Seal Beach Winery

Very awesome place. All the wines were surprisingly good and the staff were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

So earlier this year we found this little gem through a Groupon deal. We decided to try it and we’re so glad we did! Marisol is a great sommelier & she, and the staff, will always make you feel welcome. The wines are all made in the Santa Barbara county region and they are always coming up with new wines. We ended up becoming wine club members by the end of our Groupon experience, which includes unlimited wine tastings for 2. We now go about once a month and will probably re-​up our membership to the premium when our introductory membership lapses.
This was a great find!

do yourself a favor and go check out this cute little winery. great service, delicious wine and chill setting. their membership options are affordable and come with some great perks. you can’t see the winery from the street because it’s inside of a business park. come on around the back and you’ll see it in the corner.

Due to scheduling conflicts with two groups of friends, I came here on two different occasions for wine tastings. The first time I came here, I was disappointed to find that this place is located in an area that looks like office buildings in Los Alamitos, about a 15 minute drive from Seal Beach. I’m not quite sure how it has the name Seal Beach Winery, when it’s not in Seal Beach and it’s not a winery. I think tasting room would be a more appropriate name for this place. The first time I came, they stuck our group of 6 in the back room which looks like a storage room/​gift shop. We weren’t particularly thrilled by the wines, although some were better than others. The growler concept seemed odd to us for wine, and the wine served from the growlers were not our favorites. Our server was very nice and friendly, but she accidentally spilled red wine on one of us when she tried carrying multiple wine glasses that still had a bit of wine in them, but she did bring by a spray that pretty much zapped the wine off, which was pretty cool. We felt like we were on an infomercial for that wine spray zapper thing. Second time I came, I had much lower expectations and we were seated in their tasting room, which has a much better ambiance than the storage room. Our server was also very nice during this second visit.
They also have little bottles of water and chocolates that you can grab on your way out, which is definitely a plus. The front of this place and tasting room definitely has a neighborhood bar kinda feel with friendly staff. It’s just such an odd location!
I don’t plan to come back here, but it was a good experience and a nice opportunity to hangout with friends.

Never knew about this place until I got a groupon for it. I really love tasting wine and glad to have a place not too far from me. The people working were very friendly and I really liked the wines. I bought a bottle that tasted like coconut! Super yummy! I highly recommend making a visit.

Great place. Really helpful too.

We visited via groupon a few weeks ago, just remembered I’d never given them a review.
Note that if you have a groupon, you *are* supposed to make a reservation, which they always say, but rarely really mean. In this case, there’s a good reason: their tasting room has room for like 4 guests at a time — it’s quite cozy. Luckily, one of the two groups that had made a reservation didn’t show up, so we snuck in anyway.
We did try a number of wines. All of them were good — none of them were crazy amazing, but none of them were bad, either. I was pretty tempted to get a bottle of their sauv blanc, but we have so much wine already, so I didn’t. Might sometime, though, if our cabinet ever starts to run out of good whites.
The gal at the tasting room was definitely friendly, fun, and knowledgeable. I’d totally visit them again later to see what they’re up to.
I can’t give them 5 stars, though, because nowhere in the groupon did it say «you get a bottle of wine, but they get to pick what bottle it is». I had assumed we’d have a tasting, then pick the wine we liked the most from that tasting and get a growler of that. Turned out we had a tasting, then they gave us a growler of pinot noir (not a huge fan, and it wasn’t even on the tasting, it was one they were trying to get rid of.) Might not have bothered with the groupon if we’d known that.
Still a fun place, though. (But get your GPS out, because it is basically impossible to find.)

I would have liked to give Seal Beach Winery a better review because the staff is so friendly and the location so close to home but unfortunately I have had too many bottles of bad wine to do that. I joined the wine club after a friend recommended them however I just dumped 3 bottles in the last week because they were so bad. A month ago I actually returned two bottles, one had gritty crystals on the cork and the other one tasted like grape juice. The
pinot grigio smelled like sulfur and the Roussane was terrible. The two bottles I poured down the sink tonight were the Pino Noir Edna Valley 2009 and the Pino Noir Babcick Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills 2010. I have done wine tastings and have had a couple of decent pours but for the most part the bottles I received from the wine club were absolutely horrible.

If I could give them more stars I would!
This little hidden gem is awesome… they have mastered the whole superior customer service experience and made this place so appealing and comforting for those who dare to venture off and try something new. First off, I was never an avid wine drinker, I normally stuck to whiskey and beers. BUT, after trying this place with the Mrs, we were sold. We joined their wine club, we bought several bottles of wine to take home with us, and we enjoyed sipping their exclusive wine selections and munching on their meat, cheese, and fruit platter. From the moment we entered to the final sip from our wine glasses, we had an amazing time. The employees and manager greeted us with arms wide open, they enlightened us on their different wines, took us on a mini tour of the place, and gave us a brief history on this winery. I support local businesses, and this one just earned a new supporter. You must try out their wine tasting option, it won’t disappoint.
Thanks for revolutionizing my life Seal Beach Winery. You guys rock!

Excellent experience. Super friendly and knowledgeable. GREAT wine. Jose took really good care of us. We will be back!

My bf & I came here after purchasing the groupon. …We were a bit confused finding the place, since it is in a little business district. Once we found it though, it was pretty lowkey & amazing!
We were greeted right away by the nice bartender. He was very knowledgable and friendly, and told us we had a choice of (6) wines each. They were all fabulous and the bottles for purchase were very reasonably purchased. Definitely a cute little date spot!

Very knowledgable and Friendly staff, nice variety of wines. Lots of Pinot Noirs. My favorite was the Cab Sav from Sunbelt Vimeyard.
Good place to meet a few friends for wine tasting.

