received at a tasting; it was barely a sip of wine. Save money and don't bother with their chocolate pairing because when we asked our server which ones to eat with which ones, he replied that they were, and I quote, "for fun." Gave us no directions on which to pair with what type or what type of chocolates they were. When we asked about the difference between their dessert wines and ice wines, our server gave us no reply. While we were a larger party, there were multiple occasions in which he forgot to serve someone wine or mixed up their order. All in all, save your money and go somewhere else.

We visited Castello di Amorosa in August 2021 as one of the Napa wine tours we planned for our 1 year wedding anniversary. Although the castle itself is very pretty and picturesque, the wine tasting experience was very average. We booked the standing wine tasting and had a few other couples in our group. They asked us to check-in 15 minutes prior to our reservation time, but just like some other reviewers mentioned on here, we had to wait for 20+ minutes at the entrance to have a guide assigned to our tour. After our guide took us in to the tasting area downstairs, we were pretty much left on our own. Our wine connoisseur seemed less interested in the tasters who were standing and gave more time and attention to the seated tasters (since they paid $10 more?). No recommendations were provided we had to randomly select wine from the list. After he poured us our selected wine, he pretty much disappeared and took very long to come back to us in between tastings, which was frustrating. Also, no water was offered to clear our pallet, we had to ask for it in between tastings. We also didn’t feel very welcomed or treated politely by the wine connoisseur after he asked us where we were from, and we told him we were coming from out of state. He had a somewhat snooty and arrogant behavior. Although the castle gave me some really nice pictures, I will not return.

We have been to this winery 5 years ago and went back this time on our Napa trip (the only repeat) due to liking it so much! I will mention this time is different in that you need reservations. You may get reservations online but we kept encountering "system errors" with 2 different computers. We then called and were on hold for 15 minutes before being connected to someone, who did state they also heard a few others had the same issue (not sure what the problem was). We did the standard tasting and most are occurring outside for seated tastings. You are offered warm blankets if need be, thought that was interesting! Kind of like last time, I do think there is more an element of 'sales pitch' here rather than pure love of the wine, but having said that, it is Always (always) fun, light hearted, jovial!! We had a server who did speak with an accent that was sometimes hard to understand, but added to the experience. What I love about this place is there are GREAT wines at cheap (for Napa) prices and there are GREAT wines that are mid- range, and GREAT expensive ( $100 +) wines. I truly do appreciate the fact that the cheaper ones, are good ones. We have bought all price ranges over time and have never been disappointed. A secondary thing is the architecture is truly one of a kind, and you may wander around as you wish or do a tour. Still my favorite place to go!

New, gorgeous castle build of ancient materials. This place was obviously built by a kindred spirit with a love of the medieval period. I figured this ornate winery would charge extra for crappy wine, just because they could. Instead, we found very reasonable prices for some of the best wine we've ever tried. John B. was a magnificently attentive, generous, and personable host. I could go on and on, but instead, I'm just going to tell you this place could be the same once in a lifetime experience for you like it was for us. And worth the reservation.

We had a very large group come on a Thursday and they accommodated us very well. The tasting room is actually several rooms, varying from cozy private rooms with seating to counter standing. We had a great time and bought enough bottles to give one of the locals a year membership!