Nakedwines.com Napa Tasting Room

This review is about their wine selling business. Their methodology, business acumen, and customer support are the best I have ever used. There has not been a single bottle of wine yet that I would rate at less than 90%!!! Mail shipping is 3 days.
Dinner guests appreciate all of these wines as do our art gallery friends. Couldn’t ask for more… even the prices seem reasonable for the quality of their wines!!!
Rowan and his crew work very hard to do right by their customers.

My partner ordered some car parts online and got a e-​coupon from these people to order a case of wine. The wine came very fast but I found the wine very cheap harsh wine. I am very experienced with wine have toured wineries around the world and know good wine from bad. It was meant to be a one time order but they signed us up without our permission for some sort of monthly charge of $ 49.99. Where you don’t actually get any wine but you get non real angel wings for supposedly supporting them? Very odd scam. I think they assume that people won’t check their credit card bills? I don’t know about their tasting room but the online order just got us some horrible wine for $ 60. I mean $ 3 chuck wine from trader joes was better…

Wine was a’flowin’ here at Naked Wines. This is good place to go to taste wines from lots of different varitals. I liked that it was an opportunity for smaller wine makers to broadcast their creations in a fun, lively, vibrant setting.

Love how easy going this place is! Sat outside on a beautiful sunny day tasting all the wines NakedWines had to offer for their $ 10 a person deal. Great music, Great atmosphere, Great Service.

This little place has character, personality, and availability. Much like their staff. The staff is wonderfully amazing. Catering to our every need and desire with our tasting. The conversation was eloquent and inspiring which paired with the vast variety of wine. Highly recommended.

I have tasted wines. But none this bad.
I understand this is a company that tries to support small wine makers (it seemed most of the people that they supported bought their grapes from elsewhere). But really? We tasted 6 wines and none of them would be good enough for cooking even. My stomach was really hurting when we left.
And the service was terrible. The funny hipster who was supposed to be serving us list interest in us and went to chat with some girls — which was good. Tasting any more would have killed me.

My friend and I were visiting from out-​of-​state and she called up Naked Wine to get the details before we went over from the Public Market. When we arrived, we were told they’re not opened to public until later that evening. My friend called their number again, a different person picked up and we explained the situation. Let me say that Naked Wine has exceptional customer service. The person on the phone, Mary, came up to the front entrance, apologized about the miscommunication and invited us into the event.
Next time I’m back in Napa Valley, I’m definitely visiting here again. This will also be my #1 recommendation to any friends or colleague planning a visit!

Found this gem here in Unilocal and went in solely based on the deal and later hours if operation. By this stage of our day, our pockets hurt a bit from the multiple tastings throughout the valley. This spot has a uniquely trendy urban vibe with live drummer jamming in the corner and exposed brick loft style interior. Zack informed us that all wines are from smaller startups and local vineyards. The mom and pop shops of the wine world — which we like to support. He was helpful — you’ll see him Fridays and Saturdays.
Dana was also very helpful and attentive — the most attentive and sober/​alert of anyone at the wineries we’ve visited today. In purchasing our flights and tastings, we asked him how many to a flight and he kindly informed us that we can try as many as we’d like: their objective is to introduce these budding vintners to the public and help us select wines and flavors that suite our tastes! Of all the wineries, here is where we found the flavor to suite our palate: Lay of the Land, Pinot Noir.

We bought a wine bottle and they didn’t even charge us for tasting, though I believe it’s only $ 10/​person. They brought wine after wine and Bella (we think?) was so helpful! We’d comeback just because she was so nice to us. UNLIMITED wine, yummy, and a Great afternoon. Would definitely come back! Napa on a budget (even though the wines are worldwide). Feelin the buzzzzz (;

Had such a great experience with Kirsten doing our own wine blending experience. It was our very first time and she was very clear about what we needed to do and offered suggestions that helped us craft some delicious Bordeaux blends. We made it a competition on who was the better «winemaker» and Kirsten totally encouraged and helped us do a blind tasting of our own blends.
One of the highlights of our minimoon to Sonoma Valley! Would definitely recommend it to anyone as part of your wine tasting experience.
Tip! Eat breakfast and go early while your taste buds are still fresh.

