Villicana Winery
Villicana Winery
4.5
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Troy H
Fayetteville, NC790 contributions
Oct 2019
This stop on the Paso Robles wine promenade is a cool stop. Two wineries and a distillery. These folks are really into it. They are raising goats for cheese which they are feeding the grape by-products to in order to affect the flavor of the cheese. Sort of the same principle Waygu beef is based on. In addition, their spirits are all made with grapes. Gin, vodka, lemon-cello. A dark spirit and an actual bourbon. Sort of a Shuhari of grapes and things associated with them.
Written October 9, 2019
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Boopbabe23
Trabuco Canyon, California284 contributions
Aug 2018 • Couples
Villicana Winery is amazing. Its absolutely beautiful and off the beaten path. The wines were wonderful and Victoria and Evan were great hosts. They were kind and knowledgable and really took an interest in making our experience a positive one. I love that if you buy two bottles the tasting fee is waived and that some of the money for the rose which was spectacular goes to a cancer charity. It is so quiet and peaceful there and they even have a distillery next door called RE:Find. I will write a separate review of that but you can do a tasting of spirits as well that they use grapes to make. All and all a lovely visit and a great stop on our wine tasting travels.
Written September 5, 2018
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Ben C
London, UK10 contributions
Oct 2018 • Couples
Lovely visit to taste both the wines and spirits. Great tasting with Christina who was extremely knowledgeable and welcoming. Nice garden too!
Written October 2, 2018
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Jerry P
Culver City, CA479 contributions
Jan 2018 • Couples
Just took a flyer and found a wonderful stop... wines were really good.. and they have wonderful distilled spirits... .
Written January 3, 2018
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tricia28
Dallas, TX316 contributions
Feb 2015 • Couples
We came here just to taste the spirits because we like the idea that they use grapes that would be otherwise wasted to make Gin, Vodka and Limoncello but after tasting about one teaspoon each (3 total-not kidding about the taste size) we were still charged the $9 fee when we bought a bottle of vodka (Neutral Brandy). So I left with a fifty dollar bottle of vodka and a bad taste in my mouth. With tastings that small they really need to waive the fee with a one bottle purchase. Especially since we didn't even taste the wines.
Written February 17, 2015
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Andrew T
San Francisco, CA25 contributions
Feb 2015 • Couples
We liked the 2011 "Winemakers Cuvee", a well-balanced red with plenty of fruit and medium tannins. They also distill some very,very special gin that is really more like a wonderfully flavorful brandy - this is not the stuff you made G&T's with in college. There is a small tasting room that was uncrowded and low-key, with knowledgable and friendly staff.
Written February 15, 2015
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LDN_2009
London, UK17,886 contributions
Jun 2016 • Couples
I don’t drink alcohol so most tasting room visits (with my wife) are wasted on me. I’m mostly looking out for pretty surroundings and interesting architecture and design.
Villicana, and particularly Re:Find Distillery, ticked those boxes, and had a very friendly, welcoming tasting room host (who's name I regret I forget to ask) who, as well as (I believe) giving my wife more tastings than she might otherwise have done, gave us a really interesting ‘tour’ of the distillery and told us all about the history.
Great visit.
Villicana, and particularly Re:Find Distillery, ticked those boxes, and had a very friendly, welcoming tasting room host (who's name I regret I forget to ask) who, as well as (I believe) giving my wife more tastings than she might otherwise have done, gave us a really interesting ‘tour’ of the distillery and told us all about the history.
Great visit.
Written October 6, 2016
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ColleenHWilson
Howell, NJ17 contributions
Jun 2016 • Family
We really enjoyed visiting Villicana Winery and tasting wines and spirits. Definitely worth stopping by. Special thanks to our Jersey Girl Victoria for all the interesting info. It was a pleasure meeting you! Thanks! the Wilsons
Written June 29, 2016
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M M
Oakland, CA89 contributions
Oct 2015 • Couples
Although the wines at this winery are fine products, I was more interested in the spirits, made from leftover grape juice, that involves a method , called Saignee.
This winemaking process involves bleeding off a portion of red wine after only a short period of time, and contact of the juice with the grape skins. Because the colour of red wine is derived from pigments in the grape skins, the resulting juice is a light or bright pink not red. This process is how many rose wines are made, the only exception being Champagne where rose may also be made by blending red and white wines before the secondary fermentation in bottle, although for still rose wines it is believed that the best wines are made by the saignee method. But in many cases the juice, which has been bled, is wasted, really.
Don't get me started on wasted food.
Well, these guys take the bled juice and run it through a distiller to make Vodka, Gin and Cucumber Vodka, all three available for tasting, during my visit. In addition they make Whisky, which I did not try, yet.
I general vodkas are clear spirits without distinct flavor, I found this Vodka to be pleasant, but edgy.
The Gin has nice juniper-berry and herbal notes, it would make a tasty gin tonic.
The unusual cucumber Vodka was my favorite. Its bright, fresh taste would make it the perfect addition to a holiday meal, somewhere between the main course and the salad.
The drive to RE:FIND takes one through the beautiful wine growing region west of Paso Robles. Well worth a drive.
This winemaking process involves bleeding off a portion of red wine after only a short period of time, and contact of the juice with the grape skins. Because the colour of red wine is derived from pigments in the grape skins, the resulting juice is a light or bright pink not red. This process is how many rose wines are made, the only exception being Champagne where rose may also be made by blending red and white wines before the secondary fermentation in bottle, although for still rose wines it is believed that the best wines are made by the saignee method. But in many cases the juice, which has been bled, is wasted, really.
Don't get me started on wasted food.
Well, these guys take the bled juice and run it through a distiller to make Vodka, Gin and Cucumber Vodka, all three available for tasting, during my visit. In addition they make Whisky, which I did not try, yet.
I general vodkas are clear spirits without distinct flavor, I found this Vodka to be pleasant, but edgy.
The Gin has nice juniper-berry and herbal notes, it would make a tasty gin tonic.
The unusual cucumber Vodka was my favorite. Its bright, fresh taste would make it the perfect addition to a holiday meal, somewhere between the main course and the salad.
The drive to RE:FIND takes one through the beautiful wine growing region west of Paso Robles. Well worth a drive.
Written November 8, 2015
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lpsh
Missoula, MT136 contributions
Jun 2015 • Friends
Loved our visit here. The staff were fabulous, We bought wine and then went to the distillery and bought there. So glad that a local recommended it.
Written June 25, 2015
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