Idle Hour Tasting Room

IH Tasting Room will be open 1-5 Saturday! Come to the village and enjoy wine tasting again! We will be following social distancing and sanitation protocols and look forward to seeing you again!

Sometimes as we taste wines, we may have a certain expectation about the variety or style of wine. For this tasting, we will brown bag the wine and taste and guess! Who knows what wines will be in the bags! Join in the fun with us!

Virtual Wine Trivia & Tasting. Friday. 6 PM We will talk and taste and ask all the wine trivia questions we can! Prizes will be awarded to the winners! Join us tonight! #virtualwinetasting #winetrivia #maderacountry #oakhurst #quarantine #quarantinelife

It’s time to get ready for Summer so we will fire up the bbq and talk about the savory reasons why wine pairs so well. Pick up a bottle tomorrow and bbq virtually with us! I’ll even give you a few ideas on what to prepare! #MadeWithRipl via ripl.com

Join us tomorrow evening for our 8th Virtual Wine Tasting! We will talk about our expectations for the next normal for Idle Hour and the Queen’s Inn with a sneak special release of our first Rosè of Cab Franc! Bottles are available! #MadeWithRipl via ripl.com

Join me as we talk Sauvignon Blanc and taste our own plus Justin Winery’s JNSQ from Paso, Elizabeth Spencer’s from Mendocino and Northern Italy’s Winkl. Call me tomorrow if you want to pick up any of these to sample with us! 559-760-9090 #MadeWithRipl via ripl.com

Many of you have asked how the Queen's Inn and Idle Hour Winery & Kitchen are doing during this Coronavirus shutdown. We are so appreciative of your continued support. It means the world to us. We have decided to offer a limited number of gift certificates for stays at Queen's Inn over the next 12 months! With up to 25% in savings depending on room type, length of stay and season. We have created a new online store to offer a reduced price for you to enjoy our king rooms, kin...g suite and our cabins, plus Sunday brunch and private wine tastings. The certificates quantities are limited and will be sold first come, first served. We realize that many of you enjoy coming up for live music or winery events. Feel free to combine certificates or buy in multiples if you prefer other options than those presented. We have removed our two night minimum requirements for the high season and are offering all available dates for use with these gift certificates throughout April 2021. We know many of you enjoy our Summer Music Series and we hope to be able to welcome our favorite musicians back to the wine bar this Summer when we are able to reopen. We will do everything necessary and take precautions to maintain a safe and comfortable place at Queen's Inn and Idle Hour Winery for our guests once the shelter in place is lifted. We look forward to spending time with you all when we can share our beautiful property again. Warm Regards, Anna Marie & Deb and the Queen's Inn and Idle Hour Winery & Kitchen staff CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR GIFT CERTIFICATES https://idle-hour-winery-kitchen.square.site

Join us Friday for our #virtualwinetasting as we delve into Petit Verdot and some other unusual red varieties I cannot live without. Open a bottle of IH Petit Verdot or grab one you consider unusual and we can talk about them #virtually #MadeWithRipl via ripl.com

Annette will be in our CV Tasting Room for wine pickup today from 1-4 pm.

Join me for an Idle Hour Happy Hour this Friday for our second #virtualwinetasting on @idlehourwine and live on our Facebook page. Open a bottle of our #CabernetFranc if you have one on hand as I talk about this pivotal Idle Hour wine. #MadeWithRipl via ripl.com

If you are on the Central Coast tomorrow, stop by our tasting room in Carmel Valley and hear local Rose Merrill play 2-5 pm! We will be pouring our new releases!