Farmstead Cheeses & Wines, Alameda

Bruce Langley

Nice, to find shelves that are not stocked with 27 different labels of only Californian chardonnay and zinfandel . A large selection of whites and reds from Europe, South America, and even the Golan Heights (go figure!) And yes some labels from California* that you likely have not heard of and wont regret trying. All good wines and better priced at ~$10 and up. Staff is eager and really want to be helpful...and if you don't want a lot of help, they catch on....eventually. * ...a special note to the Santa Barbara based vintner that labeled their cabernet sauvignon "Neverland". Really?

de ann freitag

Really terrible service for Mother's Day. My daughter ordered some sort of charcuterie plate as a gift for me. She received a text at 9:30am that it would be delivered to me by 11am and she called me to wish me a HMD and told me to watch for a delivery by 11am (since a lot of contactless delivery people are not ringing the doorbell; they just leave the package,k one needs to be aware and check for deliveries - especially food items) and I did. At 11:20am, I texted to let her know I had checked; nothing had arrived yet but I would keep checking. Turns out she had been sent an 'order cancelled' text message at some point between 9:30am and 11:20am cancelling the order; no call, no apologies, no 'what else can we offer and discount for your trouble' given it is NOW Mother's Day today and clearly nothing was ordered anymore. Daughter called Farmstead to find out why order was cancelled and the answer was they had run out of whatever she had ordered and they were not taking any new orders. Her order wasn't new, it was an OLD order they cancelled and obviously would not replace with anything else. The point is: terrible customer service, do not rely on them for anything that has any kind of scheduled date because this is the potential outcome - order cancelled and it's just too bad for you. Really disappointing but a good warning.

Lourdes G.

Wow the truth is that the people in this place are too rude and do not have good manners. There is not a great variety of wines. I will never go back again.

Kat Aych

EXCELLENT place to get "the good stuff" like Brillat Savarin and fromager d"Affinois!!! Tiny little store, but they certainly pack a punch - great variety available in a small space!