Amazing views from patio & large open windows in tasting room with beautiful views of vineyards. We've been here twice now & this is a must when in Paso! We had a fabulous wine tasting experience with Katelyn. Loved their wines & our friend joined their wine club. The lunch was very good too. The burgers & fries were yummy. read more

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We brought a group from LA and stayed on the property overnight. We booked the Defender Tour, of all of the winery adventures I've ever done this was by far the best experience I've had, all of our guests had a great time. Timothy was extremely knowledgeable and set up a really fun trip. We followed up the tour with a lunch but really after all the snacks on the tour everyone was quite full read more

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My first visit to Halter Ranch with the Wine BFFs was a blast. If in the adelaida area and are looking for a great winery tour, Halter Ranch will take care of that. Immediately upon entry, we were greeted by the super friendly host who checked us in. We were a little early, so grabbed one of their Embroidered Vests in their merch section. All the clothing was high quality materials and stitching. Good stuff. Scott was our tour guide and educator and he was fantastic. He had his presentation down and was extremely knowledgeable on all aspects of production and history of Halter Ranch. He was very friendly and a top notch guide. Tour Stops Vineyards - Learned the unique elevate grape growing process at Halter Ranch Machinery - Saw the machines that process the grapes and the massive storage units Lounge - Grabbed a seat in the classy lounge to sample more wines and hang out with the feral friendly cats around. We also learned about the art pieces throughout the Ranch Cave - We sampled some wine straight from the barrel. My favorite part of course. Took a seat at a designated tasting area in the caves and here is where I discovered my favorite Halter Ranch Wine: the 2019 Ancestor. I also purchased a 2020 CDP as well. This was a great tour and the facilities were great. Next time we're planning to check out the Land Rover tour and sample more pesticide free vino. Cheers! read more

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I visited Halter Ranch for the first time right before new years on a rainy day. I mean what better thing to do on a rainy day than to go wine tasting?! Yes the weather was crummy but the estate was still gorgeous! It was truly breath taking and I only really saw the train main building and train tunnel. So cute! An added bonus, they offer free Tesla charging. One thing that sort of annoyed me is that if it's raining and you have a reservation, you may have to wait at the bar for a table to open up because they count the patio tables (which were soaking wet) in their reservation count. The staff did their best to get us to a table as quickly as possible but we purposely booked reservations during their lunch time to eat lunch so it was a full house. Anyway, we were seated in about 15 minutes but I saw this happen to many guests so just a heads up if you're visiting on a rainy day! My friend and I both ordered the $35 ranch flight. Pours were generous. Our favorites were the effervescent rose and their viognier. They do waive a tasting if you purchase 2 bottles. For lunch (served between 11:00 am-3:00 pm) I ordered the halter ranch burger with a beyond patty and a side of truffle fries. Both were DELICIOUS! I will be back for those fries!! It looks like they constantly change their menu which keeps things exciting. Halter Ranch is a must when wine tasting in Paso Robles! read more

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Forced us to sit outside in the cold when there were clearly seats available inside. Didn't let us move to the sun even though nobody was sitting there. Made us suffer through the wind and cold for no reason. Rude and disrespectful service that was not accommodating whatsoever. Come to this place if you want to feel disrespected and treated like trash. Food was good though. read more

Wonderful Experience. The service was superb. Our guide person was knowledgeable, patient, and fun. We enjoyed learning about the history of the ranch and how it came to be a vineyard. The equipment and processes are impressive. The surroundings are beautiful as well as the drive to the ranch. Highly recommended. read more

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A little late on this review, but I visited back in the spring with some friends. We stayed on the property and had such a great experience! The food tasting was excellent, and we also did the Defender Tour -- which I highly recommend. It was a great opportunity to learn about the wine-making process up close. I'm definitely planning to come back to check out their cave tours next time! read more

