Chateau Thomas Winery

When I turned 21 and was very excited to try wine, I came to Chateau Thomas to try some. I was not treated well by the staff and didn't return for some time. I have since gone to many other wineries and returned as well and would rate Chateau Thomas somewhere in the middle. I have enjoyed their Abe Martin wine series but $5 for tastings and only selling used corks is just bad business. Only go if you're in the area, nothing to drive out of your way for.

I have visited many a winery, this is just barely worth doing a review. The location is great, the size of the place is suitable, but $5 for a tasting? And sad tasting quantity. I've had free tastings with double the amount to truly get the flavor, not a drop that barely covers the tongue that you get here.

And I'll admit, I prefer my wines a bit sweeter, but these were just acidic. Not very fruity or complex. It was easy to choose a wine since there was only one we liked, the AB. The rest just weren't anything to write home about. The staff seemed more annoyed that they had to work on a slow night. It just wasn't doing it for me. I've had better wines from other area wineries, and that includes ones that charge for tastings who obviously want you to know what you are buying.

So if you like checking out local wineries, you might find something here, but nothing spectacular.

Not the greatest ambience compared to Napa, but decent for Indiana.  I continue to come back here for their great dry reds. I think their prices are reasonable and they get most of their grapes from California. Pair those two things with a 15% club member discount and I'm a very happy wine-o!  My free membership also provides me and a few friends with free tastings from a larger nicer glass too!