Domaine Chandon Winery
Yountville, CA 94599
Phone: (707) 944-9400
- Cross Street:
- Highway 29
- Hours:
- January-April Sun-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-6pm, May-December Sun-Thu 10am-6pm, Fri, Sat 10am-7pm
Editorial Review for Domaine Chandon Winery – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
Dedicated to sustainable agriculture and making minimal impact on the land, Domaine Chandon is a smooth blend of Californian ideals and French tastes. The winery was founded in 1973 by European beverage conglomerate Moët-Hennessy and is recognized for its innovation in viticulture and adherence to the French tradition of sparkling wines.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasOnce you've taken a tour and learned about the "methode champenoise," head to the salon where you can sip your sparkling wine inside under large, sunny windows or outside on a table-filled patio.
On the MenuOrder a snack of crackers and caviar or, if your appetite is more grand, have lunch or dinner at the winery's famed restaurant.
User Reviews for Domaine Chandon Winery
06/09/2008 Posted by JimShoe
In the twenty years of showing friends and family the Bay area, I've never been so remiss as this last weeks tour of this winery The tour is a joke, no views of the bottling facility, nothing about the riddling process or view of the cellars, and the tour guide was un-informed to boot. If spending 10 bucks for a 25 minute waste of time is your thing, then this is the place. Do yourself a favor, go here for the wine but avoid the tour. The wines are good and the oysters at the oyster bar are very good.
Pros: Oysters are very good
Cons: Tour is a joke
07/05/2007 Posted by maryjatkinson
Unfortunately, when you spend $20 to get a tour at a winery, you expect to get your money's worth -- not listen to some bumbling just-out-of-college valley girl who spent last night getting plastered. The poor girl probably hadn't been working at the place for very long, but it was painfully obvious that she had no clue as to what she was talking about and was distractingly distracted by everything! She could barely finish her sentences without breaking into an excuse about why she was "out of it" and "spacing out" about the tour information. It seemed she should have been shadowing a more experienced tour guide, or if she wasn't new, should probably have been cut from the touring job already. At any rate, the tour was disappointing, since we heard such wonderful things about it prior to our visit; however, the tasting was great and our server was genial and informative. I think his name was Matt??? Anyway, good place to visit and do the tasting, but pass on the tour if you get anybody who seems inexperienced.
Pros: Beautiful grounds, lovely wines, and great info from the tasting server.
Cons: Tour guide was very inexperienced and boring.
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