Wandering Dog Wine - SOLVANG

Wandering Dog turned out to be such a gem of a venue! Our server was knowledgeable, engaging, and very friendly. Thanks to her we truly enjoyed both talking about and learning more about the wines of this wonderful area : Visiting this amazing bar is something I highly recommend; it's truly a must stop whenever you're anywhere in the vicinity of Solvang!

On a recent trip to Solvang, my husband and I had a wonderful experience at Wandering Dog. A very smart and kind young woman served us. It is not only dog-friendly, but it is a family business and their wines are named after canine family members. Sadly, one of their beloved dogs recently passed. I see a couple Reviews about this place not being friendly....perhaps the man who didn't seem happy was mourning his loss....we're only human. We bought some of their wines and are very much enjoying them! We're also giving bottles of WD to our dog-loving friends as gifts. :

My family and I went here last night for wine tasting. We were disappointed that the bartender didn't even explain anything to us. We ended up laughing as we shared made up facts about the wines just so we could pretend to have a real wine tasting experience. I guess we could've asked but when we tried to make conversation with the attendant, he didn't bother with even a hint of a smile or any effort to engage. We just weren't in the mood anymore. We were just eager to get out of there so we can head to our next stop. Also this is the first time we experienced wine tasting where 5 different wines were poured in the same glass!

This was probably the most awkward experience. My boyfriend and I came here because dogs were allowed and we had our little guy with us. The man working there didn 't really seem to happy to be there. We did the wine tasting that lets you try 5 types of wine. Of course we had questions. My boyfriend asked how can you tell what wine is good the man answered and said you try them and you pick the one you like okay besides the obvious we wanted to know some tricks, since we have no idea. Is Italian wine better or whatever who cares, just tell us what wine you like or something and why. As he poured our wine he didn 't tell us what the wine was made of. We ended up buying a wine and leaving because we felt as if we were bothering him.

Such a cute place and of course very dog friendly. Our pup was sitting with us inside and had a great time greeting everyone that entered. So sad that it closed early tho.