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Nehalem Bay Winery is one of the ten oldest wineries in Oregon with three generations of Oregonians producing Oregon Wine on the Coast since 1974. The winery produces traditional white and red wines, as well as unique sweet fruit wines.
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This was a nice older winery without the buzzer and bells. When we walked in there was a counter with plastic divider because of Covic. Tastings were $10 for 5 tastes. There were reds, whites and fruit wines. You picked what you wanted. The server was knowledgeable and friendly. The pours were extremely tiny. You couldn't get a true taste. Decent red wines, but we've had better. No place to sit inside.
I've been to lot of tastings and this has to be the worse. $10.00 for 5 tastes-The owner was talking about the second or third taste, he didn't pour enough wine for 1 taste. 1/2 oz- what a rip-
After a visit to Ecola State Park, my daughter, wife and I stopped by at Nehalem Bay for a tasting. I definitely approve of their policy. They charge $10 per person, but you can try as many of their wines as you like, and they will credit the tasting fee if you buy a bottle. There were probably 15-20 wines spread out between non-grape (fruit) sweet wines, along with some off-dry and dry reds and whites. I probably tried about seven or eight, and ended up buying a bottle of their off-dry Riesling, and their Honey Meade. We then each bought a glass and sat out on their grounds. The grounds are comfortable, and a little scenic. My daughter mentioned her boyfriend would have really liked visiting. Each glass was only $5. This was a really good way to spend an hour or two relaxing.
I appreciate the situation with COVID-19 but now basically they meet you at your car and offer sight unseen bottles of wine for sale at $20 and up a bottle. Very nice individual selling the wines but definitely not a winery or tasting operation
I really appreciate red wine and upon entering this winery I pretty much knew what I would be tasting and/or purchasing. On the counter were two distinctly different groups of wines. One that had the usual whites and reds and one group of fruit wines. Usually I avoid fruit wines, disliking the cloying sweet taste. For a modest fee, I anticipated trying only a few of the wines but all of the reds and whites were included! I did find a few reds I considered for purchase and then I learned that we would be tasting the fruit wines as well and I thought why not? I believe that the first I tried was an apple wine - crisp and clean and truly tasting of apple. Not overly sweet and very refreshing, so I continued tasting and I was pleasantly surprised to find only a couple that were too sugery and so I purchased four of those fine fruit wines! Something wonderfully different. Not to be overlooked was the server. He was full of information, humor, and suggestions about using/serving those fruit wines. I give him five stars. .