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February 2024 by Tania Sharma
Enjoyed food and wine!!
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November 2023 by Johanna B.
My husband and I wanted to visit Santa Rosa for a cheese shop and we looked for a wine tasting experience nearby. We found D'Argenzio through Yelp. We had a nice relaxing tasting on their patio. The hostess was very sweet and I wish I remembered her name. She added a lot to the experience. We enjoyed a red tasting and an Italian variety tasting. We liked both tastings and couldn't really pick a favorite. Each had their special qualities. The option for food made for a nice relaxing atmosphere.
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October 2023 by Raheem A.
After a morning wine tasting experience at Castello di Amorosa, our group of 10 were warmed up and ready to keep the festivities going. Fortunately, my wife had found D'Argenzio Winery (based on their stellar Yelp reviews) and booked a wine tasting reservation for our party (please note that she booked the reservation a week in advance). Upon entering the winery, our group was told to wait in the backyard area while the young woman (unfortunately I do not recall her name), moved what would turn out to be some very uncomfortable chairs from the outside to accommodate us sitting inside. We stood in the hot backyard for roughly eight minutes before being summed inside. Considering that this reservation was booked well in advance, the lack of preparation was the first red flag.As we settled in at the table, the young woman (employee #1) appeared to be disinterested in serving our group (maybe not in the mood to work that day?), and did not engage our table to try and get to know us (a little nicety that one generally experiences when wine tasting). Since we were transitioning from the morning to the afternoon, everyone in our party was hungry and wanted to place food orders before proceeding to wine tasting. My wife and I placed an order the Italian Sausage pizza, while other folks in our party ordered items ranging from the pizzas to the meatballs. After all orders were placed, each couple in our party began providing employee #1 with their preferred wine tasting flights. Since my wife and I like to make the most of our tastings, we ordered two separate flights (Sonoma Co. Wine & the Italian Wine). While we awaited the delivery of our food orders, employee #1 began pouring everyone a complimentary glass of the 2022 Vermentino.Now I am in no way trying to be disrespectful to the owners, I totally understand the hard work that goes into making wine. However, the 2022 Vermentino was not a favorite amongst our group, and left us questioning if this was an indication that we should abort our mission to explore the options on the tasting menu. Shortly after the complimentary tasting, our food arrived. Our friends that ordered salad and meatballs were pleased with their orders; however, the folks that ordered pizza (including my wife and I), were disappointed. Our Italian Sausage pizza was dry and flavorless (very sparse application of pizza sauce), so flavorless that we had to add red peppers to add some form of taste. A member of our group asked a second employee who stepped in to assist our table, if they could have ranch for the pizza. The employee briefly left to look for ranch and returned to tell us that she could not find ranch, no problem. However, she then followed this up by telling the member of our group that he could go to Round Table if he wants ranch...wow...I wish that I could say that I was making this up!As the experience concluded, employee #2 asked our table if anyone was interested in purchasing a bottle. Since we are all respectful professionals, we kindly declined her request. However, this was a perfect indication that the lack of attentiveness (customer service) provided to our group, led her to believe that our table was impressed by the wine offerings. As we closed five tabs, one of the couples realized that they had two separate identical receipts...signaling that the winery double charged them. On average, each couple (five couples) spent close to $100 (each tasting is $30+), so we definitely did not see any return on investment. Our group left this experience definitely wanting more (we ended up making our own wine tasting experience at our Airbnb later that evening) and my wife was embarrassed that she booked this reservation for our group. Based on the near perfect Yelp reviews, I can only assume that maybe our group caught the restaurant on a rare "off day." To end on a positive note, I found the award winning 2018 Pinot Noir to be delicious.
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September 2023 by Mark C.
Lovely winery and back patio close to downtown. Don't be deceived by location. Ambience is perfect. Family owned with the vintner having learned his trade both from his grandfather growing-up in northern Italy and from the UC Davis wine program Breena provides friendly, attentive and knowledgeable service. And the relationship with the next door Italian restaurant provides great and a plethora of food choices. We loved it so much we joined to free wine club. Our son lives at and attends SRJC nearby so we will visit every time we come to see him.
