Galena Cellars Tasting Room and Gift Shop

This was a nice little shop. Decent selection of wines. I picked up a couple on my visit last weekend. $5 for 6 or 7 tastes. My palate was agreeable with most of what I tried. There is parking available.

I'd never done a wine tasting before so I wasn't sure what to expect.  I liked how this place has a very relaxed & casual atmosphere - not like the snooty place I had imagined in my head.  We went to their actual winery location on the outskirts of Galena, not the downtown storefront.

The price was inexpensive for the tasting - $5 for 6 wines and we had a bonus taste of their seasonal cranberry wine.  The ladies were all very friendly & knowledgeable.  You do stand at the bar for the tasting part so some people might not like that or if they are busy you will have to wait.  They have many tables outside so in the nice weather you can just buy a bottle of wine you like and relax outdoors with friends.

We ended up purchasing 4 bottles - 2 for us and 2 to use as Christmas gifts.  They have something for everyone, including people like my husband who prefers his wine taste more like juice than wine.  He tried a blackberry wine which tasted and smelled like a jolly rancher candy!

They offer tours of the facility as well but we did not take the time to do so.

I visited on a beautiful fall weekend.  The winery was busy which I expected and didn't mind to wait but when I did get to the bar, the attendant hardly spoke with my husband or myself.  A nice "hello", where are you from?" would have been nice.  The wines were fine but I could have easily walked out with out purchasing any wines as I didn't feel the winery really cared if I was there or not.