Vino di Amore Tasting Room

Wandered into Vino di Amore because we heard great music coming from inside. There is a friendly welcoming atmosphere in this tasting room, lead largely by a very gracious and generous host, Tim Moore.

Tim made us feel right at home and alongside engaging conversation about everything under the sun, he was able to educate us on a variety of local wines and vineyards without missing a beat.

A very special place, that we were lucky to find!

Clean and comfortable place for people that enjoy wine.  Staff is always friendly and knowledgeable.  The selection of wine is large.  I like the house sparkling wine:  Bubbles di Amore.  This is a good place to hang out.

Mazel Tov to Cloverdale and the owners of Vino di Amore whose winery is in Hopland, but decided to open this wine tasting room in Cloverdale.  Great idea to put the wine tasting room in the same room as the visitors information center.  

I actually stopped in there for a sales call to present my Mobile Marketing System to help them build up and effectively communicate loyalty rewards for their wine club.  However, I missed out on meeting the owner for the third time.  My wife was with me, and so we decided to do the wine tasting adventure.  I'm not a wine connoisseur, and my favorites are usually Manischewitz Concord Grape and Mogen David, basically whatever is sweet and tastes like grapes, not like alcohol. But read on...

Very impressed with the flavors of the wines presented and the ease of their wine tasting venue i.e. x amount of dollars for x amount of wine variety to taste.  Their desert wine, I think it was the Milano Tawny 2004, it was the first one listed under their Port selections, was one of the best I've ever tasted, and would displace my preference for Manischewitz and Mogen David, except I'm a cheapy and like these under $5.00 wines.

Anyway, the other reason for my good rating is because all three of their Wine Tasting Room attendants were very friendly and knowledgeable.  One of the disappointing things that is missing from this tasting room is cheese or other foods that go nicely with wine. However, you may like the live music on Fridays as a suitable replacement for food.

I would give it a higher rating but I never received a return call from the owner after three visits to talk to him.  But don't let that stop you from visiting this very nice wine tasting room in Cloverdale.  When you visit wine country, don't make the mistake of just visiting Napa, there are a lot more wineries north of Napa, and into Mendocino County!

Cheers!!