First off, I’m still new to the wine game and I’m still learning to differentiate all the flavor notes.
The owners and servers are very informational, will give recommendations, and Super Friendly.
I gave this place a try through Groupon but I’d definitely would stop by after trying it out.

Although I really like Seal Beach Winery, I do have to ding them for their special events.
First, let me say the wine is really good, well-​priced, and I love the growler program. The staff have always been friendly and knowledgeable about the wines. The winery is cute and cozy. We are members and will continue to visit and purchase wines at Seal Beach.
The special events though — not working for us.
There must be something I’m missing. If we come at any other time, as members we can each get 6 free tastings. However, for the last event, we paid $ 20 for 4 tastings and access to some store bought snacks. Huh? We werent quite sure why we went. I guess we were expecting better food and/​or bigger pours. The pours were meager, barely a single swallow. Someone else on Unilocal complained about that too.
Bottom line is that we will continue to shop at Seal Beach, but we do not plan on attending any other special functions. Hopefully they will get a better handle on the events in the future.

The place very nice and lovely, the staff so friendly, and off course the wine is really good. You get taste 6 for $ 15
Tip: check in, and you will get free logo wine bottle stopper.

Hidden lite place that I never would have found without them offering a groupon! Went on a Thursday night. Not sure how the prices are as used friends groupon but got the cheese and fruit platter for $ 10. It was larger than what other wineries serve so that was nice! Friendly staff and love the Unilocal free wine stopper! I will need to go back again!

Ok so im not into a wine at all. LIke on a scale of 1 to 10 i wasn’t on the scale. That all turned around with the help of Michael and his staff. I believe her name is amber. I took my GF here based on a groupon deal for wine tasting. If you’re into wine, curious about wine, or want to earn brownie points with your lady friend, you must visit this place. It is one of the absolute best customer service ever!
We made it clear to the staff that i have no idea what i am doing here other than being open minded and adventurous. My GF made it cl;ear to the staff that she drinks wine but has no idea about the differences.
We had a 6 flight taste testing groupon. They asked us after each drink what we thought about it, how we would feel about this or that and on came the next wine based on their knowledge and our feedback. Between the both of us we plan on sending her parents here since they are big into wine. My sister since she wants to get into wine.
We spent about 2 hours here and the time just flew. We spent the time talking about the wine, the excellent service, work, etc. It was just a good time all together. Other customers came in and had the same exact experience we did. These customer are pros at wine and regulars at the winery. They never treated us any different from them.
We even shopped at their gift shop (great prices by the way. Check it out) We walked out with a bottle of Pinot noir! we plan on coming back. I am actually on the wine scale because of the outstanding customer service, the excellent set up of groupon, the affordable prices.

When I’m writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences — E. L. Doctorow
And the only way out of a winery is to drink the wines :) So finding myself trapped in the Seal Beach Winery like Jesse Pinkman shackled in the meth lab I proceeded to drink my way to escape. With a friend for protection on the way to the airport, we had a Living Social deal that gave us a combined 12 tastes. Ordering a cheese plate as well endowed as Sofia Vergara, we went through their almost 20 wine listing like as choosy as a Wal-​Mart shopper perusing a new shipment of mumu’s.
Taking a break from the lame metaphors, the Seal Beach Winery was established in 2009 by Michael Dawson, a well-​respected radiologist, who guess what, we met him and he doesn’t glow. They specialize primarily in wines from Santa Barbara County so you do not have to worry that you are drinking wines from a Seal Beach AVA. No seals were harmed in the making of these wines.
Our guide for this tasting was their tasting room manager Marysol and she was very cool, outgoing, knowledgeable and wanted us to be honest with what we liked/​disliked. The Winery’s wines are balanced and food friendly and also with very good price points too! some feedback based on my hazy, lazy notes: I preferred the stainless steel viognier over the barrel fermented, the 2006 Paso Cab rocked over the 2008 (sorry but the 2006 is only offered via restraurant sales), the 2009 Grenache from Aliso Vineyard was fantastic and I enjoyed the white rhones like the Tosca’s Blend (Grenache Blanc/​Roussane) as well as the Santa Rita Hills pinots.
Marysol, being a bit of a Betty talked me in to the wine club so that the 6 pack I ordered came out to under $ 120.00 which that cost included my cheese plate, glass of Paso 2006 cab wine (hey, the 12 tastes plus extras were shared), free bottle topper with Unilocal check in and a partridge in a pear tree.
The winery is hard to find in an industrial park where you expect to find a Los Pollos Hermanos truck making a delivery but you will be glad you made the journey. An excellent find that illustrates how businesses can use Groupon/​Living Social wisely.
UPDATE! One of my 8 readers, Chris D, asked if this was appointment only. They are open Friday-​Sunday, no appointment necessary. They are also currently running a Unilocal deal too as well as occasionally running deals on Living Social/​Amazon Local.
Highly recommended!

Came here for «a Summer Affair» event. They served 6 wines plus a bonus Cabernet and food. They also had tastings of olive oil and chocolate. It was a nice event.
I liked the Pinot Noir, the Syrah, and the Cabernet. I was also surprised by the Grenache Blanc and the Viognier (which was stainless steel aged).
I is a nice little winery with nice people. Can’t ask for more…

Came her for a mother’s day event.
Staff were very friendly and welcoming.
Tried out a few wines and fell in love with their variety of cheeses.
What I like is that it’s a small business. The owners are there, ready to help you with choosingselect the best wine for you. You may also join their membership, and receive two wines a month. Marysol is very knowledgeable with the pairings and flavors of the wine. I can’t wait for the business to succeed further more!