Delivery
No
Payment
Credit Cards Accepted
Parking
Yes
Good for Kids
Attire
Alcohol
Beer and Wine
Reservations
No
Cuisines:
Wine Bar
Price Point
$$
$ - Cheap Eats (Under $10)
$$ - Moderate ($11-$25)
$$$ - Expensive ($25-$50)
$$$$ - Very Pricey (Over $50)
WiFi
No
Outdoor Seats
Yes
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07/22/2022 - MenuPix User
I decided to wait a few days before writing this review since the experience I had at Vinyard 2121 was so upsetting and I needed to really process what went down.
My spouse and I have been going to this winery for a few years now. Up until this point, it's been our go to and we've brought family and friends here whenever they come to visit. We recently started bringing our Golden Retriever so she can enjoy the people and the patio. This weekend, we brought two friends from out of town and their two children for their wood fired pizzas. As kids can be, they were excited about the music and wanted to wonder a bit. They got out of our sight and the male owner came up to us and asked that they be kept within arms reach. Totally acceptable. It's their property and we should have kept a better watch on them. My spouse stayed with the kids while they explored the property and got too close to what was described as "very sharp" rocks. Why "very sharp rocks" are left out in public is beyond me but we did have someone watching the kids at all times after we were warned. This is when things got really ugly and really public.
The male owner who was extremely intoxicated (similar experience described in other reviews) came over and herded us out of the winery. He didn't politely ask us to leave, he proceeded to berate us in front of the entire patio of guests. "Get out! You're done! You're not welcome here! Pack up your stuff and get out of here!" Once inside, he continued his antics; telling my friend that she clearly didn't read the child policy and yelling at one of the nice ladies behind the counter not to let any more kids in there. He also accused my friend of either bringing in outside alcohol or stealing drinks that we were not allowed to finish in her water bottle. It was such a pointless argument. My friend had to offer for him to smell the water before he dropped it. I wish that was all. He told my spouse and our friend that there were other wineries for people to go to "like us". My spouse and I are a liberal, married, gay couple. He also, for absolutely no reason at all, brought politics into this spectacle by suggesting that my friend "must have voted for Biden". It's really such a shame. This was, absolutely, our favorite place to go to since moving to the area. We left so sickened by this interaction that, not only will we never be coming back, but we'll do whatever we can to help people understand how terrible this owner is. We had brought our growler in with us to get refilled with their cherry cider. We were so angry and upset by how we were treated that my spouse returned the growler to the owner who was watching us from the main entrance until we left the premises. We were so disgusted by the way we were treated that we didn't want it in our house.
Look, I get that our friends' kids may have gotten out of line and they needed to do a better job at listening to us. We totally accept that but what I cannot accept is how terrible an owner could treat their guests, some who were loyal for years, and in front of everyone as though he enjoyed the show he was putting on for everyone. It became clear that he's designing a space that's only accommodating to people that he relates to, that share his same political and social views. When we left, the nice lady who checked us out quietly mouthed "I'm really sorry..." I've recently read that he fired a team member for Tweeting that this owner would not let her wear a BLM mask during the pandemic. If it was due to keeping politics out of the workplace, he proved tonight that this was not the case.
There are numerous reviews about how this owner has treated guests, most of them locals. He should not be a business owner. He doesn't know how to handle guests tactfully when something goes awry. He'd rather get drunk with his patron friends and bully guests who don't stand for what he stands for. He has a history of discrediting these reviews. We have witnesses that will prove him otherwise.
05/18/2021 - MenuPix User
Awsome food, great atmospher. The owner's dmdeb and Jeff are great. The wines and ciders are fantastic. Give it a try
03/20/2021 - MenuPix User
He should be fired, work is not a place to display your views for BLM.
09/12/2020 - MenuPix User
Vineyard 2121 hates black people. They fired a person of color because they wore a BLM mask to work. They then turned off reviews in Facebook to censor roughly 100 people and blocked everyone who said anything about what they did. People should know how horrible they treat others.
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