The Dancing Fox Winery and Bakery

I wasn't excited about this winery from the reviews but it was fantastic! The wines are great. We got our pours from the winemaker. We were going to pass on the Merlot and encouraged us not to do that. He was right. One of the best Merlots I have had in years! I had given Merlot up. We had the cheese plate and were stunned by how delicious the breads were. We found out the winemakers wife is as skilled with with grains as he is with grapes. Don't miss this one.

 4/4 4/4 (0 reviews)

Staff Knowledge & Friendliness  4/4

Amenities, Comfort & Cleanliness  4/4

Value  4/4

Wine Quality  4/4

First, let's rate Dancing Fox as a winery. We mostly like reds, so we concentrated on those. Interesting discussion about the wines with our server at the smallish tasting bar -- we had the owner serving us. I preferred the Zinfandel; my wife liked the Merlot. We bought both, and will have to get more next time we're in the area. Had the Merlot with dinner (interesting restaurant!) with bread. We'll be back!

 4/4 4/4 (0 reviews)

Staff Knowledge & Friendliness  4/4

Amenities, Comfort & Cleanliness  4/4

Value  4/4

Wine Quality  4/4

A great family run place with wonderful bread, food and wine. You feel like your in some european pub. The owners have refurbished an old brick building in downtown Lodi. I tried the wood fired pizza and loved it. My wife had the soup and sandwich combo, both were xlnt. After lunch went back to the wine bar and tasted some great wines, lots of varieties here. I loved the cab franc and zin the most. Don't miss this place when in Lodi.

 3.75/4 3.75/4 (0 reviews)

Staff Knowledge & Friendliness  4/4

Amenities, Comfort & Cleanliness  4/4

Value  3/4

Wine Quality  4/4

Dancing Fox has very enticing promotional material and we looked forward to visiting them for several months. We had hoped to have wine tasting and dinner on one of our nights in Lodi. Unfortunately the limited hours for the restaurant were not convenient for us, so we just went in for the wine tasting. The tasting room is around the corner and in the back. There is a small bar in a confined area. The server was friendly. There were not many wines to taste, however they did have a very sticky sweet cherry desert wine.

 2.5/4 2.5/4 (0 reviews)

Staff Knowledge & Friendliness  3/4

Amenities, Comfort & Cleanliness  2/4

Value  3/4

Wine Quality  2/4

Stingy pour on the tastings. We finished the tasting and were waiting for our daughter to finish her not so great pizza when I was offered another taste. My husband was about to buy a bottle (we felt they were really trying hard to sell something) when the owner walks up and says, "I thought you already finished your tasting". We left and won't be back. Nice decor. OK wine. Rude guy.

 2/4 2/4 (0 reviews)

Staff Knowledge & Friendliness  1/4

Amenities, Comfort & Cleanliness  3/4

Value  2/4

Wine Quality  2/4

We arrived at a not very crowded tasting counter and were ignored for 10 minutes so we left. The bakery looked great and we were looking forward to the wines but couldn't overcome the lack of hospitality. There were 2 seasoned pourers who were giving explanations to 6 other guests. Our party of 4 was simply ignored - not even a "be with you in a minute". I can really only honestly give a rating on 1 and 5 above - the other scores are only there to allow this review to post....

 1.75/4 1.75/4 (0 reviews)

Staff Knowledge & Friendliness  1/4

Amenities, Comfort & Cleanliness  2/4

Value  2/4

Wine Quality  2/4