English-Brown winery — Attraction in Hollywood

I had high hopes, but I was extremely underwhelmed. For the good: the music, the ambiance, and the bathroom was clean. Oh, and they had an awesome ring light so our pictures came out great. For the bad: the wine was not good at all and the "sommelier" seemed bored, distracted, and disinterested in us, and was very inexperienced. I don't hold inexperience against her because everyone starts someplace. But she didnt seem that excited to have one of the only black owned wineries in the city. She said she leanred to make the wine, and I have to say she will need to keep learning. The presentation was not polished and seemed canned...like from a wiki page. We didnt learn anything about the wines she made. She poured them in some order I've never experienced (and I've been to my fair share of tastings), and she kept going to sit down in the back and we had to call her for the next pour. The wine tasted like juice with a hit of some sort of alcohol. She was less than attentive, and she seemed more interested in her phone than selling wine....not that I would have...

We had an impromptu girl's night & of course the planner chose wine!

Little did we know, she chose a new home for us! I can't say enough about good, great & amazing!

There is one catch 22, the owner is the creator & your sommelier, so she knows her stuff! The downfall? She's alone in there. No help! Did this make the service slow? NO! We were a decent size group and we had a friend show up, she wasn't phased!

By her being alone, she can only handle one group tasting at a time. Though we couldn't benefit from the wine tasting experience, the attention and care was more than enough to encourage us to plan a little for...

It was a great experience tasting wines at English Brown. I felt welcomed and I loved the r&b music. They also had card games. A great location to let loose with friends and relax. With the package we had, we tried 5 different wines. I enjoyed the peach Chardonnay and bought a bottle for home. I would...