Castel Grisch Winery

Vincent Somogyi

Hands down quirkiest winery I’ve ever been to. Came with our two young kids after a busload of tipsy women were leaving to continue their Monday afternoon celebration elsewhere. The lone tasting room employee was visibly exasperated (as anyone would be after a horde of drunk people just put them through the ringer), but was extremely gracious, kind & awesome. Wines skewed more to sweeter whites, with a few drier whites and just a few reds. We are both dry red drinkers, so we had the only dry red, Baco Noir, and a strawberry flavored slush concoction…both were decent. The iced drink was especially clutch on a 92 degree day. The quirkiness came in the form of the herd of sheep that have free reign over the property, the public chalkboard wall, the massive array of life-sized ‘dinosaurs’ on the property & the disc golf course amongst them. Kids loved it, the sheep were adorable, and as someone who travels with discs it was nice to see a course on a winery. Needless to say we will be back for the welcoming & zany atmosphere, even if the majority of the wines aren’t necessarily our style.

Kevin Schott

The wine flights here were well curated and the snack plates were great. You can also bring your own food which is really helpful. Don't miss the dinosaur alley though. The model dinosaurs are huge and look great. Awesome photo op!

Wendy Bowden

Making our way to Ithaca, we took the scenic route and stopped at this winery. Being dog friendly we were already impressed. Although the wines are not quite our style, we were over the top impressed with the lovely young lady who had only been on the job for 5 days. Very attentive and a great attitude. Definitely went above and beyond our expectations and she was aiming to please.

Marina Volpe

I’m sorry to say my friends and I had an awful experience at this winery – I wouldn’t recommend a visit here and won’t be returning, which is a shame because the setting is beautiful. We arrived for our pre-scheduled tasting and they had a big table set up for our group – we were a group of 15 so it was great to have a dedicated space. We were excited to be there, it was right at the beginning of our day, but unfortunately it went downhill quickly. Immediately our server seemed annoyed with our group and frustrated that she had to serve all of us. Most of us have been servers or still are, we know big groups can be tough, so we chalked it up to her having a rough morning. Unfortunately she seemed to double down on her bad attitude throughout our entire stay at this winery – from responding nastily to our questions, refusing to let us pay for items, asking us to bus our own tables but then telling us she didn’t know where trash cans were, the whole situation was very confusing and uncomfortable. She didn't want us to pay for our wine bottles when we ordered them, but then seemed to accuse us of stealing them later on when stopping by our table. We are all professionals in our 30s, some of our group was pregnant and just there to enjoy the view & our friends, we could not comprehend why we were being treated so poorly. My only guess is that they don’t actually want to serve groups and they just wanted us to leave – I hope they just change their policy so other big groups don’t waste their time and money there. The dinosaurs were cute though!