Enjoyable winery which is actually a tasting room with a fair amount of outdoor seating. Â I was surprised at the quality of the wine. Â Service was mixed with one very pleasant and solid waiter. Â Food is nothing great, skip the cheese and meats selection as it looks like something I would put together from the grocery store. Â I'd recommend this place after you eat at another location for a few drinks outside. Â They have live acoustic music on weekends.
Review Source:Nothing to write home about. Â Nice location but that's about it. Â Wine...Well if you know anything about wine you won't be a fan. Â It's just not good. Â No other way around it..
We live in Mckinney and once is enough for us. Â
If you like yellow tail/ or target boxed wine have fun.
Wine? Check. Local? Check. Delicious snacks? Check. Amazing patio with a view of historic downtown McKinney's square? Super check. Ability to listen to live music? Check.
Honestly, what more could you want from a date night, or a girls night out, or a fun little party or get together. All of their wines are so yummy (especially the yellow rose or the red rose which are both wet, sweet wines). Their patio is my favorite part and every time my friends and I go we snag a table, and sometimes we work on our eclectic combination of hobby-skills (I write, one plays guitar/ukelele, one does crafts, another writes a blog). It's just such a great place to be, you're surrounded by people and every time I've been there is some kind of live music located in the square that you can hear.
Another great thing? Landon Winery is totally cool with you grabbing real food from a restaurant around and bringing it in so you can have an actual lunch or dinner since they only provide snacks. Somehow we still end up grabbing their cheese plate though because it's just THAT good.
You'll love it, just go, and enjoy.
If you love wine (yes, I do) and you love supporting local (yes, I do) then why not come down and have a glass of vino at Landon Winery?
A lot of Texas wines are sweeter than other origins so if that isn't your cup of tea you may need to look elsewhere. Â Landon Winery is situated on the corner of the famous historical downtown McKinney square in a building that was reconstructed in 1900. The wine itself has won numerous awards both near and far. There are several outdoor seating chairs and tables so you can enjoy a breezy Texas evening while sipping your glass. Â My personal favorite of the white wines (and I am way more of a red wine gal than a white wine drinker) is the bestselling Yellow Rose. Â It is sweet, with flavors of peach and apple but very drinkable on a warm day. Â Their Vioginer is a good white wine alternative if sweeter isn't your palate. Â Most of the glasses average $6 a glass (so affordable!) with bottles costing around $13.
They offer cheese plates that come with fruit for $13 (more if you want to serve several people). Â There isn't much food option though as the wine is the showcase. Â They also have a tiny outdoor stage where live music will play certain nights of the week. Â Landon Winery is a great option for drinking on the square.
I'm no wine connoisseur so I didn't know what to expect when I came here with a bunch of friends. Â We went for a wine tasting, which they allow you to sample 5 wines. Â We also opted for the cheese and meat to pair up with the different wines. Â The staff took their time to explain the differences in the different wines and what each goes well with. Â It was pretty educational, but more importantly everyone had a great time. Â It was definitely worth the drive.
Review Source:Landon's is a neat hangout place on a nice evening. Â We enjoy people watching and listening to live music on the weekends. Â Their wines are solid and affordable for the most part. Â Like mentioned before, many of their wines are on the sweet side and personally that is not my favorite. Â However, their pinot noir is really good. Â We will go back. Â It is a nice way to wind down on the weekends.
Review Source:for the occasional wine drinker like myself, this place is a treat that can't be beat. Wine sampling, cheese, and a wine club that you can join to get monthly bottles prepared for you. I'm no expert, so I can't comment on their wine compares to the real super classy stuff that you have to sniff first. To me, the dessert wines and the yellow rose were great... and using my scale of judgment... taste much better than box wine. Nice patio (when its not 100 degrees).
Review Source:What a cool little place. Went there with another couple and had a nice high table and good people watching. They have a nice outdoor seating, but that is probably better used during a little cooler weather. They also served freshly prepared food, but it was made outside and I couldn't be asked to go out there.
