Chateau Elan Tasting Room — Restaurant in Braselton

Our party arrived expecting a premium wine tasting sit down with insight into the creation and tastes available at this winery. Instead, we learned of the cafeteria style tasting where you wait in line to get each glass of your choice- so with 7 wines=7 lines while carrying your wine chart list and belongings. During our stay we also ordered the chef inspired charcuterie board which included hard cheese ends, poor cheese selection, as well as a poor overall presentation.

There was also poor direction as to where to enter for the tasting experience. Not only was staff lacking in interest to assist our party but the atmosphere was crowded, smelly, and sloppy. We will not be recommending nor attending again for this event. For the price and reservation status of this location-we hope the center...

Meh. Other than the beautiful, sprawling estate and grounds, the wine tasting room is overrated and overpriced. For $55 tasting per person, I expected more. You get 7 - 1 1/2 oz pours, one at a time. You get to pick which 7 of their wine selections to try. You have to get up from your seat with all your belongings, which is an inconvenience. Every time i got back to my table, it was being cleaned off. It's an assembly line. No rhyme or reason and Super crowded for most of the day. It would be great if they had servers that came around to the tables instead of going to the cashier every time you wanted something. Even for the charcuterie board which is just crackers, meat, cheese and olives thrown onto a small cookie sheet without presentation. I expected more...

The good: you’ll get way more than a taste of seven different wines.

The bad: the charcuterie board looked like a two year old threw it together. Then they dumped it on a cookie sheet and served it. Not what I’d expect from this place. Whoever is making these must not know that charcuterie classes are taught on property.

That aside, my favorite wines were the Tempranillo, the Pinot Grigio, the Moscato, and the Nancy. Some employees knew the wines. Some didn’t. Definitely wasn’t a typical...