Harmony Hill Vineyards and Winery — Attraction in Tate Township

Our afternoon was ruined by the owner. The limo we rented to chauffeur our family to the vineyard to celebrate the retirement of our mom/aunt/sister/wife could not navigate through the sharp turn. We were more than happy to get out and walk the rest of the way. As the limo driver was trying to back up, he ended up on a grassy hill which caused the owner of the vineyard to run over, yelling, hollering, and verbally accosting the poor limo driver. After that incident, we tried to put it behind us and still have a nice afternoon. We bought $200 worth of Sangria, bottles of wine, cheese trays and a special wine glass for the retiree. As we were leaving, the owner decided to chase us down to the limo to verbally assault us one more time. We didn't start the altercation but he is claiming we did. Not sure how we could have when we were in the process of getting into the limo to leave when he came at us full force, shaking his finger and rudely calling my dad out of the limo in order to give him a piece of his mind. Unfortunately, like any other families, when one of us is being singled out and verbally attacked, the rest of us will come to their defense. What the owner is not describing in his posts about us is that he wouldn't let us leave. Every time we tried to walk away he stepped back in front of us and continued his rant. Apparently this is not the first time he's been very aggressive and extremely rude and obnoxious to his guest. On YELP, there are many posts from other guests about his behavior and how they were so rudely treated. We only wish we would have read those reviews first before making our plans to go Harmony Hills. We certainly would not have gone there. As we told the owner, we chose to patron HIS establishment and cannot believe how we were treated. His only rebuttal was 'how dare you come on to my property, buy 2 measly bottles of blush, and act like this.' Guess he didn't see the 2 pitchers of Sangria and 2 cheese trays that we split among 12 people. He also didn't see the 5 extra bottles of wine (ranging from $13-$50) that we bought to take home and enjoy later. Guess he also didn't see several folks sitting next to us socializing with us, volunteering to take a group picture of us, etc. Needless to say, the man has issues. He does not believe in accommodating new guests to his establishment, nor does he believe in treating people with respect. Its very unfortunate because the vineyard is beautiful, the staff is nice, and the Sangria was refreshing on a...

We were camping at East Fork Lake campground and thought this would be a wonderful Saturday evening and loved the fact that they stated on the website they're pet friendly and even on "American Winery Guides list of most dog friendly wineries." Perfect! We pulled in the back parking lot and took our dog out on a leash. Our dog was immediately approached by the owner's off leash large, black male Great Dane, Sammy. We also have a large male working breed who is well socialized with dogs and people (dog shows, level 3 obedience and registered therapy dog), however he didn't appreciate an off leash male dog repeatedly getting in his space with his hair raised. My husband tried to shoo him away, but he kept following us and barked. No one did anything about it. This was obviously not going to be an evening where we could relax without worrying about a possible confrontation so we got back in the car and left. As a business owner I (and presumably my insurance company) would want pets leashed including the business owner's dog during business hours. Very disappointed as we were looking forward to enjoying some wine and music in a pet friendly environment. **EDIT Adding since mysteriously I can't reply to your angry response. Yes, I have a Doberman. Yes, he is well trained. I did not include his breed because it's irrelevant to what happened. YOUR dog approached mine off leash WITHOUT supervision in an aggressive manner. You can defend that however you'd like. Whether you've had a claim or not you are setting yourself up for a huge liability. IF they had gotten into a fight and IF I had attempted to break it up and gotten bit I wonder how that would have worked out for you. Ignorant? The only thing I said to the two ladies working the food truck is that I was not expecting to have off-leash dogs confronting guests. I will await your angry and defensive...

If you enjoy wearing a mask outside, this is the place for you! If you enjoy overpriced gas station grade wines, you’ll love it! Before you support this business, take the time to check out Bills Facebook page, and decide if this is where you’d like to spend your hard earned money. Bill is very arrogant, an extreme liberal, leftist, socialist type of man, with lots of hate in his heart. Same type of views as Hitler, but make your mind up for yourself. He talks a big game, but coming from a guy who wears a mask outside…..well, you know what I mean. Music is fantastic, but I would highly encourage you to bring your own drinks, if you so choose to go, until Bill has some more practice making wine! For myself, and my military friends and family, we will not return....