Castello di Amorosa
Castello di Amorosa
4.5
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
This medieval Tuscan castle and winery stands out in Napa Valley as one of its most unusual buildings. At this gorgeous location on the hillside above Calistoga, you can explore the castle's Grand Barrel Room, chapel, and Great Hall, and more curious rooms like the Torture Chamber and dungeon. Pick from a variety of tasting tours to sample some of their award-winning wines, paired with charcuterie, cheeses, and chocolate. The best time to visit is from August through October to catch Napa’s harvest season—it gets busy so make your reservations early to secure your slot. – Tripadvisor
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  • jayne
    6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful place
    This is a must-see if this is your first time visiting. We did the seated tasting with the chocolate and charcuterie! I highly recommend this to enhance your experience. We each received generous pours of our 5 tastings, and there are so many options to choose from! After our tasting we were free to wander around the castle. On our way out don't forget to visit the animals including the famous Giacomo!
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 29 March 2023
  • Diane P
    Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom41 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Deborah was great
    The castle was ok it was a real tourist attraction, not for me a typical wine tasting experience, I am used to. However Deborah made it fun and a really lovely experience. I have to say all the wines we tasted were delightful and I would highly recommend the wines they produce.
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 5 April 2023
  • Final_knight
    Miami, Florida219 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful castle
    This was the first winery we visited and it is beautiful. I love castles and medieval stuff so I am really glad we went. We did the diamond estate guided tour by Natalia, which was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. The only thing I didn’t care much for were the actual wines… none could hold a candle to the Jarvis ones we tasted.
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 29 April 2023
  • offthemainroadtravels
    212 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great winery in the heart of Napa
    The architectural brilliance of mid-evil Europe along with the history is a fascinating time period that holds great interest to me. When there is a winery with a castle that represents the time period I am immediately drawn to it for the look on the outside and inside with the feel for it on the inside. At Castello di Amorosa venturing into the tasting room I feel like this is how it was back in those times. A dark, dimly lit, with a dank like quality just feels special to me. Their wines match the quality and effort put into the castle with quality and care you would expect upon seeing the winery at the bottom of the hill. Their rosé had this light pomegranate raspberry flavor while the zinfandel had complex notes of black current fruit. Their Merlot was an amazing flavor with its notes of cherry, chocolate, and wood from the barrels. Finally the Riesling had excellent notes of peach and apricot flavors finishing nicely with a sweet mixture of both. Parts of Castello di Amorosa were destroyed in the California wild fires of 2020 but the castle remains in tact. As of this writing they are determined to forge ahead and rebuild was lost. If you are in the area you should give them a try as the great wine combined with the castle structure offers a one of a kind wine tasting experience. Kids are welcomed if accompanied by some 21 or over. $$-$$$
    Visited June 2022
    Written 20 May 2023
  • SLPmom
    Oxnard, California78 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A Step Back in Time
    What a fun experience! Felt like we were in a different time and country! We did a tasting with Cyndi and she was so attentive and great at making recommendations based on our tastes. We were celebrating my daughter’s 21st birthday and she made her feel extra special.
    Visited May 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 21 May 2023
  • antnee65
    Salvador, BA11 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great wines! Besides the Castle Hype
    I had read some reviews that were negative. Some calling it 'A Disneyland Atmoshere' But the wines we were served for the basic Seated Tasting were all very good to Great!! We visited several other traditional wineries that served lesser quality wines for their basic tastings! We did not feel rushed either (We were there on a Friday)
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 30 May 2023
  • TravelJohn092
    Phoenix, Arizona327 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Castello di Amorosa, what an Experience this was, Amazing!!
    While visiting Napa Valley, we made a reservation for this Castle and it was Amazing. Once the tour guide (Christopher) took us all over the Castle, he took us to the Gift shop and for our scheduled tastings of their wines, WOW!! The tasting in the gift shop is the end of the tour but shop all you want, we had several bottles mailed to our home. You can't go wrong getting this tour, seeing the towers, catapalt, barrels galore, dungeon, more barrels, bottles and more barrels.....I spent time in Sicily and this reminded me of their castles. The Views of the surrounding valley is Amazing....
    Visited June 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 5 July 2023
  • Nicole
    Tampa, Florida9 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Must do!
    We had a great time on our wine tour with Jose. He was very knowledgeable, easy to talk to. He was able to recommend places to eat around town. The castle was terrific, and being able to walk around was great. Their wine is very good as well. Was our first winery in Napa and did not disappoint and set the bar high!
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 7 July 2023
  • Melissa L
    Cranston, Rhode Island3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A castle in Cali?!?
    This was the first vineyard we visited on our recent trip to Napa and it did NOT disappoint. We did the self guided tour and tasting since we had a car service and were tight on time. The wines were amazing, we got to pick which we each wanted to try and the grounds and castle were really something special. If you don’t do a guided tour, still go and check out the view from the towers, amazing! Enrico was our host and he was wonderful! Would definitely visit again!
    Visited June 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 10 July 2023
  • Andrea G
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Winery with children!
    We visited with our two children (12 and 9 year olds). What a great experience! Our host, Rusty, was phenomenal. Knowledgeable, kind, funny and truly catered to us AND our children. Would go for another tasting without hesitation.
    Visited August 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 23 August 2023
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WakefulDreams
New Jersey97 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Friends
Had a great tour and tasting of the vineyard. My favorite part was the cellars and all the rooms that store wine. It’s huge down there. It does get crowded but it was nice for both the view and the wine tasting. Knowing that you’re not going to an intimate tasting allowed me to enjoy the tour for what it was. Didn’t love the wines but that was a personal thing. Overall a fun experience.
