点评:This winery came highly recommended, and as big wine lovers, we were excited to book the Estate Tour & Tasting. The wine itself was excellent - hence the 3 stars - but the overall experience was pretty disappointing.
The guide focused obsessively on how much everything cost (the $60M building, six-figure sculptures, imported barrels), rather than offering any insight of substance. During the tasting, all three whites were poured at once despite the heat, and again, there was little discussion of the wines - he just repeated price points and kept reminding us of the 15% discount on some bottles. (Spoiler: we didn’t buy any, even though we would usually purchase several to take home!)
We’d hoped to enjoy a charcuterie plate and stay for a glass with the view, but were told there was no food left to purchase. Not sure if that’s typical but it seems wrong to close up the kitchen early when you have pre-booked tastings. We were offered 4 crackers “for free” and not even asked if we wanted to order wine. When we asked for local restaurant suggestions, our guide (a 5-year employee!) couldn’t name even one - and after asking a colleague, they came up with Boston Pizza. 😂💡
Overall, we felt a bit judged, undervalued and just disappointed that it was not what we expected.
We left hungry and a bit annoyed, but ended up having a fantastic tasting and dinner at Nk’Mip Cellars, where the service was much better.
Unless you’re here to admire the price tag of the place, I’d skip Phantom Creek and head to Nk’Mip instead.
翻译:这家酒庄备受推荐,作为葡萄酒爱好者,我们很兴奋地预订了酒庄之旅和品酒会。酒本身很棒——因此给了三星——但整体体验相当令人失望。
导游总是纠结于所有东西的价格(6000万美元的建筑、六位数的雕塑、进口酒桶),却没有提供任何实质性的见解。品酒会上,尽管天气炎热,三瓶白葡萄酒还是被一次性倒了,而且,他几乎没怎么讨论酒——只是重复价格,并不断提醒我们有些酒有15%的折扣。(剧透:我们什么也没买,虽然我们通常会买几瓶带回家!)
我们本来想享用一盘熟食拼盘,再留下来喝一杯,欣赏美景,但被告知没有剩余的食物可买。不知道这种情况是否很常见,但既然已经预订了品酒会,提前关门似乎不太合适。他们“免费”给了我们4块饼干,甚至都没问我们是否要点酒。我们问导游(他可是工作了5年!)有什么推荐的当地餐厅时,导游连一家都说不出来——后来问了一位同事,才推荐了波士顿披萨。😂💡
总的来说,我们感觉自己被人评头论足,被低估了,而且很失望,因为这里没有达到我们的预期。
我们饿着肚子离开,也有点恼火,但最终在Nk’Mip Cellars享受了一场美味的品尝和晚餐,那里的服务要好得多。
除非你是来欣赏这里物美价廉的,否则我建议你放弃Phantom Creek,直接去Nk’Mip。