Florida Winery at John’s Pass

Great wine& now cheese.. oh yeah! … we are being fancy today lol… definitely worth a nice day people watching

This is an interesting place in the Tampa-St.Pete area that I was introduced to several years back and was able to return on a recent vacation. It’s just a neat little place.
They have a decent wine selection and can boast several award-​winning brands; all of which can be sampled in-​shop. This wine can be taken by itself, in a frozen smoothie-​esc style, and even as wine infused ice cream! There is a seating area outside you can use to enjoy your new beverage, or it can be packed up for transport.
That’s not all they offer though, as there are plenty of spices, recipes, candies, rum cakes, and even a hot sauce bar guests can sample from for a different experience.
I’ll say for me that I will always make time in Tampa for at least one visit to the Florida Winery!

Hidden gem! This winery has lots more to offer than just your standard wines! They offer several unique fruit based wines that are fantastic. Go on in and sample as many as you would like. The wine slushies are a great treat on a hot day and something different! Not only can you find unique wine but the shop is stocked with cool souvenirs and many unique dips and sauces from local vendors. Don’t pass by this shop without stopping in!

We were too hot to wine taste, but this store is packed with cute wine gear, and we could not resist some goodies. Some were things I have been looking for for years, like the mylar disk pourers. There is a cute bar for tasting along the side of the store, and I saw people sitting out front enjoying something. Come here for gifts for your oenophile friends.
I love browsing touristy beach shops, despite my lack of need for any more stuff. So it was nice to see a wine store among them. Very friendly area.

I had passed Florida Winery many times in the past but had not actually sampled any of their wines or drinks. Last night was different when I tried one of their frosted drinks, the mango flavored one. It was delicious and only had 5% alcohol. The best part was that they had a buy one, get one free special, which made getting one of these drinks even more appealing and affordable.
Consequently, I would definitely recommend the Florida Winery.

We are far from being wine experts and don’t care for wine much at all, but, we wish we had gone there earlier in the week. We had fun tasting the wines and it was more for touristy reasons we wanted local wines. We bought the Orange and the Blueberry. We liked the Blueberry the best. I wish we could have enjoyed more during the week. The girl was very friendly and helpful. They do ship wines so may order for the Holidays.

A lot of interesting and creative wines… The pomengranite and key lime are my favorites! Too bad they wont let you bring bottles on airplanes anymore or I would have brought ALOT home with me

I can only vouch for the strawberry-​mango wine freeze but it was delicious. 24oz cup for $ 5 — not a bad deal.
I split one with my husband and I wish I had gotten my own!

If you’re looking for a place with local flavor and a variety of shopping that screams Florida, look no further. Florida Winery has its own unique line of wines and snacks and shopping not only for tourist, but the locals as well. From wine sampling to to homemade gifts to cigars to appetizers for parties, this place is one of the must stops at John’s Pass.

Although I’m always one to support Florida wine, this friendly place is a bit too sweet for me. Cute little girly wines, but not too sure I could find say, a Merlot with some backbone here. Should probably warn this is not for serious wine tasters. This is just for fun. Regardless the staff is eager to have you taste until you find something you fall in love with, and I still walked out with some bottles for gifts. They have a variety of offerings. Ingenious to have Wine Slush at a beach setting, what a cool treat. This shop should be a stop on anyone’s Madeira Beach itinerary, and loitering is encouraged.

very nice wine tasting and cute lil area! I really enjoyed the white wines sweet and interesting flavors

Very cool little winery/​Florida tourist trinkets shop. This winery sits along a walkway with a ton of tourist gift shops, so it’s really easy to pass this spot up if you’re not aware of the vino gems they have inside. What I didn’t personally know for a long time was that they make their own wine and sell it here. And what makes it special is the variety of different fruits they use to do so. Oranges, cherries, mangos, you name it and they probably got it. I won’t say it’s the best place to get some wine, but I will say I always grab a bottle when I’m in Madeira. I just wouldn’t drive out there specifically for their wine.
I suggest their red sangria and the Blache, which is a Black Cherry wine. It has a nice balance of sweet and dry, which works out perfect for me and the chica!

I was here last weekend with some friends who were buying cigars. They hae a huge cigar selection. I was more interested in the wine so they found me over by the sample bar :) The white sangria is my fav! $ 20 a bottle and its right down the street. I liked it here, the people were very friendly and educated about wine & cigars.

Pretty good Wine Slush. Great Florida Wine.
Pretty good Wine Slush. Great Florida Wine.

These people replaced the Florida Orange Growers wine outlet (wines made from non-​grapes) with a more traditional wine outlet (wines about $ 20/​bottle). They provide a wine tasting bar, also sell beers, hot sauces related products. They have placed adirondack chairs on the sidewalk and sell sixes of craft beer by the bucket. I rated them lower for a couple reasons. I think they’re catering too hard to public drinking rather than fine wine tasting. They very rarely offer help/​welcome the customer. The chips and hot sauces that are out for tasting look dingy/​dirty. They «knock» the former wine store (and fruit wines) which I loved. I do love the $ 5-​$ 6 dipped caramel & nutty apples they sell near the back.