The Lucas Winery Experience
"Are You Experienced?"
Tasting Room Hours: Thurs. - Sunday from 12
noon - 4:30pm.
Regardless of your current experience, you will learn something
new from one of our highly knowledgeable tasting room staff. We do
not just do a wine tasting at The Lucas Winery; we share our
passion for making elegant, balanced wines.
Tour & Tasting
Your tasting visit to The Lucas Winery includes our fun and
educational tour in which your personal host will take you out of
the tasting room and into our vineyard for a review of winegrowing
techniques that influence wine style. After your visit to our 80
year old organically farmed ZinStar vineyard located directly
behind our tasting room, you will visit our Grand Chai and learn
what makes it very unique. These unscheduled tours with one of our
extremely knowledgeable tasting room hosts are conducted for any
number of people. You will never again look at a tasting room the
same after your experience at The Lucas Winery.
Reservations strongly encouraged for groups of 8 or
more. To ensure every guest enjoys the best visit possible, Limos
that have not made prior arrangements may be turned away. Also, we
reserve the right to not allow limo visits after 2PM on weekends or
at any time during a major Lodi event.
Please inquire about tour & tasting fee as well
as the possibility of scheduling your group visit outside of our
regular tasting room hours.
Winemaker's Tours
Our in-depth "Traditional Winemaking at The Lucas Winery"
experience is private and intimate.
Your visit will be customized to your liking. Whether you are a
knowledgeable wine person or just starting the wonderful journey
with wine, you will find something fun and educational during your
visit. The tour begins with an optional walk through the historic
ZinStar vineyard located next to the winery. Visitors will then be
shown through The Lucas Winery and Grand Chai. All tours culminate
with a tasting experience at a private table in the Grand Chai
barrel room where our food friendly wines are offered with
appropriate food pairing
This in-depth winery experience is $55 per person
for up to 6 people and takes about one and a half hours to
complete. Reservations required.
The Essence of Wine
A great gift. This is a two hour experience as you explore the
sometimes mystical words used to describe wine aromas. The nose can
identify via smell up to 1600 aromas. After this experience you
will be able to swirl and sniff using this new knowledge to
understand the aromas associated in red and white wines such as
citrus, herbal, green bean, peachy, blue berries, oak, leather or
coco.
The tour also includes focus on the vineyard practices that
influence wines aromas.
The Essence of Wine tasting is $50 per
person; limited to 10 guests and conducted by our winemaker David
Lucas. Reservations required.