The wait staff took a LONG time to come and check on us. They only had one bathroom, which was a little strange for a place that mainly serves alcohol. But, only had to wait on one person, so wasn't that bad.
Will definitely want to venture back here next time we're in town.
As for wine tours in North Dallas this place is five stars right down to the busy bartenders...wait that makes me subtract a star.
For reals though, I loved the Amarone....loved it.
In fact, the next time I return, which will happen soon, I will have the Amarone for each glass in my tasting flight...they offer that luxury here for $5...wait that makes me add a star.
It's such a nice location and it would be so wonderful to enjoy a nice glass of wine on their patio...if they had any worth the money. Â Between our group of 3 we probably tasted a dozen of their wines and the only good one was the Super Texan which is ridiculously overpriced at 12$ a glass. (50 bucks a bottle!) Generally we encountered wines that were overly sweet, stinky, vegetal, metallic and thin. Â Go elsewhere.
Review Source:This place is a total pleasant surprise for McKinney, TX. Â Really good wines, some from TX , but many from CA. Â Smart staff, and nice complimentary food. Â I also did a corporate event here, and thought it was outstanding. Â One of the most original wine tasting events I have been to.....
Review Source:I stopped in here with a small group after dinner in the square and was very impressed. A lot of the wine trended to the sweet-side, but that was fine with me. They had very reasonable prices for tasting, and a nice mellow atmosphere to sit and chat. Our table was in a side room surrounded by wine barrels which was interesting.
If you're looking for something for after dinner, I'd recommend the chocolate finale - a non traditional port wine, which tasted like a deliciously wine soaked brownie. So good, we had to buy a bottle :)
The rating is for the wine, not the winery. Â The winery is very rustic and has a nice ambiance for wine tasting. Â It has a great location, too.
I came here because I wanted to take some relatives wine tasting while in town. Â I warned them that this will most likely not be as good as when we were in Napa or on the CA Central Coast, but it should be fun nonetheless.
Walked in and we were greeted promptly. Â We immediately settled in for our tasting. Â Started off with the chardonnay. Â Not as buttery as I'm used to, and a little too sweet for my taste. Â Almost like a riesling. Â The biggest disappointment for me was the pinot noir. Â I looked at the nice lady and kindly asked her if she poured a dessert wine for me instead. Â Nope, it turns out that these grapes had been sitting on the vines a little too long, but the winery liked it that way so they produced wine from it anyway. Â Apparently, some people like their pinot noir extremely sweet. Â I am not one of them. Â The dessert wines were ok (red rose and yellow rose), and I actually really enjoyed their sparkling wine.
I asked where was the origin of the grapes they used. Â They replied "California" but didn't know from where. Â If that's the case, I might as well buy wine that's made in California by those who know how to make wine. Â However they had a red zinfandel made of grapes from west Texas (Lubbock area), and it was pretty bad. Â Once again, it was too sweet. Â Seriously? Â Why do they make wines like this?
Come here if you feel like having a wine tasting experience, or if you like sweet wines. Â I would only recommend the yellow rose, red rose, and sparkling wines.
After lunch at Spoons, my husband and I moseyed over to Landon Winery for a couple of tastings. Â We're not fans generally of Texas wine...it seems all Texas wineries know how to make are sweet wines, and those aren't our cup of tea. Â I took a look-see online though, and saw they had bottled several varietals so hey, what the heck.
I will say, the actual space Landon Winery occupies is great. Â There's plenty of space both inside and out (great patio, too)...and it does have a "wine bar" feel. The bar itself...I'm not sure what it's made out of, but it is most definitely not conducive to swirling a wine glass. Â Mine kept getting stuck so I eventually moved my glass to the menu so I could aerate my wine.
