Ficklin Vineyards

Exceptional Wine Experience paired with Extraordinary Ports!!!Last week I had out of town guests visiting whom love ports took them to my favorite place Ficklin's!!!Your Sommelier named Peyton was Outstanding!!! She was so welcoming, engaging, and extremely knowledgeable about every port she poured for us it was like taking a journey through each barrel's story!!! Peyton also went above and beyond explaining your wonderful ports to my friend's sister who called in via satellite from Arizona needless to say they are now members and already received their shipment great service!!! My other friend took back a couple of bottles back to Stockton all raving new fans!!!Thank you again Ficklin's for making the most Incredible Ports in the world always such a pleasure visiting we will be back soon again!!!

Wonderful winery to visit and tastes Ports in! Great service, nice ports! Great atmosphere!

Amazing history here and the BEST ports!! We've not been big port lovers but, going here gave us a taste of what ports could be. And, they have the ONLY port that has received 100 pts fromJudges. Really nice, family owned place. Their selection is amazing and the history cannot be beat! Definitely worth a trip here anytime you are nearby.

My most favorite winery and its tucked away in a little corner of the Central Valley. Sadly, I didn't discover it until I moved away from the Fresno area. The ports from here are delicious. I love gifting them to family and friends but sometimes just end up keeping them for myself. I've only done tastings here once and still buy my wine based on that. Definitely stop by and give them business! Currently tastings are by reservation only and definitely worth it.

My husband and I used to visit the Sacramento downtown location and fell in love with their 10 year Tonnie port. But when the location close down we were so sad. And on a recent trip to Fresno California for work I decided to Google the location and Visit this winery to pick up a few of my favorite bottles!during my visit I found a couple new bottles that I fell in love with and the staff was so nice! I even had the pleasure of meeting the winemaker himself, Peter!!thank you for making all of your delicious port for us to enjoy!

I lived in the Valley for 10 years and been all over CA vineyards but never to Madera. Ficklin Vineyards is a little gem right smack in the middle of CA. It's the oldest strictly Port vineyard in the US. Their ports are simply amazing and a wonderful way to finish off wine tasting in Madera. One of the older ports was a 1957 port going for $600, if only money was not an object. They had a nice option while tasting, for an extra $5 you can do a chocolate pairing. Each port was paired with a different Chocolate from around the world. Marcy was such a wonderful host, allowing us to taste their flavored ports. We ended up buying the S'mores port which was so very good. Our other favorite was the 10 year old tawny port.

Wow. What an incredible experience. This was a very pleasant surprise. My husband and I, along with my parents, are Port aficionados so when I saw a port winery outside of Fresno, we were very skeptical. Boy were we proven wrong! We showed up 30 mins before closing but not once did Denise make us feel rushed. In fact, she took the time to thoroughly explain everything to us and add in personal stories. We LOVED all of the port we tasted. The Old Vine Tinta was a fan favorite and it just got a perfect score of 100 points in the Sunset International Wine Competition!! The best part? It's only $22! We all enjoyed our experience so much that both couples signed up for the PORTfolio Wine Club. It's $115 biannually, which is well worth it. You get 3 bottles of their latest release along with discounts and access to special events. If you don't live locally, they do ship for member's bianual boxes at a $19 flat rate and you're able to add on other bottles for that same shipping cost. Did I mention there are no tasting fees?? Please do yourself a favor and check out Ficklin, you will not be disappointed.

The location is very pretty and their wine tasting room looks like a wine cellar/warehouse. However they ONLY serve PORTS. I'm not a fan of ports. But, the sommelier is incredibly kind. If you enjoy sweet wine, you would love this place.

We called before we stopped which was a good plan with so many businesses having to make changes due to covid. The woman that answered was so kind and told us to stop by, but let us know there were no tastings right now. We stopped at 4 on a Wednesday and she was really attentive to us explaining the history of the ports. We would have loved to stay longer but surprisingly 4 other customers came in which shows how popular the winery is even on a Wednesday. We ended up buying 3 ports to take home and are glad we did. The 10 year port sold with chocolate is what we've tried so far and love it.

Long time customer at Ficklin and past Portfolio member. Have always enjoyed thier ports. Own two Tappit bottles. Was getting my Tappits refilled when I purchased a bottle of Ruby Port ($40) for a good buddies birthday.When we opened the bottle we found it extremely heavy with sediment. The bottle showing that after bottling and racking it had never been rotated. It's not unusual to find some sediment. But what we found in this bottle a disappointment. So...is this why I'm writing a review? Well no. It's because I emailed Ficklin expressing my disappointment in this Ruby Port and not receiving any communication in the slightest. A simply sorry would have gone a long way with me.I guess Peter has other priorities on his mind.