Thorn Hill Vineyards Tasting Room

Fabulous wine! Best in Lake County. Shannon was a fabulous and informative host. Highly recommend Thorn Hill’s Cabernet Sauvignon. This winery is a must as all of the wines and the bubblies are outstanding.

Stopped at this lovely wine tasting vineyard. Beautiful area and lovely building. The wine is the best by far in Lower Lake. Shannon was exceptional and super informative on the wines and owner. I will be placing my order online once I get home. Thanks!!!

One of the Best wines I have had in USA amy Thorn the winemaker follows a Bordeaux style of wine it really feels like I am having a Glass of the wine in Bordeaux and not California a truly amazing experience they do events and have a hotel available for rent as well.

Beautiful building! Don’t care for the wine or the location (Clearlake is amazing, but this place is located on the highway far from the water). The staff was rather rude and seemed annoyed that we came in to taste wine. They mostly talked amongst themselves and we were the only customers in the place.

Genice is the PERFECT wine host. My husband and I wanted to try Thorn Hill again (after a too-​colorful experience our first time right after this tasting room opened) and were treated to a wonderful tasting.
The wine is actually made in Sonoma — something we didn’t realize until we got home with our purchases — which explains the cool reception this winery has received from the other Lake County wineries. (And the reason for four stars instead of five.) While there is nothing at all wrong with making the wine in one county and selling it in another, the winery itself — the owners — should communicate in all their POS literature that they are a Sonoma winery making lots of great wine with Lake County fruit. Lake County is doing a bang up job of growing grapes and when Thorn Hill starts to brag about it in their Lake County tasting room they are going to find the locals a whole lot more supportive.
That said, this winery is making a variety of tasty wines sourced from Sonoma, Napa and Lake Counties. Their sparkling wine is a rock star — absolutely ethereal and well-​priced. Their Lake County (sourced) Merlot is a keeper. i shied away from the good-​enough white wines with the «19.99» price tags. I vote with my dollars by not buying wine priced like that.
My professional recommendation to this winery would be to work on the transparency of messaging. They have a nice tasting room, Genice is fabulous! and they have good, well-​priced wines. Start bragging about the Lake County sourcing of some of the wines, drop the 99 cent none sense, and you’ll get more visitors to your tasting room for Genice to host!

Definitely worth a visit. We tasted everything form their sparkling to their dessert wines. We enjoyed them all. We also enjoyed talking with Shannon who was pouring. She was very knowledgable about the region. I recommend adding this tasting room to your visit to Lake County. A much more intimate experience than the Napa Valley. Many of the wines are on par too.

I highly recommend coming here. The Cabernet is simply amazing so is the Reisling. We walked out with three wines but we didn’t want to leave. The location is charming and the woman pouring was fantastic and very informative. You can tell she knows a lot about the products.

Jack Frost was an exceptionable clerk. He was very knowledgeable on the locale, grapes, and wine. The winery is very conducive to socializing and can accommodate a larger party. Very nice simple grounds and winery building, but beautiful.
I think the price point is right on for the area as well and free wine tasting. I bought a bottle of their port, wished I could afford the Cabernet as well, but I am a single mom and could not buy both.

I had the pleasure to visit the Lake County wineries this past Memorial weekend and had a wonderful time. The one winery that really impressed me was the new one called Thorn Hill Vineyards located on Highway 29 between Lower Lake and Kelseyville.
I really enjoyed their Cabernet Sauvignon they have a ’07 and a ’08 Lake County vintage that are to die for. They have one white wine a ’09 Chardonnay but they will release a Lake County Sauvignon Blanc and a Pinot Grigio soon. The staff is very wine knowledgeable and the tasting room is beautiful Thorn Hill Vineyards is a great addition to Lake County… a must see.