The Wine Steward

I continue to enjoy the wine clubs, wine selection, and live-tasting events put on by The Wine Steward. If you're in the area, it's worth a stop in.

Nice stop on Main Street. Service was friendly. Relaxing bar area for tasting. Seems like a lot of locals stop in as many seem to know each other and the wine bar staff. Would like to see them expand their tasting options to other parts of CA- like Lake County

What a wonderful place! I went to an event here (a revue of Chateauneuf du Pape)- and it was such an outstanding evening. I enjoyed every minute of it. I know very little about French wines so I've increased my knowledge a ton just by going to this one event! And I loved the wines! We have traveled in Spain, Portugal and Italy, and are more familiar with their wines and I wasn't sure I would like French wines- but I do! Not only were they delicious, but they were reasonably priced. Before the tasting I shopped a bit in the store- there are some wonderful treats in the store, as well as a kick ass selection of ciders- which I am going to buy for my husband's xmas present, and a roomful of great looking hard liquor, including some gins I have not seen before.I am going to make sure to stop by often and check this place out. The people here are passionate about wine (as am I) so it's a beautiful place to be. I can't wait to go back! Also, just let me say I've never met such a helpful host. He actually wrote me to ask if the person who signed up right after me was supposed to be at my table for a tasting- and she was, since it was my friend. I didn't realize there would be assigned seating for the tastings -which is fabulous! I LOVE knowing I have a seat already and there's no game of musical chairs to look forward to. The tastings are lovingly set up- spit bucket, water, bread plate (there is bread included) and you can also order a cheeseboard- which will be there waiting for you. I recommend the cheese board highly! I can't remember the last time I tasted 16 wines in one evening- it's been a while, but it was so much fun!

The scene: You walk along a relatively quiet downtown street in an idyllic small town, where are you run into this building that houses a purveyor of fine foods and wines. As you walk in, you are greeted with the smells of various items you can use on a charcuterie board, as well as some of the friendliest folks that you have ever come across. I seriously felt like I was in some sort of movie or something.I didn't spend too much time in there, but you had a variety of delicious looking cheeses and cured meats. Along with an assortment of different types of baked goods. It's a pretty big space, and the food only takes a small piece of it. The rest of the store is filled with different wines from different countries. Oh also, there is the stair case to the second floor towards the back...There's a space upstairs where you will start being able to buy flights of wines and/or have a beer on tap. Is a very cool looking bar area and possible event space. Would love to stop by for a beer the next time I'm back in the area. But definitely a cool shop. It's hard to find places like these days.

Quality/Quantity - Good, huge selection.Flights only on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; we were a day too early. Cheese and meat platters available.No corkage fee for $25+ bottles purchased downstairs to be enjoyed upstairs; this would have been a better choice for us as we spent much much more than that on 4 glasses of wine. Actually our first glass was $20 each... Atmosphere - Relaxing, as I guess we were the only day drinkers in this area, LOL.Had the whole place to ourselves; except the vendors that kept coming in to sell more wine to the manager/owner. Huge place.Upstairs bar, downstairs retail space.Bar, table, and lounge seating. I think they had outside seating during the pandemic...? It is gone now.Open 7 days a week, see specific hours via Yelp or website.Street parking. Service - Good. Especially since the bar is closed on Wednesdays. Maybe this would explain why we were the only customers, LOL. Price - Expensive, but expected. Next time we will buy a few $25+ bottle wines to drink upstairs. Owner Comment - Congrats to Jim and Cathy on your success since 1999.

This store is quite large with lots of wine options. It's a bit overwhelming. However, didn't end up up buying anything because the service was non-existent. No hello, no asking if we need help, nothing. It was the oddest thing, I have been to many wine shops and most are so nice. I want to come back to do a tasting maybe and see if it's different. They are nice variety of wine which was appealing.

Dropped in after lunch for a little wine tasting. It wasn't horrible by any means, but I feel like there are much better places to go in Pleasanton. The service was fine, wine was okay, and ambiance was meh. If I were to come back it would be to check out the huge wine selection they have. I wouldn't come back for a tasting though.

An eclectic variety of wine and a knowledgeable staff to answer questions. PLUS a wine bar upstairs with a rotating selection of wines.

After a team Christmas luncheon at Strizzis, my colleague took me to The Wine Steward to pick up a quick gift. It is a delightful shop and the staff is friendly. They fulfilled my special request for Tokaji and a gift wine (Viognier) in time for the holidays. I used to work in the Napa Valley and I was excited to find a wine shop with so many choices and kind staff. I recently began working in the Dublin/Pleasanton area and look forward to learning more about the local wineries in Livermore and more visits at The Wine Steward.

Service was exceptional. This was our first time and we can honestly say it won't be our last time. As soon as we walked in we were greeted with a warm welcome smile. We were free to walk around and just look at all their goodies, cheeses, condiments, glasses, and of course wine. The set up is on point, so much to see and very inviting. After our lunch engagement we came back and had made ourselves at home. We took home some great cheese and wine to enjoy later. We will be back!!!