Great wines, wonderful service from Liliana. Perfect little location on the Sonoma Plaza. Love BVC!
gilles mooknice
Wowww; What a huge surprise! I didn't know about this winery, I wasn't disappointed! The admirable welcome from the young girl of Italian origin. the inexpensive tasting ($30) and above all the quality of the wines! I loved the 2022 Chardonnay and the 2021 Pinot Noir 6410! exceptional wines! Thank you very much for this discovery! Grazie tanto e augur...
Ilena A.
First and foremost the wines are excellent. Definitely come and taste. I am in the wine club and I recommend joining it highly. They do provide almonds and chocolate with the wines. The employees are incredible. They really know the wines and can recommend things to do in the area. I always look forward to coming back!
Sydney James
Great conversation with the women working there and even better wine. She talked us through each wine in the tasting showing her passion and expertise on the wine. An amazing experience.
Janaki V
Good wine experience. They have chardonnay and Pinot noir for tasting ?
Amanda Bradley
What a great find! This was our first stop after walking to the square. Nancy went above and beyond to get to know our taste and was a great conversationalist. I enjoyed some bubbles while hubby had a superb Pinot Noir. Atmosphere was laid baud and not pretentious. It was all about the wine and what suited each person’s palate. Hubby and I greatly enjoy wine but I think this is also a great place for newbies because of the people.
Jeanette N.
Sad to say this was our first tasting in Sonoma and it was not a good experience. We had a reservation and when we arrived it was empty. Nancy was nice at first and very attentive. She then started answering her personal phone and got distracted. Between the first two wines we tasted two other couples came in, sat at the bar and we were completely ignored. She shared wines with the other couples, talked with them. She would then come to us and pour some more samples but did not engage with us. She even tried to encourage us not to buy one of the wines we sampled. First sampling experience; awful.
Katrina Chin
Best wine we had in Sonoma! Happened to come across Bennet Valley while walking around the area before our dinner reservation. Eileen was super knowledgeable and patient with all our newbie questions. Great conversation and atmosphere. Delicious tasting flight with generous pours. This was the highlight of our Sonoma trip. Highly recommend!
Dan D.
Are you looking for a good entry- to mid-level wine experience? Go to Bennett, just off the square, and look for Liliana. She's unpretentious and curious, keeps the almonds flowing, and will let you sample absolutely everything on the menu. My tasting consisted of six wines total - two Chardonnays, a Pinot, another red, a sparkling white, and another that slips my mind - and the progression was excellent. The wines, although young, showed balance and great fruit. Liliana and I struck up a great conversation, and indeed, the three other groups that streamed in while I was there all quickly made a connection to the wines. Wine drinking is supposed to be a convivial activity, so I was really glad that I took a chance on this place (it was empty when I walked in). I enjoyed these enough to order a half-dozen wines to ship back to me at home, and am looking forward to seeing whether they develop wines with more aging potential.
Alex Rugg Stebbins
Great wines and Liliana was absolutely lovely and very knowledgeable. A lite strange that the tasting menu lists whites-reds-white, but at least it is served all whites then reds. Would definitely recommend!
Liliana was a joy for our tasting. A little weird that there was a chardonnay on the menu after the reds but a wonderful experience and talk with our hostess
Karen Hardy
Stopped in during our wanderings through Sonoma Plaza. Irene was wonderful and very accommodating. She was very knowledgeable, and a joy to converse with. Highly recommend!
JAMES NICKELL
We stopped in for a tasting recently. Very nice varieties of white and reds. Attentive and knowledgeable staff (Nancy). Definitely a place to visit if you are in Sonoma.
Kelsey Ash
I am partial to chardonay and pinor noir wines and Bennett Valley Cellars offers a wonderful variety of both! I thoroughly enjoyed the Bennett Valley Estate 2018 Pinot Noir with a fruit-foward nose, notes of blackberry and vanilla on the palette and all-spice on the finish. All their wines were smooth and delicious! Additionally, Liliyana was a wonderful hostess and ensured that I had a wonderful time! I will be back again. ?
Kimberly H.