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It's hard to believe this was our first visit to Halter Ranch Estate in Paso Robles. We knew we liked their wines from our tastings at the Temecula location. This is an amazingly beautiful, very large 2,700 acre property. The expansive views are amazing. The wine tasting room/restaurant has a fresh and new feel, and is tastefully decorated. The large wall size windows give a view of the vineyards where hawks and turkey vultures fly over looking for their meals. There is also outdoor patio seating. There are many large contemporary art pieces scattered around the property. They have a small airfield and a small train that is offered to wine club members for a tour of the property. We started with a tasting, served by Rachel (I think). She was very knowledgeable about the wines and the property, and she was so sweet! Our lunch was a delicious, perfectly cooked Alaskan halibut over risotto and asparagus, and an order of fries, paired with a bottle of Viognier. It was a delicious meal! Halter Ranch Estates is impressive! read more

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Paso has a few wineries.....like about 260 at this writing. We've tasted Halter Ranch wines at their new Temecula location and decided to let's stop at the actual winery in Paso. Very nice and well maintained structures and landscape. We were doing lunch as well. The halibut sounded good on a bed of rosoto and asparagus. We added a side of fries....and omg the size of the fries could've been the entre and they were good! The halibut was good, but the green rosoto was a little much. Had to close my eyes as it was too much green...ha (see pic). The wines are really good here. Chardonnay is delicious. The reds hit on all the notes and the cabernet sauvignon was my favorite. Very large property with 2700 acres planted. Enjoy Paso! read more

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Made a reservation today about an hour before driving 25 minutes to this winery. We got there sat at our table for about 20 minutes, it took three different servers to finally bring us water and we decided to finally get up and leave since nobody came to acknowledge us. As I walked out with my husband, there appeared to be a manager, I told him we had a reservation and nobody came to service us. He said "oh we're short staffed today." So why in the heck would you take our reservation an hour before coming up there when you already know your short staffed in the middle of the day?!!!!! He did nothing to try to salvage us to stay, offer a first glass of wine on the house nothing, not even a apology. So basically it was a 50 minute round-trip drive for nothing. Very disappointing would never refer this winery to anybody. read more

Nice property, nice wines. VERY slow pours. It took us about 2 hours to get through a flight. I was bored waiting for our wait person. Too bad. read more

Our group was very disappointed due to the very rude costumer service we got. The waitresses were rude,not friendly and hardly checked on us. The food was so bad we had to send it back and ask for something else and then they never even brought our new food out. I do not recommend! read more

Beautiful vineyard! Came here for lunch and wine tasting both of which were great. The chili is bean forward and flavorful and you can't go wrong with the burger. It was nice to have a full menu available instead of just charcuterie. Our server was polite and informative. Only giving four stars because the service was quite slow and we had to wait a bit between pours. read more

Old favorite revisited. They have some excellent wines both white & red. We came on a week day without a reservation & only mild shaming. "Walk in..." They were not that busy & could have been a bit happier to see us !! Appreciated a choice between 2 tasting flights and each of us tried one. We used to love their Rose and it's still good. But their reds have really blossomed over the last 4 years. Love the CDP and Ancestor. Bought 4 bottles. Their food is good. Service was a little shaky in terms of friendliness...some odd 40s Steamboat Willie music in the beginning but they changed it. Going to try their new Temecula store near home. read more

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My wife and I flew our plane into Halter Ranch, what an amazing experience. Hanna and Paul are very nice and knowledgeable. We stayed in one of the pilot cottages. We brought our electric bikes and were able to visit two of the local wineries as well. The food was great, the service was excellent and our server Natalie was extremely knowledgeable about all the wines and the beautiful property. I highly recommend this place, especially for pilots looking for a challenging runway. read more

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Very disappointing experience at Halter Ranch Winery. Despite having only one other table with two customers, we had to repeatedly flag down the hostess for our next pour while staff stood around talking. The flights were the most expensive we had in Paso Robles, yet the wines were underwhelming -- we tried both the Classic and Premium flights and nothing stood out. Sadly, very little explanation about the vineyards, winemaker, or history. We live in San Diego and were excited to see they had a sister winery in Temecula but we won't be going after this experience Poor service, high prices, forgettable wine. Won't be back. read more

