This a a small sweet, family-run, country winery. The treehouse is really cool. Just a fun place. The big treehouse for overnight stays is very romantic. Turn the cell phone off and enjoy. If you like sweet wines, you'll like the Treehouse. I prefer dryer wines which is why I gave it a three. A great day trip for a wine tasting.
We ended up here one Saturday afternoon (after driving thru a sketchy neighborhood) and theparking areas were packed. We had to wait for about 30 minutes until the next "seating" for ourtasting. I've been to a lot of wineries but had not been to one that has such a large group tasting at one time. They seated you on the covered patio and wines were brought to you and poured at the tables. There were probably 50 - 60 people tasting when we were there. You do kind of lose the personal touch with a crowd that large, but it was adequate. Since it was a very hot daythey had the slushie machines cranked up and everybody was lined up for glasses of those. We skipped the tour of the winery. Unlike some reviewers, I didn't see portajohns, but they hadrestroom facilities inside. My friend later called about renting one of the treehouses to find thatthey are booked up for several months in advance. Treehouse is not the fanciest winery, the wines are pretty good (and they do have more than sweet muscadine) so it is worth the effort to get here.
We were pleasantly surprised when we entered the winery. The grounds were so pretty which we couldn't see when we arrived We enjoyed the wines and purchased the wine a Rita package to share with family because it's unique. We will go back
We enjoy going to the vineyard because it's close to home and we do enjoy the wine they offer.The surrounding neighborhood around the vineyard does leave you wondering if you are heading to the vineyard,but you are and don't turn around.Take time to enjoy some great wine.
Now, I live about ten minutes away from Treehouse. When I saw that area of town had a vineyard, I thought it was ridiculous. To get there, you do go through a (for lack of a better phrase) "poorer" section of town. This will lead someone to believe that having a winery there is ridiculous, and that it just has to be yucky.No, no, no. Yes, I drove through that part of town to get to Treehouse, which was JAMPACKED with cars...it was Saturday night so they had live music. I had rented out one of the Treehouses for my husband's birthday ($25 an hour), so we were able to taste some wines, make a purchase, then bring the wine up to the treehouse along with a picnic basket we had prepared to meet some friends to celebrate the birthday. It's unusual and quaint. I loathe muscadine wine, so I tried some of the other wines and they were pretty good.I can't speak to the tour..didn't do it...my visit was composed of wine tasting and treehouse. It's not a super elegant place like other vineyards (such as Raffaldini), but it's relaxed and fun. Perfect for a GNO.I notice there are a lot of groupons for this place. I will probably go again. My husband loved his birthday party at the Treehouse!
This winery is hidden behind a slightly run down neighborhood but once you find it and get on the grounds it is fairly serene and scenic. The facility itself is just a plain building however out the back is a nice country landscape. The wines are what we liked the most about our trip to this winery. We like all kinds of wines but do prefer wines on the sweeter side and this place has some flavorful sweet wines. For those who prefer dry wines this may not be an ideal choice but I wouldn't skip it if you enjoy trying new wineries and are in the Monroe area. We drove down from Charlotte one day when we had some time to kill and it was a trip well worth the drive.
As others have pointed out you will think you're lost going through a neighborhood. Then when you pull up to the winery its a pleasant surprise. Nice view of the property from the tree house. I like sweet wines so their wines were good to me. Tasted 8 different wines and a Wine A Rita. My favorite wine of theirs would be sunset hills. This is a nice outing for couples who like doing something different.
The wine is terrible here and the property is located in the ghetto's. We went on a groupon and with the reviews you would think this place would be nice. After driving an hour from Charlotte we arrived and the place was so sketchy my wife thought for sure we were in the wrong place. This place has porta john outside for restrooms! During the tasting we were swarmed with flies....gross...to say the least we left early without completing the tasting/tour. Avoid this place at all costs!
Treehouse is a wonderful place for young and old families singles how they have a great wine tasting room and gift shop there's a large area outside to sit 10 enjoy friends and family and sip wine and occasionally they have music that you can enjoy by the starlight I highly recommend this area.
How anyone could think this place is nice is beyond me. I have previous experience with many vineyards both in California, Michigan, Virginia and the Carolinas. This by far is the WORST vineyard (if you can call it a vineyard) EVER! I would recommend not wasting your time here...go up to Childress or Weathervane or anywhere else but this place. The groupon's this place has keep it alive and the weird people that rate this place positively. Anyways, on to my experience...on my travel to the vineyard I had to go near a cemetery and a run down area of town where I saw a few thugs walking on the street with there pants dragging on the ground. Once arrived my wife did not even think the parking lot was a vineyard, she thought it was some hillbillies backyard with garbage strewn about. After parking in the grass field in front of the dump we proceeded inside to the smallest tasting area ever. We then found our tasting was out back next to the porta john!! GROSS!!! While we were waiting for the tasting to begin we went up one of the treehouses to find spider webs, ants and dirt everywhere!!! To think people rent these shacks out!!! As we were tasting the staff told stories about the owners (which I could care less about when tasting wine) and told absolutely nothing about the wines, how they were made, the flavors...which is a basic requisite at any other tasting I have ever been at. The wines all tasted off...they seemed very watery and lack any real body...almost like the wine maker produced it with those cheap wine making kits. During the wine tasting we had flies attacking us and at the table they had a solo cup to pour excess wine into which was totally low life hillbilly type thing. Anyways, in conclusion, don't waste your time on this groupon unless you want to be severely disappointed and like to waste gas driving to the middle of nowhere.