Brotherhood Winery

100 Brotherhood Plaza Dr, Washingtonville, NY 10992, USA

Address:	100 Brotherhood Plaza Dr, Washingtonville, NY 10992, USA
Phone:	+1 845-496-3661
Site:	brotherhood-winery.com
Rating:	4.4
Working:	11AM–5PM 11AM–5PM 11AM–5PM 11AM–5PM 11AM–5PM 11AM–5PM 11AM–5PM

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Reviews 9

Jane Doe

I am writing this review to solely complain about wedding planning with Brotherhood Winery because my experience with the wedding planner was very displeasing. I am having a wedding at another venue in a little over a year, but contacted the wedding planner about Brotherhood possibly supplying wine for my reception. I am picky about my wine and made a deal with my venue to supply the wine of my choice. When I finally could get a hold of the wedding planner, he was rude. I asked if my fiance and I could do a private tasting of the winerys Chilean wines because not all of them are offered on their tasting menu and this was our favorite and what we were interested in buying. We were told this was not possible, and the planner seemed to act like this was an unreasonable request. After pointing out that we would be buying several cases of wine and were told when we visited the winery that this might be possible, the planner retorted that another customer recently bought eleven cases of wine. Apparently, we were no different than this other customer. We were also told that we could purchase the bottles of wine we might be interested in in place of doing a tasting as we requested, which could have cost us between $30 to $50 plus tax if we bought only three to five bottles of their cheaper Chilean wine. Based on my own wedding planning, I am aware that venues do private tastings of their catered food and was informed at the winery that Brotherhood offers more private wine tastings for wedding couples who are having their weddings there. As with other venues, I am assuming these tastings happen together with other wedding couples and are not privately planned per couple. If so, why would it have been so unreasonable for us to attend such a tasting, together with other couples, in order to choose wine for our wedding reception? The planner was aware that we could have bought at least five cases, which could have cost between $400 and $500 (although the planner could not even provide me pricing information about their different wines when I requested it). Because of the way I was rudely treated by this wedding planner, and the impression he made that my business was not even valued, we will be buying our wine from another winery for our wedding reception. It is not worth the aggravation to deal with this person.

J Bristol

Would love to give them a few more stars. First time I went for a tasting, had such an amazing experience and tried so many different wines. We ended up buying a whole bunch of bottles. I went again today for a tasting, and they said no theyre not doing them at this point. So instead of buying a whole bunch of bottles, I only bought a few that I could remember what I liked. I understand that closing is at 5 and I got there 435, but there was still another tasting going on, and there were still people buying wine. I would have liked a website that specifically said tasting until 430pm or 4 pm, if you need to stop earlier (it clearly states specific times for tours) . Maybe next time I go, Ill have a better experience. Maybe brotherhood winery will make it specific that tastings end at a certain time, so that i dont leave one winery to make it there to get turned away. Very disappointing since this winery is not near any other wineries and is out of the way. Please change.. and my stars will change as well.

Tyler Lund

Brotherhood winery has a very interesting history, but the wines failed to make much of an impression and the experience on the weekend was stressful. The proximity to the city means droves of people venture out on the weekends and huge, obnoxious groups will impact your experience. Forget a tour in the middle of the day as they often are way too large to have a good experience or youll have to wait hours for the next tour. We ended up getting jammed in at a tasting table with a large group and had to wait for 15 minutes to start tasting while they got situated. Im not sure why we couldnt get started earlier without them. The wine also failed to make much of an impression. Out of the 5 wines we tasted, I didnt really love any of them and didnt like 2 or 3. The patio is great for sitting out with friends during the warm months and sharing a sangria. Try to visit off hours.

Jess Dalton

My husband and I stayed at a B&B two miles from Brotherwood Winery. To kill time before check-in, we decided to stop by and check it out. Were so glad we did! Joanne gave us our tasting, and she was very friendly. During our tasting, she offered us two samples that werent on the wine tasting list. Im not a fan of Chardonnay, but we tried the Sparking Chardonnay, and WOW! Clean and refreshing! VERY reasonably priced, I believe the most expensive bottle in the winery was $15. We purchased six bottles, and well return the next time were in the area.

Sal Vitro

Tour was okay but was a little disappointed they didnt talk at all about the wine making process from the time the trucks pull in with the grapes to bottling. Our guide, Franklin was a very nice man but if I had to say something less than positive it would be "get to the important points and lets move on." Was a little too talkative about things that werent all that germane. Almost seemed like he was stalling to make what should have been a 30-45 minute tour into a full hour.

Christopher Carey

The wine tasting and tour was excellent. The Vinum Cafe wasnt so great. The food on the menu wasnt all that great, and the wait staff was horrible. Our group wanted to eat before the tour, we got there an hour and half early, and it took the waitress 20 minutes to put our order in, we were only able to eat bread with butter and one drink each. They dont serve cheese with any of their burgers. And you can taste the tap water in all the drinks.

Food Critique

This is The Oldest winery in America and is a great place for a day trip from Manhattan. Its only a bit over an hour drive from midtown Manhattan. We really enjoyed the tour with wine tasting. Our tour guide was knowledgeable on wine as well as the history of the winery and she would tell you some fun facts about the place. As for tasting, weve tried a few red, white, rose and Champagne!! This place is also good for weddings!!

P.U

Really enjoyed my experienced here. Jeane, one of the tour guides was great. Tasting and a touch for 10 bucks. I dont think you can beat that. They even give you a wine glass as a suvenier. Everybody was very friendly. The with each is very well priced. The town is cozy. Then there is the restaurant. No many options, simple but good. I really liked my food. Ill be coming back

kathy Goldrick

We used the winery to host our daughters wedding and it was just incredible. The grounds where we had the ceremony were gorgeous. The cocktail hour and reception took place at the newly renovated building where the ambiance was terrific, The wine was exceptional and the staff couldnt have been better. We would highly recommend having an event at the Winery!