It baffles me that any winery would not take walk-ins for a glass or bottle. We had time between tastings and our driver recommended we stop by Halter Ranch. On walking in, we inquired if we could just buy a glass and were refused but told "if you were members we could take you." I certainly understand if there was no room for a full tasting or what not, but in the time we were turned away we could have been served and paid for a glass. It's also odd to make a comment about membership when we haven't even tried the wine. I'll give 2 stars because Yelp does say "appointment only" but we had never heard or checked out Halter Ranch and were only recommended by our driver. We will certainly never be back. And we also frequent Temecula which means we will not visit Hart either. I'd encourage wineries to be more welcoming. There are ways to make membership exclusive and still welcome everyone. And they'd probably sell more wine too. read more

We visited on a whim without a reservation but hoped as wine club members (and since it was the off season) Halter Ranch would fit us in. The hostess and manager deliberated rudely on whether they could squeeze us in (although there was plenty of seating indoors and out) until we suggested the bar, which also had ample seating. Our server, Natalie, found us some time later and treated us like we were bothering her by being there--never making eye contact and looking distractedly around the tasting room while taking our order. We noticed with amusement that the manager, Omar, and much of the wait staff and wine pourers spent a lot of time behind the tasting bar laughing and chatting with each other. Guests were an afterthought and the pourers and waitstaff made a point of ignoring them when they approached the bar. Natalie was aloof and continued to not look directly at us when she came to the table. It was really weird. The food delivered, though, and that was the saving grace. We shared a salad and Short Rib entree. It came out hot and was fall-apart tender. Once we asked for the check a long time went by, so we went outside by the fire place and figured Natalie would find us eventually (she did). Once we paid she said she would go get a receipt and when we went back inside to retrieve it, we stood at the bar for some time before she acknowledged my husband and asked what he needed. Natalie acted like she had never seen him before. He asked for our receipt and she said, "Ohhhh... that's right" and produced it. Strange day at Halter Ranch. Just terrible service and lax treatment of guests who came there to spend money. We still tipped her 20% because that's what we do. The service was really awful, though. read more

We usually ALWAYS have great service but today, March 21st at 11:15 approximately, was another story. We are wine members but didn't have reservations. It was not busy and when we checked in to pick up our wine shipment we also asked if we could eat lunch. The unfriendly young lady at the check in podium said we couldn't taste today and after a significant pause said "unless you're wine members". We confirmed that we were. She condescendingly sat us at a table. We waited for quite some time and realized that no service was going to accommodate us. We decided to grab our wine order and leave. Jasmine, who is absolutely wonderful, was upset that we were treated this way. Supposedly, a "ticket" hadn't been written out for us to get service. I am putting this squarely on the receptionist who checked us in. Another young lady, America, was helping at the podium but she has always been excellent in service and it wasn't her that checked us in today. I'm sorry I didn't get this girl's name because she has no business being at the front checking anyone in. Very snooty and unapproachable. Thinking about stopping our membership. read more

Total poop show. Service = ZERO. Our server was totally disinterested in our birthday reservation, she questioned our industry bona fides (secret, I have owned multiple fine dining establishments) and could physically be seen walking away shaking her head every time she departed our table. To be transparent we are a VERY tough crowd, we are boisterous, outspoken, vocal and FUN! Unfortunately this was just more than the venue could handle and the manager invited us to please leave. 1 extra star for the manager that truly handled the situation like a professional. read more

Just DO it Their wines are delicious but it's the sweeping views of the vineyards, seen through large, picturesque windows that will really seal the deal. Cross that cute little covered bridge to get there (snap a fun pic while you are at it), and prepare to feel like you have been transported to Napa or Sonoma. read more