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September 2023 by Steve Puleo Music
The BEST!
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September 2023 by Stefani I.
We drove here from Sonoma area to check it out for the live music and the photos looked nice. It was a huge disappointment! Fake pink flowers and dead plants hanging out front. It just felt dusty and old. We just left and not worth staying. So, if you're vacationing in Sonoma or Napa I don't recommend the drive out to this place.
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August 2023 by Jimmy M.
I visited D'Argenzio earlier today with my wife and daughter and had such a great time. Their Burbank tasting room is closer to us but when in wine country we make it a point to visit their main location. Today we were promptly greeted by both Ray and his daughter, Breanna who then led us out to their patio where we had some food to go with the wines we were tasting. Everything was right on the money and tasting fantastic! I think my favorite of the day was their Barbera while my wife's was their Sangiovese. We've been wine club members off and on for over a decade and today we signed back up again. These aren't your typical wines done in the usual fashion which you can find throughout Sonoma or even Napa. These wines definitely have an old-world feel to them and that's part of what keeps drawing us back - that and that D'Argenzio charm that always makes us feel welcome.
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August 2023 by Amy Butler
My husband and I held our wedding reception there in April and it was amazing! From the moment we met Breanna, D'Argenzio became our top venue choice. I was on the East Coast while planning the wedding, and Breanna was so responsive and helpful and supportive. We catered the food from their restaurant, and it was *delicious*. We had thirty guests, and we all fit comfortably on the back patio area for dinner. It really was perfect -- thank you to Breanna and the whole team!
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July 2023 by Brandon Brito
We just had our rehearsal dinner for our wedding here this evening, and everything was amazing. The wine, food and beers were delicious and the staff was so friendly. Really made our event everything we hoped for and more, thank you!!
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June 2023 by Caroline McLeod
My finace and I hosted a wedding welcome party here for ~40 guests and our experience was fantastic! The staff was very kind and easy to work with and helped us arrange catering and florals for the event. All our guests commented on how "perfect" the evening was - from the beautiful patio to the food and wine. We would 10/10 recommend hosting your event at this venue.
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June 2023 by David Z.
My wife and I celebrated our baby's baptism at D'Argenzio Winery this past weekend. Breanna and her team exceeded our expectations. Breanna was available thru the planning process and was attentive during the party as well. They did an amazing job setting up the venue and having it ready upon our arrival. The food and wine was 10/10 as well. Our large group had nothing but nice things to say about the venue. This will be our first choice for any future gatherings. Thank you Breanna and team for making us feel like family.
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April 2023 by Jason F.
A family-owned winery that serves as both a wine tasting room and full scale restaurant? I'm saying Mamma Mia to the hybrid that is D'Argenzio Winery! Located in a rather industrial area of Santa Rosa, California, just slightly north of the downtown area, D'Argenzio Winery has been making wines for over twenty-seven years thanks to founder Alfonso D'Argenzio who began as a cabinetmaker, and turned his winemaking hobby into his legacy. In a tribute to their Italian heritage, they turned the grapes surrounding their cabinet shop into the winery of their dreams, as after all these years the cabinetmaking may have discontinued as all of the winemaking is now done right here on this site, from the pressing of the grapes to the affixing their wine labels. What brought a friend and I here for lunch on a recent weekend afternoon, was ironically not wine tasting at least originally, it was actually the fact that D'Argenzio Winery was participating in Santa Rosa Restaurant Week, in which local restaurants offer a multi-course pre-fix menu set at an affordable price, so diners can get a real sense of what their menu has to offer. What made D'Argenzio Winery food offerings unique was that their kitchen is actually located in their sister restaurant Cibo