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Stama Winery
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5 reviews for Stama Winery
I will say, every wine I tasted at Stama Winery I wanted to buy.
2007 Chardonnay - Smooth and tastey
2006 Merlot - amazingly smooth, rich but not over powering. Every person in our party bought a bottle. A great crowd pleaser.
2003 Cabernet Sauvignon - peppery but not over powering
2005 Syrah -smooth but not too tanniny or too fruity
Yes, I used smooth to describe all these wines but it was the first thing I thought of when drinking them. It was so easy to drink these wines. And for the sale price of $10/bottle for a mix case, I bought every one of them.
Also extremely good were the 2005 Curvaceous Cabernet, the 2005 Proprietor's Reserve Zinfandel, and the AMAZING 2007 Zany Zinfandel.
If Stama is on the label, I will drink it. Wine is in the proprietor's blood, his parents made wine in Greece, he's making it in Lodi, his son is working with him in the vineyard.
Visit Gus!!!!
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Mr. Kapiniaris, the vintner himself, was staffing the tasting room, and he's quite a hoot. Not afraid to bust our chops ("Why you always last with glass? You no like wine? C'mere!"), he just kept pouring and pouring. And we kept drinking and drinking, because everything he poured was good. (And no tasting fee!) 6 glasses in, I already had 4 that I wanted to to take home, and given the deep mixed-case discounts he was offering, our group took home quite a bit. The two sections of the tasting room were both nice and atmospheric, although they got rather cozy with more than 6 people.
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Only to echo the previous reviews. Though Gus was not there, a very friendly lady was pouring and with a helpful comment about each selection. My only regret was that I was running late in the day, and did not have time to try the other vintners located in the same, very interesting Vino Piazza. Definitely a trip back.
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The first winery we visited at Vino Piazza turned out to be our favorite. Want to establish a winery/tasting room that I (and most other people) will love? Try blending the following elements:
-Tasting room staffed by the 60+ year old winemaker himself, complete with Old World accent and hundreds of fascinating stories;
-More than a dozen wines to try;
-All wines priced lower than $30, most priced lower than $20;
-Tasting counter build of old wine barrels topped with beautiful stone;
-Tasting includes wines not yet released, and special wines that require a separate trip to the storage area because they aren't supposed to be opened.
Stama had all of this. Which is why I walked away with almost a case of wine, and a bottle of olive oil grown in the winemaker's ancestral town. A fantastic experience, and about as far from the typical Highway 26 Napa experience as you can get.
I'll be back, and no matter how soon I get back, it won't be soon enough.
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My favorite winery in the valley-bar none. Set in the fun and festive Vino Piazza in Lockeford with 12 wineries to explore-what's not to like? The family, well, they make you feel like family. Bob and I were there to enjoy some tasting 2 weeks ago during the Lodi Wine and Chocolate event....we did not have a bracelet, but, we were not turned away! Many of the wineries do not charge a tasting fee! Bob & I purchased a bottle of 05 Napa Cab from Stama-I wish we would've bought a case-it was that good. So, Bob said to our pourer-a member of the family-we want to buy two wine glasses-well, when they found out it was our anniversary-they gave us a third for free! Nice touch-after 2 visits to Vino Piazza-still our favorite winery-you need to go just to visit the tasting room-the construction is one of a kind-go and see for yourself-you will not be disappointed!
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