The tasting is $5 for five pours. Â We sampled two whites - the sauvignon blanc and the chardonnay...both 2008 vintages. Â The noses were promising, but both wines were completely lacking in flavor. Â We tasted alcohol...and tannins...but neither had anything even remotely resembling a finish. Â The chardonnay was unoaked, so I couldn't even complain that it was too buttery.
Ironically, they were out of the one wine I really wanted to try - the pinot noir - so we moved on to the cab/merlot/cab franc blend. Â Talk about a tannin bomb. Â It was like I'd eaten 50 Starburst candies that had mysteriously missed the sugar-adding during production. Â Again, the nose was promising...but it was all bite and no bark. Â Bleh.
We finished up with the Amarone and the Super Texan (clever!), which were better than the previous three...but at an eye-popping $40-ish dollars a bottle...um, PASS. Â Both, if I can be truthful, reminded me of the Target signature red boxed wine. Â Yes, we balance our $40 bottles of wine at home with the Target boxed stuff...it's just economically prudent. Â Don't judge. LOL.
Sadly, service was pretty bad. Â There was one woman working there, along with a guy who was nice but according to the other lady, was "just a part-time college student who doesn't know anything about the wine and is just here to help me". Wow. Â How long does it take to provide a basic primer on the products being sold? Â
From a tasting perspective, neither the Wine Diva nor Her Helper bothered to ask us - not even once - how we liked any of the wines. Â it was just, "Have you decided what you want to taste next?" Â
Whenever I see smaller wineries like this totally blowing it on the sales and marketing side, it angers me. Â If you don't want to engage me on the product, why should I buy it? Â Some of my favorite wineries and wine bars are my favorites for the explicit reason that they try to engage me - ask me what I liked, what I didn't like, etc. You learn how to make a better product by talking to your customers and your target market.
But I digress...I suppose it was busy today, but it wasn't THAT busy. Â Even if it's busy, don't point out to me.
It sounds like everyone is raving about the Yellow Rose, and I suppose that's not surprising...Texans like their sweet white wine. Â We didn't try the Yellow Rose, because I would suppose if that's all Landon wanted to be known for...then the place would be called Landon's Yellow Rose Emporium. Â We experimented, and were disappointed. Â Fortunately, we only lost $10.83 on the deal.
Since we didn't really care for any of the wines, I can't imagine we'd come back. If they brought another winery (or 2) in to share the space...maybe. Â Otherwise, no.
The town is charming. The wine was delicious. The service was good. Those are the pluses. On the downside, the bowl of crackers had little, black crawly bugs. It was disgusting. Also, I've gone to a LOT of wine tastings around the country. Whenever I've bought wine, the tasting fee is waived. I did, in fact, buy two bottles of Landon wine for nearly $50 and yet they still charged me $10 for two tastings. Somewhat tacky in my opinion.
Review Source:Great location after walking around the McKinney square shops for a while. A very nice selection of wine. The bruschetta was incredable although a bit exspensive. It's nice to know the wines are all made here locally in the Mckinney area. And they have a outside patio that is animal friendly should you like to bring a 4 legged friend along.
Review Source:I am an avid Texas wine enthusiast and stopped here when I was in the area. The atmosphere is nice very classy, however what bothered me and still bothers me to this day is how Landon is not making Texas wine. Matter of fact I saw Wine kits in the back of the place as well as some things that are WRONG when it comes to making wine. Landon is a business man and is only capitalizing on the Texas wine industry with the "for sale in Texas only" clause. Allowing him to violate ALL international wine laws in making wine just as long as he sells it in Texas.
Places like this make people think that REAL TEXAS wines all taste like this. Also too... no one there could tell me where the grapes were from that made the wine.
It seems that places like this are put together for people who know very little about wine.
Landon even has some of his wines in a few dry counties where people think it is TEXAS wine. Which is a fraud! people like this are not doing anything to further the Texas wine industry and are only making money off the real wineries who struggle year after year growing grapes and doing the best they can making wine out of what they have. Especially those in dry counties.
