Cottage Winery and Vineyard

Have not been yet, but on my to do list. I have someone that is special to me, and would love to take her

We visited The Cottage on April 9th almost as soon as they opened as we were just arriving in the area. After letting our dogs graze on the gourmet grass behind the tasting room we sat down inside and did a tasting with Cristine. Great tasting and good variety of wines. Been here about a dozen times over the last 7 or 8 years and it's great to see how they continue to improve and expand. New tasting room is beautiful (better bathrooms too!). We left with bottles of the Expressions Rose and the always delicious Cab Franc.

I am not a person to write reviews, but I want to share my experience with other potential brides. I got married at Cottage Winery in October of 2023. A true fairytale, dream, and picture perfect venue. It feels like you are in the middle of a novel. When we first met Teresa she was very kind, accommodating, and was very easy to work with. Unfortunately, the circumstances changed when it came time for our wedding. I am beginning to understand that this is a common theme amongst other brides and their wedding parties. We only had our ceremony at the winery/vineyard. On the night of our rehearsal Teresa only opened the bathrooms for 2-3 minutes as she said everything was closed for the season. My officiant and family members had to use the restroom and not only were they locked, but there was NO one on site to be found. It was freezing and it would have been appreciated to have something open to warm up and for our guests to use the restroom. After you pay thousands of dollars, the least you can do is be somewhat present and accommodating?Come the wedding day - I will again reiterate this venue is stunning. However, we again ran into issues with the owner. My photographer had to talk her into turning the heat on for the bridal suite, upset at guests about parking, she made my coordinator rake floral pedals after the ceremony, and was upset over a window decoration in memory of my father who had passed because it was glass. She was in her home nearly the entire day and unavailable for help. I am a wedding vendor myself and can’t imagine treating my brides this way. I hope this beautiful venue is purchased by someone who enjoys being a wedding vendor :(

Lovely setting, bad experience.I was a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding September of 2023. The winery is lovely and rustic, but I felt that the host went out of her way to be unaccommodating.There was another wedding booked the same day, so we had to find another place to prep hair and make up.We also scrambled to set up for the reception during the morning, then leave due to the other wedding ceremony taking place, then return to dress and assemble while the other wedding's guests were departing.After dressing in the bridal suite we were allowed to use shortly before the ceremony, we were told that we were not allowed to leave any belongings in the suite. We brought our bags down to the tasting room. Following the ceremony, we were advised that we actually could not leave anything in the tasting room. We then had to throw our bags in a small cottage- super fun to shlep bags around in a floor length gown and heels multiple times.Following the reception, tear down began and we were told we had to remove everything, trash included and be out of the venue by midnight. Then, she said we could leave trash for the morning as long as there was no food to attract critters.I can empathize that running this business and maintaining the grounds is a huge undertaking, but the host's attitude and constant reprimanding was a bit of a dark cloud on an otherwise lovely day.If you book a wedding here, just be aware that despite the fee, you are doing everything pretty much yourself. And read to think you leave belongings where they are not permitted.

This venue was beautiful! A fairytale! Don’t get me wrong about that. Absolutely lovely location, but I would probably not utilize it in the future.I was in a friend’s wedding and witnessed many nit picky rules when she worked with this venue. The earliest they will allow you to arrive is 10am (you pay extra for that, otherwise it’s not until 1pm), no set up or leaving items for set up the night before. This caused major crunch time for hair and makeup to happen in time for photos etc, before the ceremony.They say that they use the morning to maintain the property, however there is a lot of overgrowth going down the steps to the ceremony site and one set of stairs is an accident waiting to happen - bricks and stones very uneven, broken and unsafe for heels or even flat shoes.Next rule that made things a bit stressful was we had to have everything out of the bridal suite within 15 minutes once the ceremony was done AND they actually changed that the day of and said it had to be out before the ceremony. (What are you doing with this entire building that we have to get out of it so quickly? shouldn’t a bridal suite be a place to go get freshened up or get away from others if need be, to have some down time.) And the owner lives right on the site just a few feet away. Since they changed this the day of we rushed to get things out before the ceremony and they ended up kicking out our makeup girl very rudely during the ceremony.When speaking with the owner she seemed nice enough the day of, but prior to, was very rude when the bride asked for suggestions relating to anything she may have experience seeing people do at weddings for the ceremony setup.Lastly, she was very quick at getting tear down started. We didn’t need to be out until midnight and the wedding party did most of the tear down around 10:30 and folded up most of chairs (venues responsibility) ourselves. The owner grabbed items from the bridal shack (what you get for the rest of the night when kicked out of the suite) even though we were well on our way to grab them and still had a half an hour left.You can tell that the property doesn’t have as much love put into it anymore like it did years ago when the winery was open. I hope someone that’s truly passionate about putting on weddings and events takes over this place in the future.

This venue was beautiful! A fairytale! Don’t get me wrong about that. Absolutely lovely location, but I would probably not utilize it in the future. I was in a friend’s wedding and witnessed many nit picky rules when she worked with this venue. The earliest they will allow you to arrive is 10am (you pay extra for that, otherwise it’s not until 1pm), no set up or leaving items for set up the night before. This caused major crunch time for hair and makeup to happen in time for photos etc, before the ceremony. They say that they use the morning to maintain the property, however there is a lot of overgrowth going down the steps to the ceremony site and one set of stairs is an accident waiting to happen - bricks and stones very uneven, broken and unsafe for heels or even flat shoes. Next rule that made things a bit stressful was we had to have everything out of the bridal suite within 15 minutes once the ceremony was done AND they actually changed that the day of and said it had to be out before the ceremony. (What are you doing with this entire building that we have to get out of it so quickly? shouldn’t a bridal suite be a place to go get freshened up or get away from others if need be, to have some down time.) And the owner lives right on the site just a few feet away. Since they changed this the day of we rushed to get things out before the ceremony and they ended up kicking out our makeup girl very rudely during the ceremony. When speaking with the owner she seemed nice enough the day of, but prior to, was very rude when the bride asked for suggestions relating to anything she may have experience seeing people do at weddings for the ceremony setup. Lastly, she was very quick at getting tear down started. We didn’t need to be out until midnight and the wedding party did most of the tear down around 10:30 and folded up most of chairs (venues responsibility) ourselves. The owner grabbed items from the bridal shack (what you get for the rest of the night when kicked out of the suite) even though we were well on our way to grab them and still had a half an hour left. You can tell that the property doesn’t have as much love put into it anymore like it did years ago when the winery was open. I hope someone that’s truly passionate about putting on weddings and events takes over this place in the future.

Not for everyone. Very religious. Not LBGTQIA+ friendly

Beautiful place

Not for everyone. Very religious. Not LBGTQIA+ friendly

No longer open to the public !!

Very religious. Not LGBTQIA+ friendly. 0 stars!!!!!

It's a great place to visit

Loved it. Excellent place for a wedding. Very helpful and friendly staff. Our event went flawlessly.

Did a wine tasting event for 75 people. Great facility, gracious hosts, surrounded by grapevines. Excellent venue for special events.

Beautiful place