San Joaquin Winery - Madera

First time at this Winery , Went to see the Monsanto band One of our favorite bands, This winery is super nice Good wine we will diffidently be returning.

Beautiful scenery, ideal for small intimate celebrations. Outside dancing area with space for small band or DJ. Food was tasty and fresh. White wine hit the spot, friendly, helpful staff

We stopped by San Joaquin after visiting another winery in the area and before heading to San Francisco for a flight back home. We arrived right before they were supposed to open, but even at opening time, they did not open their doors right away pulling on doors, knocking, and calling did not do anything.What we got:Tempting Sweets Flight:Peach Passion a good peach wine, but we've had better. My husband liked this one more than the mango.Mango Mambo a good mango wine, but I actually liked this one more than the peach.Pomegranate Sangria I liked this one okay on it's own.Red Moscato Didn't really care for this one.Blackberry I server threw this one in for us, and it was a pretty good blackberry wine.Tasters Choice Flight:Brut Blanc De Blanc This was okay, but my favorite of the sparkling wines.Sparkling Moscato Didn't really care for this one.Brut Rose Didn't really care for this one.White Moscato Didn't really care for this one.Mambo/Pomegranate Blend our server mentioned that they blend this one often, so I asked for this to be my last choice. This was my favorite of the day, really enjoyed this blend as they worked well together.As we were flying back with only carry on luggage, I asked about shipping. They do ship, but unfortunately the shipping charge was just too much for just wanting to purchase two bottles (mango and pomegranate). I know shipping wine is quite costly, but the other winery we went to charged only half as much, so that is where we purchased all of our wine from.Overall, we enjoyed the fruit wines, and I was disappointed in the moscato wines we have had much better. The experience was okay great server who poured generously, mediocre to good (not great) wines, and the environment was just lacking.

Went to a friend's wedding. Very nice place for a beautiful wedding.

A beautiful place to share in CA with out of town guests, friends, family, those that can appreciate the beauty of vineyards and the gift of wine.