Regarding the wines, 2 which really bothered me were the Chocolate Finale and the Vin Rouge. The Chocolate Finale is a recipe wine which I do not know if it is really legal. I wondered what Chemicals were in this wine that I was drinking and what was not disclosed to me about the ingredients as I had an allergic reaction to the wine.
The Vin Rouge can not be real red wine! It seemed like oak aged brandy mixed with a little bit of red something diluted down to 12.5% I let the bottle sit out for weeks and noted that the wine had not changed. Not to mention the heavy oxidation ring around the wine which I have NEVER seen in any red wines not even OLD red wines.
I did notice that Landon has a Tempranillo from Texas but the 30.00 price tag is ridiculous. Especially after I have seen and know what I know. And just because you have 1 Texas wine does not mean you are a Texas winery. Landon does not have to abide by the 75% Local juice laws that the dry counties do.
There are so many other REAL wineries here in Texas go visit them not these guys!
I know I am being a bummer to so many people here but, Untill Landon changes his tune about REAL Texas wine and people start to ask why the wine is "For sale in Texas only" I will not change my opinion.
I am so impressed with Landon's. I had always thought that they were a little pretentious and expensive but I have been soundly proven wrong on both counts. In fact, no one can touch them for having an affordable bottle of GOOD wine. The Yellow Rose is a sweet white for less than $15 a bottle. That was my introduction to Landon during Dickens of a Christmas when my mom and I bought tasting tickets. The Yellow Rose is exceptional and inexpensive. They also have a peach wine that is good. They also have a raspberry wine that is unusually smooth for a fruit wine. So often fruit wines are too sweet and only the sangria lover can like them, but not true of this one.
My company recently had a Christmas party and the owner, myself and a coworker who has a membership at Landon's came up to get wine for the party. They didn't skip a beat, not even batting an eye that the catered dinner was chicken fried steak. I was very impressed with the grace of the woman recommending wine. We got the Blanc de Blanc, which is even better than the Yellow Rose while still affordable, and the Vin Rouge. The Vin Rouge is good, more along the lines of acceptable, but it was more affordable than the merlot which was out-of-this-world good. The regular price on the merlot is twenty something a bottle - definitely not a bad price for such an exceptional wine. While we were there, my coworker (also a friend) recommended I try their chocolate wine. Wow! Really, all I can say is wow!
I have been a member at the other winery downtown but I am really thinking about switching over to Landon's after having tried so many of their wines and finding out the they have so many good wines for less than $20. I think their club membership may also be more affordable too.
This little winery in Downtown Mckinney is a great find. Â They make and ship their own wine and also have a nice little setup on the corner of the square in Mckinney. Â There aren't many wineries in N. Texas, but this one makes up for it. Â You definitely have to try their signature wine, Yellow Rose, which is a sweet (but not too sweet) white wine. Â They also have a nice patio seating area in the front of the store to enjoy the view of the square. Â Nice place to chill out.
Review Source:Yes! There is a winery in McKinney, TX. Now just bc I live in Northern California now doesn't mean I get to be a winery snob. I'm highly appreciate of the effort it takes to open, run and maintain a winery in this little town!
I am dinging them 1 star for being bad about calling me back about purchasing wine for the kids that are getting married here. Seriously, how busy can you be. How many people really call you to buy a case and ship it to another state. Really.
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I'm back and have nice things to say - so much so that I bumped them up a star. Now keep in mind that this rating is not for the wine itself, it's just for the place.
The inside of this place is actually pretty cute. In a good way, not in a Hello Kitty stickers way. It's appropriately cute. The staff seemed very good and they were friendly enough. The quality of the wine seems to very a lot (we were basically drinking juice for the first hour, then realized their other offerings).
I would like to highly recommend a winerita. It's blasphemous, but tasty. Get the peach one. If that one's not ready, get the lemon one and ask them to add a splash of the juice-like red wine: the Shal Special.
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