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Opus One

Wineries / Breweries, Oakville

User Rating: * 1.2

Fodor's Review:

The combined venture of California wine maker Robert Mondavi and the late French baron Philippe de Rothschild, Opus One produces only one ultrapremium wine: a big, inky Bordeaux blend. The winery's futuristic limestone-clad building seems to push itself out of the earth. The tour focuses on the costs of producing this renowned wine; you might find this emphasis a bit stuffy and pretentious. The facilities, though, are undoubtedly impressive, with gilded mirrors, exotic orchids, and a large semicircular cellar modeled on the Château Mouton Rothschild winery in France. Equally memorable is the wine-tasting that comes at the end.

Member Reviews & Ratings:

Spooky and stuffy

Posted by Carol from Riverside, CA on 2/10/06

This was the strangest winery I have ever visited. The staff is very unfriendly and the place is just eery. The wine is great, but there is not much to see here.

EXPERIENCE: 1.0

EASE: 1.0

VALUE: 2.0

DON'T MISS: 1.0

RATING: 1.2