Written 15 March 2024
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kzogger
Chicago, IL605 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Friends
Super busy place, so crowded! Fun place to visit, interesting rooms in the maze of the basement with armor, torture chairs and devices, etc. Guide was great, knowledgeable and very sweet. Wines were okay, but again, very nice ambience in the tasting room (some ants, though). Nice place to visit if you're not an oenophile. My favorite part was...all the cute animals on the grounds! Hens, roosters, sheep, ostriches, oh my!
Written 6 March 2024
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Jyss
Saint Paul, MN597 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Friends
My mom and I stopped here. Cool grounds great view of the area. Castle is neat. There were chickens around the property.we were a little early for our reservation, but that was not a problem. Like all of the area, it's expensive side for tasting. The ambiance is nice in the tasting room at one of the lower levels. There is no cell service for us there. Staff was friendly and helpful. For some reason, my mom always got larger pours than me. We bought a few bottles including one of the discount wines in the gift shop.
Written 3 March 2024
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Tintu S
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Family
Extremely unhappy with the customer service. Website showed they close at 6pm. Their online booking system clearly had a problem in booking wine tours, gave an error for any day or time we book. I tried calling their customer service who did not answer any calls when they were clearly open. After driving 2 hours with little kids and senior family members, all the way to Napa just to visit this winery, we reached at 5:05pm. Their website still showed tour at 5:16pm.
Explained to the staff on their website issue,even showed them the website bug which took us 20 mins to explain. Requested for permission to do just wine tasting and taking pictures around the castle. They refused to let us in stating they were closed for wine tasting, when the website clearly showed open until 6pm. We were finally willing to choose option of buying a wine bottle just to be able to visit the wine pickup area close to the castle. I only wanted our family visiting from Florida for weekend to see the beautiful castle and taste wine which was optional. After a while of discussions, they say their store closed at 5:30pm while we were still inside their gate reception and in mid of this discussion for last 20 mins. They finally break this news that even going around the castle to take pictures is not possible now allthough their website showed close time as 6pm. We lost time standing their from 5:05 to 5:30pm explaining the problem with their website. now they were not allowing us to buy the wine as well. After all the effort, all they offered was an apology which was clearly frustrating when what we loose is time, energy and money driving all the way here with emotional frustration and disappoinement. Later we saw a board that stated they were closed for private event. Which is why I believe they were making an excuse not allowing people inside even though their website was not aware of this. They clearly did not feel responsibile to their system issues. Its frustrating specially this has been a place I have been many times, always took guests visiting california to see this castle. Never expected this poor customer service.
Written 2 March 2024
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rwheeler
Santa Clarita, CA728 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Business
I joined my husband on a work conference and this was the excursion the conference group too us on. Hands down an amazing experience. Upon arrival we were handed a glass of bubbly, and then a tasting for our tour of the castle. It’s amazing to think this castle was made in the 2000’. You feel as if you have been transported back in time to Europe. We were then treated to a fabulous tasting lunch experience in the Great Hall prepared by Tre Posti Catering. We then visited the great gift shop to bring souvenirs home from our memorable outing. If in the area again we will definitely be returning. Oh, and the wine is good too! Try their specialty sweet wine La Fantasia.
Written 17 February 2024
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Mobile34914074776
Oakland, CA1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Friends
The customer service was very disappointing. I’ve been a member and have spent over $3,000 in my short time at castello. I would expect to have decent customer support but unfortunately I was not treated very well by their phone support team.

During our tasting as well, the woman who was serving us gave an uncomfortable amount of attention to my husband (who mentioned feeling uncomfortable) while practically ignoring the rest of our group.

Please train your staff better. I don’t see myself or my family returning.
Written 15 February 2024
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misssval
Edmonton, Canada10 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
Amazing wine and the castle is breath taking! Family friendly which is rare in Napa. Kids had chocolate and enjoyed the mini farm and the castle. The Reds were all delicious, my fav was the IL Barone. Bought some to bring home and my friends also loved it.
Written 31 January 2024
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Kim W
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
It was so bad I had forgotten about the Castle until I just saw an episode of Man Fire Food about it. Our daughter bought my husband and I a special gift of wine tasting and food. There were 6 of us including 2 children. Basically our server did not know what my daughter had paid for and did not bring the food until we questioned it. He was obviously rushing us through. Before we could finish anything he was hovering. The guests next to us must have had the upgraded package as they had servers all over them. Seriously would not go back in peak season. It is a beautiful place and is possibly fabulous when it is not peak season. Our service was atrocious and could not recommend and will never go back.
Written 27 January 2024
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DDDWWWYYYSSS
4 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Friends
Not worth it ! Subpar wine. Mediocre at best. Don't waste your time here. We visited during our wine Napa trip. Initially went to a few beautiful wineries with superb experiences. We booked and prepaid our reservation for four of us, as required, due to illness only 3 of us were able to go. I found out this is non refundable per person. Thinking since we still filled the table they would work something out. So they wanted $65 for that. I asked their employees to shift the money over to a bottle of wine since our friend couldn't make it we would bring it over to his hotel room. They said no way. I was able to break through to a senior manager who understood and gave us a bottle but only after dealing with a cocky manager-boy who had a broken record response that unfortunately it's not possible...
Written 8 January 2024
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harpreet s
Calgary, Canada1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2024 • Family
Horrible… pathetic… should not waste your money.. the wine tasting is a joke… the Castle is good thought to visit. But you will not like to pay $60 for just visiting a Castle…I am going to ask for refund for the money spent… thieves they are!!!
Written 6 January 2024
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