Winery of Hot Springs, The

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Oct 29, 2012

Favorite Wine: Arkansas Red

Nice gift shop and the museum is a nice extra. If you like sweet wines, this winery has a lot of sweet wines. We tried Razorback Red and Slick Willy. They were both Concord / Niagara blends. Of the two, the Razorback had more Niagara. While they weren't our cup of tea, I think they were good for what they set out to be. The staff was very nice and went above the call of duty. They recommended their driest wines in the house: Arkansas Red which was a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. Our hostess didn't know if these grapes were produced locally or shipped in from California. Upon further conversation we gleaned that most of this tasting rooms wines come from the Altus, AR AVA so my guess is these two vitis vinifera were produced in Arkansas as Altus does grow quite a bit of vinifera. The Arkansas Red was not dry. It was rather semi-sweet and dry drinkers like us found traits to like that we bought a bottle. The helpful staff also recommended we taste their Rosé. I am not usually a fan of Rosé but this was nice. So we bought a bottle of it too. Overall if you want a nice staff, a nice gift shop and a tasting room while in Hot Springs, then you will be happy with your visit. If instead, you want to see a working winery and / or vineyards and a special setting, you will be better off going elsewhere. We will stop again when we're in Hot Springs.

Wine: Winery: Ambiance: Aug 04, 2012

Nice tasting room with attentive staff. free Museum of Arkansas wine making is a small room inside with winery. Worth the trip if you are in Hot Springs.