Hater Ranch, Oops! I mean Halter Ranch was a big disappointment. HUGH! Just another "Bougie" winery that can't be bothered with the little people who support them. Let me explain. Halter had been recommended to us so we called to make an appointment for Friday but Friday reservations were closed because they had an event. So we tried booking a reservation for Saturday but Saturday reservations were closed because they had yet another event scheduled for Saturday. Well, we know how these things work out. The big groups seldom arrive on time and take a while to organize after arrival. So our plan was to get to Halter right as they open and if they were busy, we would drive on. But if they weren't busy we would pop in before the event people showed up. When we showed there were 2 cars in the parking lot. When we got inside there were 2 couples in the gift shop and servers at the wine tasting tables. So we approached the receptionist who asked if we had reservations. When informed that we didn't have any, she told us that we could/would not be served, even though the place was empty. We pointed out that we would be in and out before the big group arrived. Apparently this was not a compelling argument and received a hard NO. Then it escalated as the receptionist indicated that we had to be fools to think that we could "walk-in" on a Labor Day weekend. So we asked if we could get a reservation for after the big group left in the afternoon. Again, "Saturday reservations are closed thank you". I thought I was in a Seinfeld episode where the soup nazi was telling me "No Wine For You!" I guess this is what to expect when wineries get corporate. So does Halter have good wine? I have absolutely no idea. I tried to find out, but failed. By the end of this interaction I realized that if they had gone ahead and had us taste their wine that the fun would be gone from the experience so best to cross this place off our list. I suggest you do the same. read more

Awful experience.. I booked a reservation for my birthday weekend with a total of 7 guests and rented a party bus to reach this location. When we arrived we were seated in the farthest part of the patio and after 20 minutes of sitting there the host brought water and after sitting there for a total of 30 minutes we asked the front desk for service. We had every intention of doing wine tastings and having lunch and after 45 minutes of sitting there with no service we decided to leave. A table that came after us even got service before us. During all of this the "water was down" in the restaurant and the staff had to shuttle 2 of our guests down to the next restroom. As we were leaving we informed the staff that we never received service and were met with excuses as to why a table after us received service before us with no true apology. Later in the day we received a canceled reservation email and this morning received a thank you for visiting email. Such a bizarre experience. We felt discriminated against and unfortunately will not be back. read more

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We were fortunate to be treated to a wine tasting lunch at Halter. It's a beautiful facility and extremely knowledgeable staff. They have a limited lunch menu but each of us were able to find something to enjoy with our wine. I think they would be well served to expand the menu and possibly added a few appetizers that pair well with wine (calamari anyone?). I've been to tastings at many wineries and I must say, being seated for lunch during a wine tasting is definitely the way to go. First, if you are a party of four or more, it's easier to have a conversation with the entire group. Second, who doesn't like to sit, relax and have a glass of wine? My wife and I often taste each other's wine selection. This works out great here as they have different tasting selections. We ordered different ones and were able to sample double the amount of wines. Highly recommended. The views are great, there's a wondering wine cat outside and the food and wine were very enjoyable. Fun place if you are in the area. Enjoy!!! read more

Halter Ranch - Wineries Near Me - Paso Robles, California

This establishment is exquisite! Kristie, the manager there provides amazing service and was very attentive to what I needed. She was quick to refill my water glass and asked if everything was tasting amazing. I ordered the burger and it was thick, flavorful, and delicious. The view is delightful and the wine was smooth and delicious. I will definitely come back and visit and recommend! Thank you halter for being amazing. I'll go visit your Temecula location as well! read more

Terrible service. I was with Chelsea for her birthday from the previous review. The winery never acknowledged us for service and wasted our time without an apology. read more

Outstanding experience here, restaurant was good too. Wines were great, joined the club. Really a great stop on our wine travels thru Paso.

