Lodi Wine Visitor Center

Located and adjoining the Wine & Roses Resort is the Lodi Wine Visitor Center.Not only do you get the rundown of the city of Lodi but you get to do wine tasting with their wine specialist. A soils person is there too and he will be able to give you the rundown of the soils and climate both of which makes grape growing in Lodi a great fruit for wineBe sure to get the current map of the city where you go at a glance and spot the wineries and eateries

Weeeeeeell This review is going to be slightly bias because I am not no means a wine gal, but the wine tasting and experience was ok.I came for a friends birthday and our person was certainly knowledgeable in wines. I appreciate her effort in trying to get me to stir away from sweet wines heheIt's going to take time for me haha I think the cost of trying four wines of your choice for $12 is fairly reasonable. There were a couple I enjoyed. It did feel quiet and I do wish they would allow some crackers with the wines. I would even pay extra if they had that option. Other than that, it was fairly ok.

Wow such a wonderful place to find out all the Lodi has to offer for wine. We also stayed and had a tasting. Bob and Paul are amazing with details of all the wine, wineries and how wines are made at each. We will be stopping here each time we come through town for sure. Thanks for a great experience.

Awesome tasting room!We took a leap of faith and went out of our way to visit this awesome tasting room. Great wines and great service .Located in what seems like a residential area. WORTH THE VISIT!

i really love tasting here, the ability to taste so many different wines is awesome, but i have to say there is one particular employee who seems to be a racist. we were there for a tasting, there was no one else in the tasting room and there were about 10 people in our party celebrating a birthday, so we were laughing and enjoying ourselves, when the tasting room employee went over to the birthday girl (obviously the birthday girl because she had a tiara and sash on) and asked us to quiet down. the reason i say she's a racist is because the second time it happened there was a group of white women there that were a lot louder than us, only 3 in our party and they asked us to quiet down again. giving up our membership, not because of the wine but because of that employee.

This is a great way to start your Lodi wine experience!! nice clean wine center which offers tastings of the local wines - Really nice hostess, and nice table to sit at ; wine barrels and regular seating. Looks like there's an outside patio.You can pick up a local map your wineries and plan the rest of your excursion

So usually I've had stellar experience (hence the three stars vs one) at the visitors center but yesterday was less than. To start off we brought our two pups. Because of this, we wanted to sit in the front patio like we usually do so as to have our own space. The lady working who I'd never seen before (older w/ short brown hair) quickly said they were not sitting anyone there because they didn't feel like bringing the couch cushions out. Usually Leonard has served us and even if the patio is quiet he's never had a problem with us sitting in front. Okay though, not a problem...so we go find a spot on the patio. The table was pretty small for the party of four humans and two pups that we were, but we made due. As she brings the menu she makes a somewhat awkward comment that we can only have five tastes...that the government has passed a law that means that's the limit. I said, oh, okay (having not remembered what the rules were before). So I asked: how many could we taste before? She said the whole menu. Alright then, no problem. Rules are rules. So we select our pours, one of which was from Bokish, a favorite of ours. When I said that she quickly said that they got a new wine maker recently and some added info as to assume that it's not the same quality. Again, odd, right? But then the last straw was that our pups heard a noise as someone was moving something on the other side of their fence. Our pups got startled and barked a couple times. At this point there were people on either side of us, and both parties actually introduced themselves to our pups and said how much they liked them. When our pups barked the couple times they did, the people didn't bat an eye as it wasn't even excessive. No more than a minute after them barking, the lady comes to us and says let's get you your next couple tastes quickly because your pups seem like they're ready to go. She then ramped up our service and it made a relaxing service into one where we felt we were getting kicked out essentially. Then she was a bit feisty when we gave the last name of our wine member...she asked for his first name because she said there were multiple with the last name. He gave his full name and then nickname and said I don't have that long name, I have the other one. All in all I wouldn't go back if she's the one serving us. We all have off days but from beginning to end we felt unwelcomed like we typically do.

Same lady, same experience. Refer to this place as a library. Be quiet, sip your wine and leave. *SighThey have a great library of wine, but they want you to be VERY quiet.

Decided to check out the Visitor Center on our tour of Lodi wineries. We'd already visited about 20 and were curious what this place had to offer. We walked in and were greeted to a lovely tasting room, but no one apparently around. We wandered around, not sure exactly what to do. We saw some brochures in an adjacent room, and that's when an employee came in and curtly asked us what we were doing, and said that those brochures were only for wine growers. He seemed perplexed that someone had actually come in, and we got the impression we weren't welcome. Not sure what the point of a visitor center that doesn't offer any information would be. You'll definitely have a better time visiting the many actual wineries around the area.

What a hidden gem. The setting around the center is beautiful with its gardens and interesting educational opportunity to learn of vines and grape varieties. The highlight of the visitor center was sitting in the enclosed patio among the wisteria and other beautiful plants and trees while sampling and appreciating local wines. This couldn't have happened without the professional, educational and friendly, Anna, CMS. Anna really loves what she does and knows her wines, so evident in her description and history. So appreciated her recommendations as well. It was such fun to serendipitously share our love of Ireland - thank you Anna!