boekenoogen winery tasting room

Great Pinots - very full without being overly fruity. Friendly and wine-knowledgeable staff. Reasonable tasting fee. At the east end of Carmel Village located approximately 12 miles / 15 minutes east of the intersection of Hwy 1 and Carmel Valley Road.

Popped in here on a late Sunday afternoon. NIce friendly atmosphere. Split a tasting flight as it was not long before closing. Nice wines. knowledgeable staff with a sense of humor :)

We enjoyed tasting a variety of whites and reds at the tasting room of this family owned winery. The vineyards are in the Santa Lucia Highlands and the tasting room in the Carmel Valley. Very nice Viognier, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah. Being able to discuss how the fields are irrigated and managed and how the varieties were selected at their vineyards added to our experience. They also recommended a great lunch spot (Cafe Rustica) which made for a nice afternoon of tasting and food.

We did a tasting here one Sunday with a group of friends. We were able to sit on the patio and enjoy our tasting. We packed a picnic and thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The wine was superb as was the service. The man who poured our tasting was very informative about the wines. This has been one of our favorite tastings in the valley.

Carmel Valley is predominantly Burgundian so when I saw the Viognier on the tasting list, I was excited to try. Wanting to skip the Chardonnays, I asked to taste the Viognier, but the pourer recommended tasting it last because it is their "biggest" wine (?) I could maybe understand how a Viognier could stand up to a light Pinot Noir, but they had Syrahs and even a Petite Sirah, which they poured before finally allowing us to taste the Viognier. The wine was good, but it's hard to know for sure since my palate was shot after the Petite Sirah. The Viognier was decidedly not bigger than the reds they poured, but I'm sure the staff has been trained to serve the wines in this order so I am thinking that serving the reds first is to mask something undesirable in the Viognier. The server was a little brash and too much of a salesman for my tastes. They have a nice patio area, but we were not inclined to stay long.

Found this tasting room to be great! Amazing wines... Only comment to staff like your wines... "breath a little!". So much knowledge there and stories were interesting. I will go back! Carmel Valley sooo much better than NAPA!

Nice server, great wine. Some hotels give you coupon for free tasting

Come for the wine. The winery is actually in Santa Lucia Highlands on the Salinas side of the coastal range, with the tasting room in Carmel Valley Village (near Bernardus). The vineyards are on what was originally a family cattle ranch, started in the mid-1800s. The cattle ranch moved to Carmel Valley, to make room for the vines on one of the best spots for Pinots and Chardonnays on the planet. Together with Bernardus, Talbott, and Georis, worth the trip from Carmel and Monterey (about 20 minutes from Carmel).

My wife and I love to visit wineries and find wineries that are small producers but make a great product. While having dinner at the Pacific's Edge restaurant, I asked the wine sommelier what recommendations he had for wine tastings. He asked if we had heard of Boekenoogen wines - we had not but were up for visiting the tasting room. The following day we headed to Carmel Valley and straight to Boekenoogen. We were greeted by Holly Boekenoogen who poured out tastings. I think it's just terriffic when the family is working the tasting room and you understand how much of their heart and soul they pour into their wines. Holly was fantastic - very knowledgeable about the processes of their wines.The Boekenoogen Chardonnay & Pinot Noir wines are very enjoyable. Enough so that we bought some to bring home!This was a fun experience and highly recommend a tasting at Boekenoogen.

Very good wine and friendly proprietors. The village is often sunny when it's foggy and or cold by the coast.

great variety of wine tastings for your money. server was very nice and knew a lot about Boekenoogen wines.

We had several wine tastings at various places, but Boekenoogen was much our favourite. It was a much more personal experience than the others, with family members who own and run the vineyard on hand to guide you through the various wines and grapes.

We visited Boekenoogen on a tip from strangers we'd chatted with over a wine tasting in Amador County. When they found out we were headed toward the Monterey Peninsula, they said, "Don't miss this one!" and spelled out the name so we would be sure to find it. We were welcomed by Candace and John onto the warmly inviting tasting room in the crossroads of Carmel Valley's village. They knew so much about the wines we were tasting, about their vineyard and vinification practices, and about wines in general that there wasn't a question that went unanswered. Being from Oregon's pinot noir country and fans of Burgundy's great pinots, we were unprepared to be so impressed by the depth, fruit, and balance of the pinot noirs they are producing nearby, and their Santa Lucia Highlands syrah was a dead ringer for the wines of Vacqueyras that we seek out when we want a heavier red. Although we came in expecting to pay the nominal $5 tasting fee and leave empty handed, our cellar now has half a case of Carmel wines that we will mete out for very special occasions over the next ten years.

Carmel Valley resident who takes our tasting rooms for granted... stopped by for a bottle and was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of these wines. Holly was most informative and pleasant...You will enjoy her and her expertise. I will make sure I encourage all my friends and tourists to make time and treat themselves to wines that are worth it.

This newcommer is going places with their 2007 chardonnay with 94+ points. All the wines are fantastic. the outside patio with tables and chairs is a great place to sample wine, with your refill needs attended to by very attentive and knowledgable host Holly Boekenoogen.I highly reccommend this wine, and tasting room.NO SNOBINESS HERE!!!