Giessinger Cellars Cidery

Edouard is phenomenal! Such a great host and extremely knowledgeable. He walked us through how he picks and makes all of his wines. Very enjoyable experience. Would def come here again! Plus the wines or delicious

Only 1 mile walk from my friends new pomegranate villa on the hill.. what could could be better than a little goat yoga to start the day and a fresh glass of Chardonnay followed by an amazing bowel movement.. ahh glorious.

Edouard was amazing! I went with four friends and we had an amazing time learning so much about wine and really enjoying Edouard's hospitality, intelligence and enthusiasm. The wine is fabulous. I took home a Forgiveness dessert wine; it has beautiful hints of peach amidst the raspberry and strawberry. I had never been a fan of desert wines until I tried these! I could not recommend this place more.

Got to do the tasting with the owner! Learned a lot about how he does his fermentation. They have a lot of single varietal wines. Everything we had was outstanding. The white was clean, light, and refreshing. His rosé was very balanced with a very light tinge of red. I was lucky that the ones he poured are some of my personal favorites: Cabernet Franc and Petite Sirah. His wines really let the natural grape characteristics shine through. Everyone talks about Forgiveness and it is a well balanced dessert wine (that doesn't go overboard into syrupy sweetness) that lingers for a bit, like a sweet memory. His Spring Peach and Winter Raspberry, also dessert wines, really shine with strong clean fruit flavor. The peach you can taste that it's a white peach in there. The raspberry doesn't go into the cough syrup side but stays true to a late season full of flavor berry. For me the pinnacle of the tasting was the 99 Surrender Chocolate and Strawberry Syrah Port. For anyone who does chocolate or fruit with their port no need with this!! There is a hint of the cacao flavor (not that chocolate milk or bitter chocolate overpowering) the strawberry is the perfect ripe fruit that blends and complements the full body of the Syrah grape and there's no heavy alcohol feeling or flavor with it. This is the perfect ending to a wonderful meal or just relaxing during a sunset evening.

This is the BEST wine I’ve ever had. The owner was wonderful to talk to and taught us a lot about the wine making process. I love sweet wine and highly recommend this for other sweet wine lovers (though there’s something for everyone).