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Open: 11:00am-4:30pm
Appt required? No
Last barlinwine.com visit: 2011
Directions:
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Tasting:
Oink! Welcome to the farm! The Preston winery and tasting room sits on the northern end of Dry Creek Valley. Visitors follow a long gravel drive through the vineyards before arriving at a parking lot. To one side sits a large building with an adjacent picnic ground which houses the tasting room and winemaking facility. Across the parking lot from the facility are animal pens with extra-friendly pigs who will oink their way up to the fence to greet you as you exit your car. What a bizarre start to a visit!
In we went to start our tasting at the medium-sized bar. In addition to some pretty good wine, Preston also makes their own olive oil and serves it in the tasting room with fresh-baked bread. We tried four wines on our visit: a Mourvedre, Zinfandel, Syrah, and blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah, inventively called..."Syrah-Sirah". Nothing blew my socks off, but the Zinfandel was good enough to warrant a trip home to the Barlin household. Overall, this is a good spot for a pig lover and maybe a picnic (I hear the house-cured bacon is fantastic and fresh)…but otherwise nothing remarkable. Probably best to pass.
In we went to start our tasting at the medium-sized bar. In addition to some pretty good wine, Preston also makes their own olive oil and serves it in the tasting room with fresh-baked bread. We tried four wines on our visit: a Mourvedre, Zinfandel, Syrah, and blend of Syrah and Petite Sirah, inventively called..."Syrah-Sirah". Nothing blew my socks off, but the Zinfandel was good enough to warrant a trip home to the Barlin household. Overall, this is a good spot for a pig lover and maybe a picnic (I hear the house-cured bacon is fantastic and fresh)…but otherwise nothing remarkable. Probably best to pass. |  |
Recommended wine: Nothing stood out as a recommendation, but the Zinfandel was our favorite of what we tried.
Ratings (out of 5):
 WINE | 3.50 |  TASTING ROOM | 4.25 |
 ATMOSPHERE | 4.00 |  VALUE | 3.75 |
 OVERALL | 3.88 | ||
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