lompoc wine ghetto

Went to Fiddlehead Winery there - there are probably twenty or thirty small wineries with tasting rooms in this industrial park. No atmosphere at all, if you are used to Northern California wineries. Most wineries there seemed to be small, operations with limited production. The wines I tasted were great, but not priced for someone who views wine as a daily accompaniment to meals. I view wine as food, but the Ghetto has many wines that are priced high enough to qualify as trophies. There is a charge (typ. $10.00) to sample the wines at each place, and in the two we visited the money did not count toward our purchases. Only open Friday thru Sunday. I recommend you find some lodging nearby if you are seriously wanting to sample more than a handful of the wineries. To not feel rushed, do your homework and find out whop's there, and who you want to visit. Hit it in the afternoon, before dinner. Take your time and hit maybe five or so in a day, then return for anohter day to sample some other lables if you wish,. otherwise you risk being overwhelmed. Don't bring the kids as they will have nothing to do. This is an asphalt industrial park with no charm at all. Bring your own picnic if you go there for lunch. There are tables for you to picnic at,.

The location is not romantic, it is behind a Home Depot, but the wines are excellent. Lots of wonderful little wine tasting rooms with in a 2 block area.

Small producers share their wines. Some of our favorites...Palmina, Stolpman, Fiddlehead...lots of choices here. Make a day of it with a picnic using one of the tables in the parking lot or over at the River park a couple blocks away.

Lompoc wine ghetto is great for visitors who want to taste great variety of wines from our valley. Located in industrial part of town but great because no need to travel in car. Many different wineries to choose from within walking distance. Each one wit& their own personalities inside. Highly recommend. Located off of 7th ave. & Chestnut

We stopped in and spent some time at the Arcadian & Bratcher tasting room. Service was excellent and atmosphere very nice. No complaints but for the lack of beauty and exploration you might enjoy at the winery - for which you gain the opportunity of much improved logistics to the other tasting rooms.Highly recommended!

Heard about the ghetto from some of the wineries we visited. What a concept....! According to the wine expert in our family (not me...the "better half") there were some really good wines available for tasting & purchase. This concept saved many miles driving to different wineries. Come to find out, some of the establishments are wineries/blenders not growers---which is fine if the product is good. If you get a chance to visit the Ghetto; take advantage of the opportunity-----beautiful drive from Slovang/Buellton to Lompoc.

We suggest you skip the Palmina Tasting room and spend your time at other tasting rooms in the Ghetto and elsewhere in the Lompoc and Santa Ynez Valley. Palmina has a wide variety of Italian varietals, some that we like and some that we don't like. The tasting room is a hit or miss experience. Occasionally there is good customer service but our experience is that it is 50/50 on being a good or not good experience. We have been there when it was crowded but only one attendant available so we were ignored for several minutes. We have been ignored for several minutes when there was only a single other couple there. We are not demanding customers but continue to be disappointed with Palmina customer service as compared to all other local tasting rooms. Our latest poor experience was our inability to pick up a wine club shipment after being told that pick ups were available. Try other places first, use caution when considering membership in their wine club.

We have wine tasted all over the region (Santa Ynez, Edna Valley, Paso, etc.). We had heard about the wine ghetto and decided to give it a shot. What a pleasant surprise. From the outside it does not look like much just your typical small industrial park. However, once inside each to the rooms they all have their own flavor. While we were not able to hit all the wineries, there were 18-19 at the time we went, we found some that we really enjoyed (Morretti, La Montange, Stolpman and Taste of Santa Rita). I would definitely recommend visiting and would go back.

Another great visit ! We have been going to the wine ghetto for many years, when it began. Now there are many tasting rooms. If you are short on time you can sample several types of wineries in short period of time. We go like on a Thursday so it's not crowded. We meet lots of interesting people, wine makers. Fun and educational. Later drive the Santa Rita Hills or Foxen Trail... To see the vineyards, it's a beautiful area.

Always a delight to spend time with winemakers and their wines. Wish we could go more often. This visit was to the newly opened LaMontagne tasting room. Check out Kimberly Smith's Pinot Noir made with fruit from the Huber Vineyard. First class!

Appropriately named! Not a lot of ambience, but efficiently set up for multiple tastings in a small area. Reasonably priced, good value for money spent.

A friend knowledgeable in wines recommended this place. Drove over with some friends while staying in Solvang. At first we couldn't figure it out. It's an industrial business park. You just walk around to the different spots. Ended up having a great time and enjoyed all the wines. Only went to four which means we will return. Highly recommended for folks who enjoys wine.

We did not check out all the various wineries represented at the Wine Ghetto, because I wanted to sample the Pinot Gris that FGC bottled. Unfortunately, they were not pouring their Pinot Gris this month. We tried their "Bubbly Flight", which was OK, but not transcendant. I bought a bottle of the PG, and sampled it later. It was quite good, but not to match the same labels from Willamette Valley Vineyards or King Estates, from Oregon.

I loved the idea of being able to walk a small area and be able to taste wines from so many different wineries. Wines ranged from "ok" to "delicious" and the price points all spanned the same type of spectrum. If you go, stay local, take a taxi or get a designated driver - you'll need it! Bring some crackers or munchies too, you'll be glad you did!

Flying Goat wine tasting room was great and it was all because of Danielle who worked there and was so helpful and fun. We did a split of the two different types of wines which are sparkling and reds, We ended up buying their Goat Bubbles rose champagne and their Pinot Gris, She suggested we go to lunch in Buellton at Avant wine and tapas bar and try the Ascendant distillery which were both fantastic. Thank you Danielle for making our visit so pleasurable.