Chateau Renaissance Wine Cellars — Attraction in Town of Urbana

My husband and I stopped here during a road trip to purchase some bottles as a wedding gift, despite the location being a bit out of our way. The storefront was nice enough and we enjoyed browsing the selection of wines, but as soon as the woman working behind the counter made an appearance, she began to make shockingly rude comments towards us regarding our choice to mask indoors as a travel precaution. We were stunned by her uncalled for remarks and immediately left without making a purchase. I would recommend that anyone curious about visiting this establishment choose one of the many other lovely wineries in the area instead, which are staffed by individuals with enough sense not to insult their customer's personal...

I go here when in the area, because I really enjoy their fruit wines. Love the rhubarb wine. Some of the wines are bottled in unusual, collectible bottles (such as hearts and quarter moon faces) with beautiful artistic labels. I did buy their sherry at last visit, primarily because the moon bottle caught my eye, but it tasted like chemicals and was not good! The owner also bristled when I said that his fruit wines made me think of my deceased Dad and his homemade fruit wines-he made certain to advise us that he had a PhD in bio CHEMISTREE and was no amateur! (He is French). Pardonez moi, monsieur! I will...

It is such a shame this place is spoiled by the rude owner. The wine is nice enough and the spot is beautiful but we can't return here due to the inappropriate comments from the owner Patrice. He managed to be sexist, misogynist and racist in a short conversation. It made our whole group very uncomfortable and we left feeling furious at the remarks. Even though we tried to politely exit the conversation and leave, he followed us to continue is misogynist rant. We can't support this business anymore due to the questionable morals and political beliefs you are subjected to...