Vinoteca

Vinoteca has an excellent international tasting menu. We found some wines that we have never tried before. The service was excellent and the ambiance was warm and inviting.

This place is such a gem "super cute, cozy, wine bar, with boardgames, comfortable couches, and an outdoor seating area. The folks working there are incredibly friendly and focused on ensuring you have a great experience. This is my second visit, we usually take our tasting flight and sit outside so we can keep an eye on the kids while they play at the arcades next-door. Best of all, they have a bubbly tasting flight!

Such a sweet wine shop and tasting room. I loved that you can just start with a couple 1/2 glasses. I particularly enjoyed the orange wine (this one was from a vineyard in Greece) and the servers/owner(s) were extremely friendly and hospitable hosts, who let us try a few different wines and recommended a lovely bottle of bubbles for me to take home as a gift for a friend. There was ample seating for us to choose from without a reservation after brunch on a Saturday and the space is nice and open with card and board games.

Love this hidden little jem at half Moon Bay in the back off main street. The wines are delicious. We tried four medium body red wine and they paired nicely with the charcuteriei and cheese plate. I loved the flexibility in picking exactly the ones that you want to compose your own flight. Here is the one we had, from light to heavy: - casa del bolque, Pinot noir from Chile- schiava from Italy (served slightly chilled)- lichen, Pinot from Anderson valley- nebbiolo from langhe ItalyI liked all of them except for the schiava. The other three are well balanced, with some complexity. And a good range for pairing. All of the food and wines are super reasonablly priced , seemingly the only place that bucked the trend of price inflation in Silicon valley. The place is run by a couple from Paraguay. We got some recommendations from the lovely woman who runs it. The food is solid here. She recommended starting with the charcuterie with the heavier wines in the flight, and then moving to the cheese and dried fruit peach. I really liked the fig jam with the goat cheese and manchego. They pair completely differently with different wines. I liked the nebbiolo with manchego and fig jam the best. It also goes nicely with the empanada. The ambience is super chilled. We sat at the couch area looking at the entire place. A lot of couples coming on dates here. Very sweet. We will definitely be back!

My review is related to the experience I had with Vinoteca during the Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay.I saw they had a pumpkin spice sangria for $13, and ordered two for me and a friend. I don't know if this is because they were really trying to squeeze every cent from us or if it was an issue with the person pouring, but man do they skimp on their pours. The picture you see below is the amount of sangria I received without me drinking any yet - they pour only to about 70% of the cup size with half the cup being pure ice and fruits. Basically, this was maybe about 2 shot glasses worth of sangria in this very small cup already for $13 + tax. I finished it in two big sips. It only looks like this much because of the ice and fruit! We would have been happy if it was at least filled to the top line of the cup instead of whatever this is.Flavor was really good but it left me wanting more. I'd probably be better off making a bottle of this myself at home for around the same price.

What a nice tasting room. Great atmosphere in Half Moon Bay - nice to do a tasting next to a wall rack full of bottles!I tried the red flight, and it was amazing starting with a Nebbiolo, followed by a Malbec, and then a Tempranillo. Suppose a generous and really good deal for the price I had an empanada as a snack, and it was really good. I would consider this one of the better wine tasting places in the area.

We came here, because the fog was too thick to see the sunset at half moon bay. Pleasantly surprised by the relaxed ambiance, friendly staff, delicious Mediterranean plate, and very tasty white wine flight. The prices are very reasonable. Total bill was $33 before tax and tip. Very good experience for us

Emily is a delightful person and the wine is amazing! We highly recommend stopping in!

Whenever we have a date night Vinoteca is always on the list whether it's a quick stop for a glass of wine or wine and appetizers . Vinoteca is a gem .

This place was on our list of things to do while visiting Half Moon Bay. We finally made it over and had a seat. Great ambience, very cute place, great and friendly service. It was a lovely visit until we left. There were two of us. We both paid our tab with a credit card. One of us included the tip and the other just put some cash on the table. We get up to leave and are out the door and walking down the sidewalk when we are chased down by the gal that was serving us! She asked if she had offended us in someway because my friend only left $3 on the table. Unfortunately, she didn't bother to check the credit card sale to see that an 18% tip was included. It made us feel so horrible and ruined our entire experience. Tipping is not a requirement but she had been so friendly and pleasant I was happy to leave that tip and my friend was happy to add a couple extra bucks on top of it.