Great wines sipped in a great space – these are the elements that combine to make a top-notch tasting room. For the past month, USA TODAY and 10Best readers have been voting daily for their favorite American tasting rooms from a pool of nominees chosen by a panel of wine travel experts.
The top 10 winners in the category Best Tasting Room are as follows:
- Early Mountain Vineyards - Madison, Va.
- Stoller Family Estate - Dayton, Ore.
- Alexandria Nicole Cellars - Paterson, Wash.
- Hedges Family Estate - Benton City, Wash.
- Paradise Ridge Winery - Santa Rosa, Calif.
- Dry Creek Vineyard - Healdsburg, Calif.
- LXV Wine - Paso Robles, Calif.
- Fairsing Vineyard - Yamhill, Ore.
- Municipal Winemakers - Santa Barbara, Calif.
- Bluxome Street Winery - San Francisco
A panel of experts partnered with 10Best editors to picked the initial 20 nominees, and the top 10 winners were determined by popular vote. Experts Jill Barth (L’occasion), Jil Child (Wine Tours of the World) and Logan Lee (Wine Awesomeness) were chosen based on their extensive knowledge of U.S. wineries and wine travel.
Other nominated tasting rooms included those at Artesa Winery, Banshee Wines, Beaux Frères, Brooklyn Oenology, Caraccioli Cellars, Charles Smith Wines, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Miner's Leap Winery, Ravines Wine Cellars and Swanson Vineyards.
Congratulations to all ten of our beautiful winning tasting rooms.
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The Experts
Jill Barth
Jill Barth is a contributor for Forbes digital and... Read More
Jill Barth is a contributor for Forbes digital and USA Today 10Best. She’s also a Provence Wine Master Level through the Wine Scholar Guild, a Symposium for Professional Wine Writers Fellow and the founder and author of the award-winning blog, L'Occasion.
Jill Barth

Jill Barth is a contributor for Forbes digital and USA Today 10Best. She’s also a Provence Wine Master Level through the Wine Scholar Guild, a Symposium for Professional Wine Writers Fellow and the founder and author of the award-winning blog, L'Occasion.
Jil Child
Jil earned a B.A. in Economics, with an emphasis... Read More
Jil earned a B.A. in Economics, with an emphasis in business wine, from Sonoma State University and is a certified Sommelier. She is a partner and co-owner of Wine Tours of the World, a full service global wine tour company specializing in custom wine vacations. She has worked with and consulted with wineries and is an expert in many different positions including sales, distribution, education, events and private wine tasting tours. She teaches Tasting Room Management at Sonoma State University and is a professional wine judge for various wine competitions throughout the U.S.
Jil Child

Jil earned a B.A. in Economics, with an emphasis in business wine, from Sonoma State University and is a certified Sommelier. She is a partner and co-owner of Wine Tours of the World, a full service global wine tour company specializing in custom wine vacations. She has worked with and consulted with wineries and is an expert in many different positions including sales, distribution, education, events and private wine tasting tours. She teaches Tasting Room Management at Sonoma State University and is a professional wine judge for various wine competitions throughout the U.S.
Logan Lee
Several years ago, Logan noticed that there was no... Read More
Several years ago, Logan noticed that there was no Wine Awesomeness in the world, and he didn’t like that one bit. After founding the company Trans-Personnel, Logan’s entrepreneurial spirit convinced him to do more founding... this time with a healthy dose of wine, music, food and the good life. Now, Logan ensures that the levels of wine and awesomeness in the atmosphere remain high as ever by fearlessly leading WA’s troops into the vinogalaxy.
Logan Lee

Several years ago, Logan noticed that there was no Wine Awesomeness in the world, and he didn’t like that one bit. After founding the company Trans-Personnel, Logan’s entrepreneurial spirit convinced him to do more founding... this time with a healthy dose of wine, music, food and the good life. Now, Logan ensures that the levels of wine and awesomeness in the atmosphere remain high as ever by fearlessly leading WA’s troops into the vinogalaxy.