Armitage Wines

Great tasting room experience. Jeannie was wonderful. She provided lots of excellent information in a non-​pushy way. The wines were excellent. Very different style for Santa Cruz mountain wines, but also very good — reminded me of Russian River Pinot. Anyone who enjoys experimenting with different wine styles should check this place out. The tasting room is also a really lovely space.
Great to know that they are also open till 7:00 for glasses of wine.

Incredibly friendly pourers who welcome you like family. Armitage solely pours Pinots, including a Rose of Pinot, so it’s fun to horizontally taste from the various vineyards. Cheese, chocolate and cracker offerings accompany the wines. This is an Aptos gem.

The new Pinot of Rose is here! Such a refreshing wine. Got to enjoy a bottle last night. The tasting room is tucked into a little center right next to Starbucks in Aptos Village. Jeanne and Brandon are the most gracious and knowledgeable hosts — and community minded as well. So happy to have them as neighbors!

I am officially obsessed with this place! I went on a Saturday afternoon and they were featuring paintings by an incredible artist– Ben Rush– and the atmosphere was perfect. Everyone was so friendly and personable, and the environment was such that someone flying solo, as I was, could easily find someone to chat with. Brandon and Jeannie were perfect tasting hosts, full of information and simply wonderful to chat with. Jeannie was great in that she’d introduce me to others with a tidbit to foster conversation– this is a sign of an amazing host/​hostess!!! And the WINE! I couldn’t resist, I bought a bottle of every pinot Brandon was tasting because they were all delicious. This place is top-​notch and definitely worth a visit. You won’t regret it.

Wine tasting at its finest for Santa Cruz County!
Everything about Armitage Wines is high quality. Jeanie is absolutely lovely and knowledgeable about the wine. There are four wines I believe, and each one of them are off the charts. The price point is perfect for me.
This is so nice for us to have a true tasting room right here in Aptos.
I rented out Armitage about four months ago and invited about 50 people for no good reason what so ever. I just wanted to introduce some of my friends to this amazing little business. The party was a total hit and everyone purchased wine. You can’t leave without wine. Its that good!
Thank you Brandon! Thank you Jeanie!

So as you can see from reviews below the wine is great, the pino noir is fantastic. The décor is well thought out and the music they play was awesome. Jeanie is who made our visit special. She was super friendly and made us feel comfortable. She is a hugger! She gave us great info about not only the wine but where to go to lunch. We will be back, thanks Jeanie!

Stopped by on a whim, needed an escape from visiting family. What a pleasure to find a lovely tasting room, with a warm and friendly hostess. Sorry, did not get her name. The Chardonnay is nicely balanced with pineapple notes, I wanted a bit more oak, but that is more my style. The two Pinots were the hit of the day. The Santa Cruz Mountain pinot is full bodied and juicy, so it came home for a Thanksgiving dinner soon. I would recommend this place if you love Pinot’s like I do.

Outstanding local vintner Brandon Armitage has put together a top shelf tasting experience for you. Located on ‘Post Office Drive’, it’s really on Soquel Drive at the junction of Trout Gulch and Soquel Drive, you just need to turn into the lot where Bay Fed Credit union and Starbucks are located and drive around back.
Great location, nice and quiet, usually sunny too. He picked a great spot to share his wines with us. Take a date, you won’t regret it!

That’s a first– I had gone here a couple weeks back and had such a good experience I went to Unilocal it (yup! That’s an official verb!) and it wasn’t listed yet. Don’t think I’ve ever added a business but a first time for everything I guess.
Where was I… oh, right… so I was invited by a friend to go to this wine tasting and art viewing event there a couple weeks ago. I am from Sonoma County and I definitely get my fill of wine tasting but I went along because it was where my friend was going that night and we hadn’t had a chance to hang out in a long time.
The tasting room is very nice– really classy, clean, nicely decorated and open. The art they were featuring was gorgeous… all fabulous but THE WINE! Ok, so my home is smack dab in the middle of a major Pinot Noir hub of northern California so plenty of the varietal makes its way to my dinner table. Having said that, this Pinot was phenomenal! I tasted (ok– by the end of the event wasn’t so much «tasting» as it was just drinking!) through everything they had and ended up purchasing several bottles to bring home with me (no intention of doing that but it was just. too. good.)
In the end, I guess it was refreshing to be pleasantly surprised by new wines. Now when my friend comes to visit me up north I’m going to politely request the wine comes, too! At least a bottle… or three.