Rustico Pizzeria, which is located across the parking lot where D'Argenzio Winery is located, and for their lunchtime pre-fix menu, D'Argenzio Winery was offering a two-course menu with four options from their regular appetizer menu, and four options from their pizza menu, priced at a very affordable 15 dollars a person, with one option of tiramisu from their dessert menu for an additional 5 dollars. We did have to make reservations to make sure that they could in fact take us on the day we wanted to go, and Breanna, whose family owns D'Argenzio Winery served as both our main server and tasting room associate. We actually had just come from a wine tasting and had originally just planned to try the food offered at D'Argenzio Winery, but when we saw that their wine tasting flights were both reasonably priced and shareable, then we were all in for their Casa Wine Tasting, which offered four pours of their signature wine. We began with their 2019 Chardonnay soured from Sonoma and it was a nice crisp start to our tasting. We then tried their 2016 Falanghina which is from their sister label Anthesis Wines, and had a bold orange hue to match its bold taste on the palette. For our third and four pours were their red wines, and paired perfectly with our menu items that we ordered, as their 2019 Sangiovese, which was sourced from the DeNatale Vineyard in the Russian River Valley was a lovely red wine that pairs well with any meat, and their 2018 Pinot Noir from their Anthesis label was sourced from open top fermentation barrels from the Karah Vineyard in the Petaluma Gap, and had very little tannins, which made for a nice finish. For our meal, for my first course, I opted to order their Mama Rosa's Meatballs, which were handmade meatballs made with beef and pork, and were simmered and baked in a delectable marinara sauce and topped with parmesan and basil. My friend ordered their Wood-Roasted Seasonal Vegetables, which were a combination of carrots, cauliflower, asparagus, broccoli, and green onions, topped with parmesan, olive oil, lemon, salt and pepper. For my entree, I ordered their Luciano Pizza which was topped with parmesan cheese sauce, prosciutto, Calabrian chilis, onions, garlic, basil, cracked pepper and parmesan; and my friend ordered their Italian Sausage Mushroom Pizza that was topped with marinara, Italian fennel sausage, mushrooms, oregano and parmesan. Both the meatballs and vegetables were cooked to perfection, and the pizzas were technically supposed to be eight inches in size but they actually gave us their twelve in pizzas, which only added to the abundance of food we feasted on this afternoon. It was honestly one of the best pizzas that I have ever had, and we needed sodas, an Italian soda for my friend and a root bee
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March 2023 by Pamela A Goodwin
This is a great place to go wine tasting. Price starts at $15 for cellar wines. They also have Italian for $30 I think. They have a nice food menu. The maker of the wine came out to talk to us. They take walk ins. Great service.
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March 2023 by Auggie L.
Went for Sonoma County Restaurant Week LunchFood - 5/5. Caprese was fresh and I enjoyed how the tomato had the same level of firmness as the mozzarella. The amount of dressing was fantastic as the balsamic glaze gave it a strong sweet flavor and the vinegar doused everything in a light tartness. The meatballs were tender, and the tomato sauce had a perfect blend of sour and umami. There was a little burnt mark on them, but it did not affect the flavor. Margherita pizza had great bite on the dough, same delicious marinara sauce as the meatballs and plenty of rich cheese. Luciano's parmesan cheese sauce was very rich which paired perfectly with the spice of the Calabrian chilis. Bits of prosciutto gave it that meaty salty kick and the vegetables added texture. Tiramisu was excellent: fluffy, not too sweet, and creamy.Service - 4/5. Attentive and the food came out relatively fast considering that it came from the kitchen across the lot.Value - 5/5. The Sonoma County Restaurant Week deals are absolutely fantastic with the lunch course only being $15 and $5 extra for the sweet deal dessert. Food here was delicious and more than worth the price paid. Their wine tasting is of great value too with an option having four wine tastings for only $15. Fantastic experience.Parking - Mall Lot (Free)
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February 2023 by Nima Hodoudi
Amazing time here with my partner. Amazing wine, amazing food, amazing service. Atmosphere was incredible. Kirk is the man, definitely go see him. Will always go here when I visit!