The view was beautiful over looking the vineyard. The food was good and the plating beautiful. The wine was a little too dry for me. read more

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Great wine and food pairing. Service was great and the restaurant tasting didn't seem rushed, even for a a late fall Sunday. The winery looks amazing and has an upscale vibe, definitely better location than their Temecula site. read more

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Really bad customer service from older women and the wine tasting check in station. Can in today on Saturday 11/2 very rude and slow. We left and would never join the membership club again read more

We came here Thanksgiving weekend on a Sunday afternoon. This place is reservation only. They were able to seat us right away and we got this amazing view with nobody to share it with due to covid regulations. The staff was friendly and well knowledgeable. There is food here. We ordered the cheese plate and had the ranch tasting. There was definitely some extra pours on the house because the bottle was open. The Ancestor was our favorite and the story behind it is great. They provided a Black Friday discount with our wine bottle purchase and waived the wine tastings. We will definitely be coming back here! There is seating in the front of the tasting room and there is seating in the back. If you purchase a bottle, you can enjoy it further away on the property which is more secluded. read more

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Jasmine, our wine server, was knowledgeable, hospitable, enthusiastic, and open to all questions. Halter Ranch was beautiful with their wine tasting building and views of the grapes on the hillside. Highly recommend!! And good wune read more

We live near the Temecula property, but we just visited the Paso Robles property that we have been to twice before. Both are nice tasting rooms. But we especially like the Paso one to have a nice meal and wine and the beauty of vineyards. Highly recommend both. Service is top notch read more

Had an awesome experience here on 4/6 with our group. Liam(Billy Joel) was our host & explained every wine thoroughly. Fantastic food served there as well.... Truffle fries!!!! The property is huge & very impressive read more

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This was my second visit here and the place just seems to be focused on quantity not a quality. The woman who was pouring our tasting seemed hungover and not interested in giving us any other info other than type of wine and vintage. Seems metal auto machine would have been more useful in this case. It was very loud and crowded this time, not very cozy atmosphere even though the place is a beautiful. The bathrooms were clean though, one good note. read more

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We went to Halter Ranch because it was recommended by one of our friends. We did their Ranch flight for tasting and our sommelier was Brandon. I liked their 2017 Anchestor wine the best. We also had a charcuterie board and a Halter Ranch burger. The charcuterie board was good, an excellent balance between meats, cheese and fruit. The Halter Ranch burger was actually one of the best burgers I've had in awhile. It was juicy, cooked perfectly medium rare and melted in your mouth. Brandon was great and the bussers were also on top of filling our waters etc. We will definitely visit Halter Ranch again when we are in Paso Robles. read more

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Beautiful scenery. We had beautiful weather. Despite the winter, the hills and greenery was beautiful. Got the CPD. Tasted well with our panini sandwiches from vivante fine cheese. There is a restaurant on site so you can order from there. If you buy 2 bottle you can get one free tasting. read more

Halter Ranch - Wine - Wineries Near Me - Paso Robles, California

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In September 2021 I got to visit 3 wineries in Paso including Halter Ranch, which was the most beautiful setting to drink wine! We had our tasting on the patio which overlooks vine covered hills and is a great place to take photos. We had a reservation and were seated as soon as we got there. Great tasting service, the woman who served us the wines was friendly, extremely knowledgeable and fun. She made sure we all had a great time. I tried one glass of her recommendation-a white wine-Very delicious! Everyone else really enjoyed their full tasting (I was the driver) which was a combo of reds and whites. I would love to go back here anytime . The bottle I purchased was delicious at home a few days later. read more

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This is an amazing place that will forever stay in my heart. The atmosphere, the experience, and especially the incredible staff made it truly unforgettable. read more

OMG! This place was Faboo! Now it's even better. The member lounge which was great, above the winery has been replaced by the member garden. Now we sit in a lovely outdoor space under lovely trees and besides a cheese and charcuterie board we can also get lovely pizzas and even a burger. The Margherita Pizza is fantastic. Simple, crispy. The wines are still top notch. The new setting is gorgeous. And given that this winery is totally Green, this is the place to come to. Bring friends and family. And this time we actually had another wonderful wine steward who didn't waste our time by going thru all the wines' properties. We know them well and we didn't need that. I love when a person in hospitality can assess the customers and act accordingly. Thank you, JAKE! read more