Bootleggers Homemade Wine — Local services in Gatlinburg

In June we had walked the Gatlinburg trail and continued into town for lunch and on the way back did a wine tasting. The staff were amazing and very helpful. We were walking 2.5 miles back so couldnt get any wine. So we told them we would be back. A month later I got ahold of the makers due to not having our favs online to order, Leslie returned my call quickly with the info on better deals if we bought it in shop. Being as we live in Michigan it was a 9 hour drive...lol She guaranteed she would have our flavors when we arrived and ask for Chloe. Chloe was a gem, so sweet and helpful. We purchased the wine for my daughters wedding, had lunch and headed back home. If you're ever in Gatlinburg make a point of tasting Bootleggers homemade wines. I guarantee they are...

Shady, awful 'managar'! Have never been treated so rudely! We walked in on Sunday November 15th 2015 around 5:30 p.m. We walked up to the counter (wanting to do a tasting and buy some wine) - the guy looked at us like we were annoying him by being there (long brown beard, said his name was Austin). I asked if we could a tasting and he rudely said, "no, you can't try every wine" (usually they have a little notecard that you fill out/check the ones you want to try?). With every request, he slammed the wine down on the counter and carelessly poured it. And then glared at me. It was very uncomfortable. I asked to speak to the manager and he said it was him. What a poor excuse for a man. Went out of his way to make us uncomfortable. Will NEVER...

This is a new location on the strip, located in Moonshine Holler.

The bottles here are a little steep for the area at $20. The tastings are like next doors in thats its a tiny, half shot glass. that they don't fill full. It's barely enough to get proper wine tastes, but it doesn't seem like the totally classy normal winery either, which is good for a spot like this.

The wines aren't bad, and they do fly through the tastings if its busy, but they at least try to have a line system setup so it moves efficiently. There's a few other goodies and shirts and drink odds and ends there, but it is a little pricier, as its definitely touristy. But its worth a stop...