点评:This was my favorite winery in west Michigan. Every fall we would plan a special trip to enjoy both Fenn Valley Wine and Modales, and buy wine from both to take home to stock up for the holidays. We stopped to Fenn Valley first, got a glass of very tasty cider, and bought our box of wine, and headed on to Modales. Modales seating was only half full inside, but if you were one of their wine club members, you were allowed to sit inside, if not, you had to sit outside in the hot sun, and use walk up service, which was fine. That was a surprise, not a member, then you get second class seating. Drank our wine and ate our very tasty crackers and spread, and went to leave and grabbed 6 bottles of $25-$35 bottles of wine to take home. Went up to the bar tender to buy, and was very surprised when they said they cant sell to me unless i join their wine club where you have to buy 18-36 bottles of wine a year or be charged $75. I was taken back, a business model that turns away a $200 sale, because i didn't sign up for the 18-36 bottle a year commitment club. This winery went from my first place winery to visit and enjoy to now i have no reason to ever return. It is a head scratcher for sure, but hey , i will fine some other wineries that will take my money, and will do business with me.
翻译:这是我在西密歇根最喜欢的酒庄。每年秋天,我们都会计划一次特别的旅行,去芬恩谷和莫代尔酒庄品鉴葡萄酒,并从两家酒庄买酒回家,为节日囤货。我们先去了芬恩谷,点了一杯非常美味的苹果酒,买了一箱葡萄酒,然后去了莫代尔酒庄。莫代尔酒庄的座位只有一半坐满,但如果你是他们葡萄酒俱乐部的会员,就可以坐在里面;如果不是,就只能坐在外面烈日下,而且要使用免排队服务,这倒也还好。令人惊讶的是,如果不是会员,你就只能坐在二等座。我们喝了酒,吃了美味的饼干和酱料,然后准备离开,买了6瓶25到35美元的葡萄酒带回家。我们走到酒吧招待那里想买,结果他们说除非我加入他们的葡萄酒俱乐部,否则他们不会卖给我,这让我很惊讶。在俱乐部里,你必须每年购买18到36瓶葡萄酒,否则要收取75美元的费用。我被这种商业模式吓了一跳,竟然因为没有加入每年18-36瓶的会员制,就拒绝了200美元的销售。这家酒庄从我第一个光顾和享用的酒庄,到现在我再也没有理由再去了。这确实让人摸不着头脑,不过,嘿,我会找到其他愿意接受我的钱并和我做生意的酒庄。