Our small family-owned winery founded in 1992 by Linde & Sharon Kester produces 4000 cases of hand-crafted wines each year. We make wine for every taste, dry, off dry and sweet whites, light and heavy bodied reds, late harvest wines, meads (honey wine) and even a port. We are also known for our collection of "rare, unusual and exotic varieties. The winery has a deck area overlooking our private lake where people are welcome to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy with a glass of wine.
About Chateau Lorane
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September 2, 2025thorwegeAbsolutely beautiful and a bargain!
This winery has the best ambience of any winery in the county because of the outdoor seating overlooking Lake Louise. For $31 we got 8 oz of Gouda cheese and crackers, 7 tastes and a bottle of wine. Tasting was at our table. I felt like I was stealing from the winery. Cheese plate alone at a nearby winery is $32. Before the summer ends, treat yourself to an afternoon at this beautiful winery.
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August 7, 2021522joanneaBeautiful location and some very nice wines
After a totally forgettable visit to King Estate, we were pleasantly surprised by this beautiful tasting room and some wonderful wines. The drive through the thick forest and by the lake, up to the tasting room set the stage We were the only ones there for about 45 minutes-just the way we like it. We asked all the questions we wanted without worrying about monopolizing the server. We are bold red drinkers, but left with a Gruner Veltliner, a Rose of Temperanillo, and an estimate Pinot Noir with a promise (to ourselves) to return. Do yourselves a favor and visit this winery! We are glad we did.
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December 30, 2020RonSonomaCounty
Great Bisit
Absolutely great Syrah Port. I’m drinking my last very small glass this evening, a year after opening it. Highly recommended.
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May 2, 2019Debra26
Lovely Setting
We enjoyed our visit to Chateau Lorane. The server was very nice and offered to open any wines we requested. Tastings were inexpensive. (I believe they were $3 for 3 tastes or $5 for 6 tastes.) The tasting room overlooks a pretty lake and there is also a separate party venue.
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June 1, 2017Sarahfi
Gorgeous winery-one of the prettiest! Bad customer relations...
I would have provided pictures, but I didn't get a chance to take any before we were rudely shooed from the property. This winery is one of the prettiest in our area. It has a private lake and is surrounded by trees and greenery. Breathtaking. We happened by over Memorial Day weekend and, since the gate was still open, we thought they might be open later in the evening because of the holiday (it was about 7:30). We drove down to the parking area and were eyed suspiciously by the staff who were there. Noting that no one was still at the event, we left, but stopped on the way out to get a view of the lake. We were there for less than 5 minutes and had gotten out for a quick stroll to the lake side to take pictures. Within moments, a man in a truck was driving quickly down the road we had just turned off of, stopped where we had our car parked, got out and asked us, "What are you doing?" We replied that we had stopped in because we thought their Memorial Day event was still happening and then stopped by the lake on the way out because it was so pretty. The man replied by saying that the property was "not for just anyone to walk around on" and we needed to leave. My husband apologized and again stated that we thought the MD event was still going on because the gate was open (the one that said no trespassing if the gate was CLOSED and that all visitors were by appt only). The man said that it stated VERY CLEARLY on the signs that it was by appt only. We left without more interaction with this rude individual other than to experience his reversal in attitude to invite us to come back the next day when they were open again. Not a chance, we thought, but we thanked him and went on our way. We felt that it was highly inappropriate to treat potential customers this way, particularly when they were having a large, weekend-long event where presumably "just anyone" could come and probably without an appt. Some courtesy to let us know that they were closed for the day and to extend the invite for the next day would have been enough to get us to come back and to continue to consider them for an event for which we are still in need of a venue. Won't happen now. At least there are a lot of other stellar wineries in the area and with far less rude staff. Even King Estate, the most "hoity-toity" of the wineries in the area, knows how to politely tell customers they are closed and to please return again during open hours.