Altamura Winery
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- Wheelchair Accessible:
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2 reviews for Altamura Winery
2 reviews in English
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Review from kim n.
Updated - 8/5/2009
Congrats to Frank and Karen on the Wine Spectator piece:
http://www.altamura.co...
If you're ever in the area do yourself a favor and make your way over to Wooden Valley and experience a tasting that is going away like the dinosaur. As tastings get less and less intimate, cost more and more, and are for the most part over crowded, it's refreshing to be able to go somewhere and have a personal experience.
Your best bet is to get a tour from Frank Altamura himself. A self made vintner, he didn't go to school for enology, he does it for the love of the land and product. Beautiful wines all around. I recently found out that he makes a wine called Sundance that is a personal wine for Robert Redford himself, totally under the radar (well maybe not anymore).
They're building a brand new tasting room which is going to be finished soon but if you go now you'll still be able to see the wine cave and get very generous pourings of their wine. Frank's also a Food and Car enthusiast so for those of you into those things you'll find a wealth of conversation there too. Great wine, warm, inviting hospitality. An overall excellent experience. As the saying goes: "They dont make them like they used to."1 Previous Review: Show all »
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9/3/2008 First to Review
Absolutely beautiful Sangiovese and Cabernet. They're a bit off the beaten path and unfortunately… Read more »
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Review from Star M.
Rockport, TX
1/28/2011
Wine: 3 Stars
Service: 5 Stars
Ambience & scenery: 4 Stars
Visited just after the WS 2010 Best list came out -- a bit underwhelmed by the 2007 Cab, the 06 was better (in my palate) -- and I'm not sure that aging will improve it. Not a wide selection of wines to taste.
Well run family owned winery, lovely grounds and a great drive out to the winery, but kind of creepy barrel room (with faux concrete finishing).
Great tasting experience -- just wish we liked the wines better.
