Ponzi Wine - Dundee

There's an online message with Happy Hour There's a sign on the road with Happy Hour There's an entry sign with Happy Hour But they haven't had a bartender for the two times we came for Happy Hour...so no Happy Hour. Don't put out the Happy Hour signs, or better yet go across the street to RedHills. Very poor customer experience.

First you should know this is NOT The Ponzi Wine Bar although they have all of their reviews listed below. The same family owns it but it 's a completely different concept/different management, etc. The new iteration is run by the son of the family. No real connection to The Dundee Bistro or The Ponzi Vineyards just related. And it shows. TERRIBLE/Uninformed service. I asked the gal behind the bar what the wine of the day was like and she said Sweet then offered me a taste. (Which was nice . It was not sweet. And what happened to the nice Riedel stemware? Crappy glasses now. She forgot to put in my food order (I noticed other tables that arrived after me had their food and I did not, so I had to ask about it. She was terribly sorry ... If you 're thinking you 'll sit and have small plates and sip wine while you work (which is what I was thinking don 't do it TERRIBLE Wi Fi. The food is from The Dundee Bistro next door so it 's good but you 're better off just going to The Dundee Bistro. Better wine, better service, etc. If you 're looking for a wine tasting experience just go see the guy who used to manage The Ponzi Wine Bar back when it was great Andrew Turner. He has his own place now in Newberg called Valley Wine Merchants. It 's sad what 's happened to this place.

O stars!! Walked in and not even a welcome. Server was behind the bar cutting bread, after sitting for awhile and we did not get a hello, or even eye contact, we got up and left. Would not recommend, only 4 people in the entire place and the server didn't have time for us. Will not go back.

Our server was very knowledgeable! She either knows an uber amount of information on Oregon wines or she has an amazing memory to recite it all, but something tells me she 's knows her wines. In fact, she know so much, we wanted her to stop talking so we could drink the wine! My favorite wine was not a Ponzi, it was Et Fille. A Pinot Noir made by a father and daughter. Hence the name, Et Fille. He does the entire production of the wine. Which is insane. Very dedicated winemaker. The Pinot Noir Reserve from Ponzi was my second choice.

After enjoying first class hospitality at a number of wineries we were sorely disappointed by Ponzi. arrived at 445pm and it was closing at 6pm. we requested the flight but were informed that it was too late for tasting the full flight but we could try a couple and take a half glass. Not ideal but ok. the flights we originally ordered were $12 but for 2 our bill was $33 for 2 tastes (very small) and a half glass. after querying the bill we were told that tasters are $3 and the glass we'd shared was $21. Talk about feeling ripped off! After being given 2 tasters and a half glass as an alternative to what we ordered I wasn't expecting to be hit with a larger bill. especially when they had over an hour till closing. its a nice wine bar but there are so many better tasting rooms in the area with exceptional hospitality. So avoid Ponzi and hit the Argyle tasting room across the street!