Fulcrum Wines — Restaurant in Sonoma

The experience started off ok when we were happily greeted by the guy behind the tasting counter. Things changed when we asked him if we could use the free tasting passport given to us by our bed and breakfast. After taking the time to tell us the THEY are paying for the free tasting and not the B&B, he wandered off to go help some paying customers. I can't say whether the wine was good. We left after several minutes of waiting for him to return.

To the owners: you chose to be in the passport program. If you're not into it, fine, get out in the future, but until then don't dump on customers about it. Guilting customers who come in for a free tasting that you signed up to participate...

My friends and I came here and it was the best experience! All the wines were terrific! We left with 4 bottles (surely order more). Highly recommend the Madman white blend! It has the greatest sweet and crispy smells of any wine I've had. Pauly was a great host and could not have asked for anyone better to enjoy the day with. I asked Pauly what he recommended for a person going through a "bad day" and he said the ZSM red blend (bought 2 bottles). My bad days will turn to goods days as it will remind me of sweet Pauly. Will come through again when Pauly is working. If you are reading this David (owner), Pauly is a great example of a loyal employee and a person who...

Our little group of 4 ladies from Sonoma - one a grower of Chardonnay grapes and all of us very conversant with wine spent a lovely afternoon with Pauli at Fulcrum on Wednesday. It was a birthday celebration for one of our group so we shared a bottle of their lovely rose brut! Delicious. We also really liked the dry gewurtztraimer and the Pinots. Pauli geared his remarks to our level of knowledge which was much appreciated. The tasting room is small and intimate, tastefully underdecorated. The chairs were very comfortable and we all remarked on how we would be happy to have them in our own homes. A very nice experience with very fine wines. Highly...