witch creek winery

We bought an Urban winery Passport and have been working our way through wineries and tasting rooms we'd never have found on our own. This location is much nicer than their sister tasting room in Julian. It has a great location, very friendly staff and some really excellent wines. I can't speak to the white wines as we are red wine drinkers, and we enjoyed both a red blend they've produced and a Malbec, which we thought excellent.

We stopped in here with a person who is a member of their club, so we got free tastings (that was a nice bonus).They were serving a nice variety - starting with a sparkler (delicious!), and then on to white wines, and some excellent reds.Definitely worth a stop if you're a wine lover.

Witch Creek Winery has been in business in Carlsbad for years now. We always enjoy a stop for tasting when in the area. Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable. Try their sweet wines. I took home two bottles to have with a cheese platter for a happy hour soon!

I decided to be a tourist in my own backyard and try out this wine tasting room before heading down to the beach to soak up some rays. For $10 you get to taste from six different bottles. I tried the white varieties and the ciders. The Savignon Blanc was like sour water. I also tried a couple others in the white wine category, but was so unimpressed, I can't remember the blends. The ciders were a little better and probably worth your while if you like sweet sparklings (it wasn't for me). The only thing this winery has going for it is the high profile location and catchy names on the labels. They get an "A" in marketing.

Sadly, I am writing my first negative review. We were visiting Southern California for a special occasion and only for a few days. Overall, the trip was amazingly perfect. The only dark spot was our visit to Witch Creek Winery. I work in the wine industry in the Pacific Northwest. I LOVE wine of all kinds so it was high on my list to visit a winery or at least a tasting room on our special getaway.When we first walked in, the tasting room 'hosts' were dancing and enjoying themselves behind the bar. We were not greeted or acknowledged. Okay, no big deal. We found an empty spot at the bar to be served our tasting at. After waiting for a period of time without being acknowledged we were approached by an elderly man behind the bar and asked to move to the end of the bar to make room for a couple that had just walked in. Okay, a little rude but okay. We waited for an extended period (10 minutes to be acknowledged and offered glasses and a tasting sheet). Meanwhile, the couple that we had moved for were almost through with their tasting. At this point we wanted to leave but we had made a special trip to visit this tasting room so gave them the benefit of the doubt. I have 30+ years in hospitality and understand that sometimes things go wrong. Finally, a young woman approaches us and offers us glasses. She tells us the tasting fee is $10 for six wines. She was very hardworking and professional so I paid my fee and waited. An elderly woman walked up to us, looked and walked away. Rude. We wanted to leave at this point but I wanted to try their wine, too. So we waited. The young woman ends up taking care of us though she is extremely busy doing her job and carrying the burden of the work of her old, rude and neglectful coworkers. The wine lacked any redeeming quality. The lack of character and complexity was unsuccessfully trying to be masked by charred oak. It's funny, the wine mimics the service.The rude treatment continued. If any ONE thing had been a pleasant experience, I wouldn't be writing this review. If the wine quality had been good it could have compensated for the rude treatment. Conversely, if the service had been good, it would have compensated for the poor quality wine. I REALLY wanted to make a wine purchase but this is the first time I never have when visiting a tasting room. The service was deplorable. Witch Creek Winery only cares about making money. I won't give them mine and would strongly discourage anyone from visiting them. You can find much better wine at a local gas station and enjoy it in a better environment.

this place is down to earth and affordable and yummy wines. Everyone laughs and it is a great experience

Came in with my father and husband, paid $7 for 5 tastings. It says winery but this is only a tasting room, a small one at that. The wine was a huge let down, didn't like any of them. Some were just like syrup. The staff was not very informative of their products and didn't really talk to us. They seemed like they were in more of a hurry to get people out and make money. I don't recommend this to anyone.

Stopped in for a wine tasting on our trip. The staff was very friendly and helpful in recommending local places. The reds were quite good and we took home a bottle of a Spanish red for the holidays. Very popular that night and it was clear why.

Wow - what a surprise this place was! In the middle of Carlsbad, but wine-making on premises. Barrels of wine in the back of the tasting room. Really nice reds; we tried them all. Bought their meritage to drink with dinner. Megan was fun & knowledgeable - plus she offered us some great pumpkin cheese torte that went very well with the meritage! Small tasting room right off the sidewalk, next to Starbucks. We will return!

Their on-site wine maker is amazing. To those who say that it is not a winery, making excellent wine makes a winery, not growing the grapes. They purchase grapes from a variety of locations and Witch Creek does an amazing job at taking those grapes and producing red wines that are reasonably priced and are great tasting. What more could you ask for from a winery? The staff know their wine and are super friendly (dog friendly too). Only a block away from both the train station (Coaster) and the beach. We highly recommend Witch Creek to anyone in the area. We love, love, love this place in downtown Carlsbad!

This is the place to go for the best wines in the State of CA! Better than Napa and Paso Robles. Dave and Rich are master wine makers and the wines are Primo!!!

We stopped in here while we were walking around exploring the Village. We did the tasting. They have some really good wine and it's not expensive. The Moscato was really excellent. It was kind of a fun detour to just walking around the Village. It is not really a winery, just a warehouse and tasting room.

For a couple of months, being a resident of Carlsbad and wanting to support local businesses, we joined their wine club, which includes that you, as part of the membership dues, two bottles of wine a month, that are chosen by the winery. Not only are Witch Creek wines overpriced for the quality, but the wines that are chosen by the winery included some that, in my opinion, were pretty awful. The membership deal includes that you agree to be a member for three months. When I went to cancel our membership, I was told in a snotty and dismissive manner that I was already billed for the next month, and it said somewhere in the contract (which could well be true) that if one wished to cancel their membership, they had to do this some time before the end of the month. So, now I would not recommend Witch Creek Winery for the following reasons: the wines are generally overpriced, the wines that are chosen for members included some that I found to inferior to drink, and their business practices and ways of dealing with unhappy customers is pretty bad. What I think is happening here is that people who may not know all that much about wine are a little wowed by the idea that they're tasting wine that they are told are wonderful, in what may appear to them to be some sort of ratified ambience, but my opinion is that you can get better wine for much less.

This is simply a small tasting room in downtown Carlsbad. Nothing special in ambiance or wine!San Diego does have some beautiful wineries--but they are in Temecula, an hour away from Carlsbad.You would be better off walking toward the center of town and stopping at any one of the local restaurants and having a nice glass of wine!

We had the woman who didn't know a lot about the wines. I kept listening to the younger woman as she seemed to know more about the wines and how long they lasted. Our wines were young and bought a few to put into my cellar and enjoy in a few years.