d’Art Wines

I am a multiple wine club member in Lodi. D’Art is the best around. Great staff and all wines are excellent. So glad to have such a gem in Lodi.

D’art makes delicious red wines, and their tasting room/​facility is one of the most fun we have been to.
My wife and I enjoy checking out wineries all over Northern CA. Whether its Napa, the foothills, or the delta, there are delicious wines to be had. But finding delicious wines, friendly tasting room staff, and a fun facility can be a tall order.
D’art fits the bill to a «T». They specialize in reds, so if you don’t like reds, this might not be the place for you. But if you do like reds, you are in for a treat. Our favorites are the Dog Day Red, Winemakers Blend, and the Garnacha. They have big, bold, jammy flavors. The port is also fantastic.
But if that’s all there was to D’art, they would be as good as many other local wineries. What sets them apart is that they have movie nights, barrel room dinners, and bottling events for their members. They also usually have a corn hole set or two setup in the and, and the playful dog Maggie is always happy to drop a tennis ball at your feet for a game of fetch.
All these things make us eagerly look forward to going back every couple months to try their new releases.

I’m still a member of D’Art Winery. Dave and Helen are the owners. They do a great job making their wines and providing fun experiences for wine club members. We enjoy dinners in the barrel room, outdoor movie nights, and other special events throughout the year.
All of their wines are outstanding!

Great service, great wine, great price and off the beaten path. You can’t do better, just sayin.

Surprisingly delicious turkey with veggies soup. The red wine is fabulous. Live music playing today. Great day to live in California.

Helen & Dave,
I really enjoyed your hospitality at the Loca get together last night.
Your vineyards & winery looked beautiful.
All of your wines are delicious and I especially liked the 2013 Petite Sirah.
The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable about the wines. Definitely «The A Team“as you refer.
I had an incredible evening. I’m very glad we met. Can’t wait to come back and visit.
Will definitely recommend your boutique winery to others.
Thank you both so much!

The Darts are very friendly and helpful. The husband is the winemaker and the wife is the host, offering a great deal of information about wine in general, their personal process, and the area’s other wineries. D’ Art is in a lovely location. If you can find it deep within the growing region, you will be rewarded in savoring some delicious wines and even one that was a mistake but a huge hit!

Fabulous wine and a welcoming experience. I loved every one of the wines that I tasted here, which has never before happened to me at a tasting room. The tasting was free, and the ladies running the tasting room were chatty and fun. I will definitely make a point to visit every time I come to Lodi for wine.

I always seem to stop by d’Art Wines when I am touring the Lodi Wine Region. His style of wine is a bit softer and sweeter than most, which makes for a unique and approachable wine. The winery is also located off Harney Lane which is a main area for local wines and an easy stop off 99.
The winery has a nice expanded tasting room with a large outdoor area. There is a lot of art in and around the winery which adds to the experience. The staff are friendly and helpful, although they can be rushed during peak times as you would expect. Their dog is cute and friendly too.
The wine is a big star here. d’Art Wines has a style that is very different than the traditional California model. The tannins are very muted with a silky mouth feel. The real stars are the dessert wines, especially the new ports. Their standard varietals are also really nice and a welcome change from most other dry wines in your cellar.

d’Art has a pretty decent selection of red wines with some nice artwork on the labels. Most their wine is pretty average but they do have some knockouts once in a while. The tasting room is getting better and better, its kind of in the middle of an identity crisis but you can tell they are working on making it nicer. They have some fun wine club gatherings (my favorite being the bottle your own wine event). They are a little disorganized and sometimes not the friendliest, it just depends on who is working. I have consistently had problems with their website as a wine club member and don’t live in the area so that was always a bummer.
Overall they have pretty good wine especially for the price. Its worth stopping in for sure.

Good selection of reds along with a couple of ports. Nice wine and nice people. The winery itself was a nice setting as well.

Good wine, casual atmosphere. Great outdoor area to host a party. Would definitely go back.

Wines were great, we even joined the wine club! The grounds are really cute and pretty, and our tasting was friendly and informational.

Specializes in reds! Loved it! Dave and Helen happened to let us in on a private tour! This place is awesome as well as the wine makers! Must try!

This is a small family owned winery that has my favorite wine in Lodi! The staff is very friendly and helpful. I love most of their wines, but their blend called Dog Day Red is my favorite. I also enjoy playing fetch with the owner’s dog who is so cute!

Disorganized. They were supposed to notify my girlfriend of wine she’d ordered last year, but we didn’t know for sure until after repeated phone calls. When we did turn up, the situation wasn’t much better, and they weren’t sure which wine she had even ordered. We did eventually leave with their Barbera wine.
Now, I’m no wine connoisseur, but I’ve been to more than my share of good and bad wineries (you have to try Jarvis in Napa), so I do have an idea about wine. The two we did try there were not very good, and so we decided to not stick around.
On a positive note, the were having a members event with a band, which I’m sure would have been pleasant if the wine was good. They also had food, but a quick glance suggested none of it was vegan.
As for the Babera? Mediocre. The kind of wine you take to parties where you don’t know the hosts so well. Sorry Lodi, I won’t be back anytime soon.

I’m going to start with the good. For the Lodi wine tasting experience, I recall that this was one of the best. I visited with a group during the Wine & Chocolate Festival. The ambiance is great, esp the back area where the barrel tasting occurred. Sounds like they have lots of events for members which is also great.
The not so great part was the futures experience that can use some process improvement. I purchased a ½ case in Feb of last year paying in full. I was told that it would be ready for pickup in April. April passed with no communication except for my follow up. Wine wasn’t ready. Again I wrongfully assumed that I would get an email when wine was ready for pickup, but alas nothing.
With a bit more commotion we picked up the wine earlier this month. Bottom line is you need to have a communication system in place when you are taking peoples money and you’re trying to become a destination alternative to Napa/​Sonoma. Especially when everyone isn’t a local and it’s a bit of a haul to Lodi.
The wine itself, the Barbera, is disappointing and I hope that it improves with age.

By far my favorite in town! Beautiful surroundings, art, and great tasting wine! It was great to see the dog come into the tasting room and the owners as well mingling with the people. Very welcoming! The lady that helped us was Judy and she was quite a delight! Very knowledgable on the product and sharing in many details of wine making. They have almonds and dark chocolate out for changing up flavors. Overall I highly recommend this winery for anyone that is in the area for tastings. Great experience.

Great tasting with an overwhelming amount of wine to be tasted.
Whitest wine they had on their list were a White Cab and a White Syrah.
Both very tasty. and I usually have little respect for reds that are ‘whites’, because it usually means a 4^th or 5^th press of the grapes. But, these were robust and it was apparent that they actually set out to make these white/​reds intentionally.
All their reds were nice and not too tannin-​y
Smooth, sweet wines. We had to grab a bottle of the Dog Day Blend and a port.
Loved their contribution to art. classes going on in back. Looked fun. would love to come back.
Owners hella cool… loved their flamenco dancer logo on the glasses.

A nice flight of wines, one of the more unusual being a rose cab sauv. The winemaker’s wife served us, a very pleasant woman. Ended up buying the Dog Day blend, which I would describe as a dry dessert wine. We’ve got tons of cabs and zins at home, so it was nice to bring home something different.
Loved the caged hammock in the front as you enter the grounds, which I’ve just christened the mancage.