Their staff changed and their service is back to top notch and even better. The outside garden tasting area is beautiful. The music is great. The wine is tasty. Glad we kept our membership.
Great wines, wonderful service from Liliana. Perfect little location on the Sonoma Plaza. Love BVC!
Wowww; What a huge surprise! I didn't know about this winery, I wasn't disappointed! The admirable welcome from the young girl of Italian origin. the inexpensive tasting ($30) and above all the quality of the wines! I loved the 2022 Chardonnay and the 2021 Pinot Noir 6410! exceptional wines! Thank you very much for this discovery! Grazie tanto e augur...
First and foremost the wines are excellent. Definitely come and taste. I am in the wine club and I recommend joining it highly. They do provide almonds and chocolate with the wines. The employees are incredible. They really know the wines and can recommend things to do in the area. I always look forward to coming back!
Great conversation with the women working there and even better wine. She talked us through each wine in the tasting showing her passion and expertise on the wine. An amazing experience.
Good wine experience. They have chardonnay and Pinot noir for tasting ?
What a great find! This was our first stop after walking to the square. Nancy went above and beyond to get to know our taste and was a great conversationalist. I enjoyed some bubbles while hubby had a superb Pinot Noir. Atmosphere was laid baud and not pretentious. It was all about the wine and what suited each person’s palate. Hubby and I greatly enjoy wine but I think this is also a great place for newbies because of the people.
Sad to say this was our first tasting in Sonoma and it was not a good experience. We had a reservation and when we arrived it was empty. Nancy was nice at first and very attentive. She then started answering her personal phone and got distracted. Between the first two wines we tasted two other couples came in, sat at the bar and we were completely ignored. She shared wines with the other couples, talked with them. She would then come to us and pour some more samples but did not engage with us. She even tried to encourage us not to buy one of the wines we sampled. First sampling experience; awful.
Best wine we had in Sonoma! Happened to come across Bennet Valley while walking around the area before our dinner reservation. Eileen was super knowledgeable and patient with all our newbie questions. Great conversation and atmosphere. Delicious tasting flight with generous pours. This was the highlight of our Sonoma trip. Highly recommend!
Are you looking for a good entry- to mid-level wine experience? Go to Bennett, just off the square, and look for Liliana. She's unpretentious and curious, keeps the almonds flowing, and will let you sample absolutely everything on the menu. My tasting consisted of six wines total - two Chardonnays, a Pinot, another red, a sparkling white, and another that slips my mind - and the progression was excellent. The wines, although young, showed balance and great fruit. Liliana and I struck up a great conversation, and indeed, the three other groups that streamed in while I was there all quickly made a connection to the wines. Wine drinking is supposed to be a convivial activity, so I was really glad that I took a chance on this place (it was empty when I walked in). I enjoyed these enough to order a half-dozen wines to ship back to me at home, and am looking forward to seeing whether they develop wines with more aging potential.
Great wines and Liliana was absolutely lovely and very knowledgeable. A lite strange that the tasting menu lists whites-reds-white, but at least it is served all whites then reds. Would definitely recommend!
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Liliana was a joy for our tasting. A little weird that there was a chardonnay on the menu after the reds but a wonderful experience and talk with our hostess
Stopped in during our wanderings through Sonoma Plaza. Irene was wonderful and very accommodating. She was very knowledgeable, and a joy to converse with. Highly recommend!
We stopped in for a tasting recently. Very nice varieties of white and reds. Attentive and knowledgeable staff (Nancy). Definitely a place to visit if you are in Sonoma.
I am partial to chardonay and pinor noir wines and Bennett Valley Cellars offers a wonderful variety of both! I thoroughly enjoyed the Bennett Valley Estate 2018 Pinot Noir with a fruit-foward nose, notes of blackberry and vanilla on the palette and all-spice on the finish. All their wines were smooth and delicious! Additionally, Liliyana was a wonderful hostess and ensured that I had a wonderful time! I will be back again. ?
Their staff changed and their service is back to top notch and even better. The outside garden tasting area is beautiful. The music is great. The wine is tasty. Glad we kept our membership.