Brooks Wine

Beautiful view and tasting room. We enjoyed the wine although it was pricier than we are used to. Logan did a great job with our tasting and gave us a bunch of recommendations for the weekend.

Enjoyed the charcuterie.

We made reservations and came here for my mother in laws birthday.
Such a cute winery with beautiful views.
We shared a few food items and a couple bottles of wine. The waiter was very nice and informative about their wine and made great selections for our tastes.
We ended up leaving with 8 bottles of wine between the 4 of us. We will be back

The views at this winery are wonderful. We made a reservation out on the outdoor covered patio which I highly recommend. In addition to the wine they also provide food. I got a pass of Pinot and also the BLT sandwich.

The sandwich was banging. Bacon had really good flavor/crispness and the tomato jam was the perfect contrast to the bacon.

I normally love Pinot noir but I think I just didn't prefer the style at brooks. Theirs tastes more earthy and drier than I like. I prefer a cleaner, fruitier taste. But that's just personal preference.

Service was wonderful and very quick. They let me try a couple styles of wine before I committed to a glass which was appreciated.

We took out of town guests here for our first visit. I had made a reservation for the patio and I was so happy I did! The view was beautiful!
Our server was wonderful and explained each wine of our flight with great detail. He shared with us the history of the winery, which was an interesting story.
The foods I tasted were the Brussel sprouts, the steak sandwich and the charcuterie board. All delicious!
The only negative about my review would be, for the flight, I never received a clean glass when a new wine was introduced. Otherwise, my expertise at Brooks was great!

We stopped here for a birthday wine tasting and although the ambiance, wine and food were all good, the server Sara was anti customer service. She seemed put off by us being there and was passive aggressive during her interactions. We were very disappointed in her work.

In short:
Salem's living room, as far as wine places go. Great pinots and rieslings, among other styles. Wonderful setting, good food, great service.

In long:
If you're like me and start relaxing as soon as you're on winding roads across rolling hills, your BP will drop 10% by the time you even pull in here. You're up a few hundred feet on one of those rolling hills, and on a clear day, I imagine you can see Mt Hood from here. You can see miles and miles across hills and valleys. Or you can turn to one side and a few feet away you'll see grapes that have been producing wine harvests since 1973, and still to this day produce pinot they're bottling here.

Spreading out from the winery, there are dozens of acres of vines, most of which they harvest and bottle. Much of this is land they farm themselves; some grapes they buy from neighboring farmers.

The pinots here are lovely--this IS the heart of Oregon pinot country--but they very much emphasize the rieslings and white blends, too. I won't break down every wine we tried, but we have precious little wine storage space and, despite that, we left with a case.

The building seems somewhat ordinary from the outside, just a big box with a pitched roof. They do a lot of production and aging here, maybe all of it for all I know. But much of space comprises a big tasting room. All the good view sides of the building are public--you can sit inside or out, and outside has upstairs and downstairs options.

Most importantly, you HAVE TO reserve a table. Finding a table as a walk-in, especially on a weekend, would be a lucky break, and most of the time I'm sure it would not happen. We wanted to move outside and it was booked solid. Inside was still great, though.

There's a mix of high-boy tables, dining tables, and couch/coffee-table seating. Very homey.

We got sat right away and immediately got a splash of rosé in our glasses. They bring out your wine flight one pour at a time. Zach was our guy, and he explained where the grapes grew, what the winemakers aimed for with that vintage, and added tons of info about the winery history, branding, and so on. He was very natural about the whole thing, listened to us, laughed at our jokes, and generally made the whole tasting a fun and informative afternoon without making us feel like we needed to write stuff down. Pouring one at a time is slower than getting your whole flight at once, but you get the whole story of each wine while you're trying that glass, which helps you retain the info better.

Food here is great--the pappardelle was cooked perfectly, the bruschetta was getting a bit soggy but the flavors were amazing and my sister ate every bite. Her BF loved the pork belly slider (great crusty bread). The charcuterie offerings were really solid, a decent step up from supermarket meats and cheeses. The watermelon poke was interesting and delicious; the tortilla chip flavors kind of overpowered the tuna--it'd be cool to try this with wonton chips instead.

We spent a couple hours here and hardly realized the passing of the time. This is my first contact point with Oregon wineries and I can't wait to explore others (and come back here).

I think this is my new favorite winery in the Eola Amity Area. The wine is great and the food rivals any Michelin Rated Restaurant.  The menu changes every month and uses local seasonal ingredients. We had the brussel sprouts, which had beet chips. Typically, I hate anything beet related but there was nothing in this dish that was not incredible, beets included. I also had squash with a horseradish aioli. I could have just had the aioli and been happy.  My husband had a radicchio salad with shrimp with a creamy dressing. Everything was excellent!! 
I have not pulled the plug yet, but I am still deciding on joining their wine club, as I liked their wines that much. 

The ambience is cozy, and they have a great patio. Of course, when we were here it was not even 40 degrees so not a good patio day, but I look forward to returning when the weather warms to sit outside.

This is winery is slightly off the main road, so we were pleasantly surprised to find food and coffee offerings on their menu, in addition to the great wines. Ciara was an excellent host for us and helped make for a great experience. The sweeping views from their deck are amazing!

Nice setting: choice of inside in their tasting room or outside on the covered patio with heaters. Had to make reservations and they honor this for 1.5 hr. Good choices of wines, flights are $20 for 6 tastes. We opted for a glass of semi-dry Riesling ($11) and a glass of red letter Pinot Noir ($15) and a po'boy shrimp sandwich ($19) That sandwich was delicious albeit just 4 scampi shrimp on it. The red wine was okay and the white was a bit too sweet for my pallet. Service was friendly. We opted to buy a couple bottles of their off-label Petite Shiraz ($35/bottle) which was excellent. We will be back in summer sometime to sit on the patio/deck and enjoy the views.

What a treat! We kicked off our 4 day wine tasting vacation in McMinnville with a "Wine Tasting 101" course - Sarah was amazing. She was knowledgable, patient and genuinely fun! This was our first ever wine tasting experience and her enthusiasm shone through. She really cares about her guests' time, took time to learn about our preferences to guide our experience and it made the session so much more rewarding. It felt like she was truly teaching and hosting us!

And the wine was delightful! We ordered several bottles to be sent home and joined the wine club for recurring orders.

The space was lovely and really felt like a charming location to enjoy. We plan to return and have encouraged friends to visit.