solis winery

Light Sangiovese Roseo at 12.4% is one of the few Rose wines I would really enjoy. The 2010 Estate Syrah is great! Tasting room manager friendly and very knowledgable. Showed them the Vivino app for wine ratings! Enjoy!

I love visiting this delightful little winery on Hecker Pass. Wine is very personal and I like the red wines which I consider great value for the price point. As a wine club member I get good discounts and the member events are fun. If you are looking for a 'Napa' experience you may be disappointed - but you will probably enjoy this small friendly family style winery with some surprisingly great wines (including some interesting blends - ask about the 'Seducente'). The location is awesome.Tasting is $5 per person (free for members and guests) which is taken off from the cost of a purchase. Limited food (e.g. cheese plate) available for purchase.

I believe the poor customer service I received from a gentlemen in the Tasting Room was because of yesterday's Passport Weekend. I had purchased passports for my spouse and two guests, and I had asked the gentlemen that I wanted to purchase the Merlot that I had sampled outside, and he made a negative comment to a female employee indicating that we have to segregate the passport participants from those who would normally come on a weekend to pay their tasting fee and of course drink wine.I was directed to another area to purchase my two bottles of wine, and like a previous reviewer had requested a transport bag or paper bag for my purchase, and was told that the wine carrier is extra. I made do carrying my wine bottles to the car, and our friends even purchased tickets to bottle our own wine on an upcoming event at this winery.I let it be known to the gentlemen that I wasn't happy. I understood from the other wineries we visited that there are younger crowds that rent the services of a limo or bus to transport them to the different wineries, and may be rowdy and rude, but why did he compare me to that group?Be it as it is, we are wine members locally and with another winery in Sonoma country, and because of the Passport Weekend we will frequent them. The Solis Winery has potential, but has rung up a "no sale" for this wine connoisseur!

We were visiting a friend in Gilroy and we made some wineries . Solis was one of them .. Small winery with a great tasting room . The girl was very nice, and friendly. Tasting was $5.00 - Honestly, I didn't really appreciated their wine excepted for the Sirah - which was in my taste very good. There is a nice terrace with a fountain .

It's been over a decade since I last went to Solis. Two of David Vanni's sons now operate it, I was told.The wines have improved considerably since it first opened under the Vanni ownership in 1980, particularly the current release of Syrah ($35.00). There's a $5.00 tasting fee, but if you buy a bottle, you get $7.00 off the purchase price. I asked to taste one of the wines a second time, and it was cheerfully poured, unlike the previous reviewer's experience.It was wine club pick-up day, so there was extra staff on hand; but still just two ladies pouring. They were pleasant, unlike the gaggle of constantly screeching ladies who were pouring down the road at Fortino that same day. A nice picnic area overlooking the home vineyard. A few wine-related items for sale; but not a garage sale of kitsch like at Guglielmo.

We were at an event at Solis winery which was really nice. Their wines are decent and they have some fun events there. A few times that we've been there, they have been kind of stingy in the tasting room. One year we bought a case and when we asked for another taste of something they gave us a hard time about it. After we reminded them that we just purchased a case of wine, they allowed us another taste. However, the worst was this last visit where we purchased 3 bottles of wine and when we asked for a bag or carrier, they said we have to purchase a bag for like $2.00. What? I had to ask a few times just to make sure I heard it right. I mean, not even a paper bag to put it in? Very odd. So, we jut had to carry out our wine and let it roll around the trunk of the car. I might have to skip this winery on my next trip to the Gilroy wineries.

What a nice stop along Hecker Pass Hwy. Great place for a picnic or just a nice place to relax and taste wine.