WINE TASTING AT GIANNI BUONOMO VINTNERS
Wine tasting at Gianni Buonomo Vintners in Ocean Beach was a fun afternoon. Gianni Buonomo Vintners is a San Diego Urban Winery located near the beach. It has a production area, lab, barrel room and tasting room. Gianni Buonomo Vintners produces award winning wines crafted in San Diego with grapes sourced from Washington and the Sierra Foothills of California.
The wine tasting flights at Gianni Buonomo Vintners cost $12 for 4 glasses of wine or $15 for 6 glasses of wine. You can choose from a mixed flight of red and white wines or a flight of all red wines. We chose the red wine flight. Our two favorites were the 2013 Blaufrankisch and the 2014 Charbono. We bought a bottle of the Charbono to enjoy at home. Cheese plates and charcuterie plates are available in the tasting room. However, the day we did our wine tasting they were sold out so we were allowed to bring food in from a local eatery. Maryse poured our wines for us during our wine tasting. She was very friendly and knowledgeable.
The wine tasting room at Gianni Buonomo Vintners is pet friendly. Several guests were observed enjoying their wine tastings as their dogs sat beside them.
We used our San Diego Urban Wineries (SDUW) Passport at Gianni Buonomo Vintners. The SDUW Passport cost $35 and is good for free wine tastings at participating San Diego Urban Wineries. (sdurbanwineries.com) We have used this VIP Passport for wine tastings at numerous San Diego Urban Wineries over the last several months. You can check out our previous blog articles about Blue Door Urban Winery, Carruth Cellars Winery-Wine Garden, Charlie & Echo Urban Winery, Negociant Urban Winery, and Pali Wine Co and Winery Tasting Room.
A Wine Club is available at Gianni Buonomo Vintners. Some upcoming events include Wine Club Barrel Tasting on Feb 8 @ 6:30 pm and 2014 Release Party on Feb 16 @ 6:30 pm.
Located at: 4836 Newport Ave, San Diego, 619-991-9911
Tasting Room Hours: Wed/Thurs-2-9:00 pm, Fri-2-10:00 pm, Sat-1-10:00 pm, Sun-1-7:00 pm, Closed Mon/Tues (Open by appt only)
We enjoyed our wine tasting at Gianni Buonomo Vintners and look forward to returning. Cheers!
DID YOU KNOW??
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