So here’s the thing… I just can’t get past the quality of the wines.
The concept is based around winemakers who do not have the financial backing to produce their own wines. These winemakers submit samples to Naked and based on their background and wines they produce, will sign them to contracts. These winemakers will now produce the wines for naked and naked will do the marketing (name, label creation, distribution (dtc only through naked)). Naked then has the right to be the ONLY place to sell these wines. The biggest problem I have is that SO MANY WINES ARE SO BAD! I thought I would see a lot more drinkable wines but I just really felt that the quality was very underwhelming, even for the $ 9-​$ 12 «angel» bottle price that members receive.
If you like the wines, the program makes sense, as you can’t lose, the wines are cheap, you put money into an account that you can purchase wine with at anytime and hey, you can drink for free at any time in their downtown Napa location. For me personally, I wanted to commit, but I only found 2 wines out of 10 that I thought were drinkable, so I decided to pass.
The crazy thing about this concept is that their downtown tasting room is UNLIMITED tastings for $ 10…responsible beverage service anyone? Obviously this is just a face of the company is a way to have a presence in Napa, but it’s crazy to offer unlimited tasting!
Anyway, like the concept, the staff was okay, didn’t seem super knowledgeable, but the wines fell short in my opinion.

So, there is a fair amount of construction going on out front. APPARENTLY, although I was born and raised here I took the «wrong way» in which made them feel like they should encourage us out after trying
only two wines. Construction workers were d bags and so was christen, who was not happy with us. Felt like an asshole just for checking it out. My bad. What should have been a pleasant finish to a day off and about was instead soured by dour workers and a pourer determined to set herself against us from start to poor finish. I am a fan of Naked Wines but just make sure you go in on their schedule at their convenience, or you just might discover something less than angelic.

Not gonna lie, I liked the Kenwood location a little better than this one. We came for the Wayne Donaldson champagne lecture/​dessert and champagne pairing. It was advertised as being from 1 – 3. We got there at 130, and it was packed. We went in planning to buy some wine (were members), but unimpressed w what we tasted, didn’t. At 230 it finally started. We were told no chairs would be provided, so guests grabbed chairs from the main tasting room and brought them into the back. For an event you have to RSVP for, I thought this was poor. Wayne was nice and super informative, but the dessert was the true star of the pairings. As soon as we tried the last one, we left immediately. Don’t think well be back.

I joined as a member (they call on «Angel») for $ 40/​month.
Love this very unique concept! They (with your $ 40/​mon) sponsor many small wine makers to make wines that they normally could or would not. I have found some very good wines from the 80 – 90 they offer. They have a cool phone app that you can rate all their wines. The tasting room staff is very friendly, supportive, and there to make your tasting super easy and how you want it. Pour your tastings yourself if you want. Try all you want… ask for their advice if you want. It is totally no pressure and a great exposure to so many wine makers from all over the world and so many varietals.
I really loved two of their New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs, my VERY favorite being the Small and Small 2013 sold to «Angels» (members) for $ 11.99…spot on way to try vast amounts of wines from all over the world and help the small wine makers get a chance to «make it» in the big world.
Don’t get me wrong, I honestly PREFER to go to estate wineries and meet the owners and their dogs and see their places where they make their wines… but this is just something different and I highly recommend you give it a try.
I am a member and will continue to go back to keep trying their red wines as I have not even made it to them yet as I have only tried all the whites!!!
Brilliant concept and I see a cool future for this business model

Totally had too much fun here! I was in Napa for a couples massage spa day. After getting done at two, we thought hmm let’s see what we can do before eating dinner! So I got on Unilocal and found this place! I saw the deal $ 10 for $ 20 and immediately settled for it! When we got there we were a little hesitant bec we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. But there was this funny couple outside with two other women and urged us to go in! So hey! Then we were greeted by a nice gentleman, Tim. He seated us at the booth gave us two cups and said «Have at it! Anything open you can drink!»
Basically you go around and try anything you want and you can basically get too drunk. Which was my case :-/​but it was not my fault! We met a lot of nice people sitting around us and we were just having too much fun! I asked Tim if there were any Chardonnay I could try, dealers choice. He picked a really amazing one that I wish I bought. And he brought it out chilled! Which was amazing and then we shared it around with of the nice table mates.
I would definitely go here again! I had too much fun and would definitely recommend it to anyone new at drinking wine! It’s pretty much self service and a free for all! That’s the main thing I enjoyed about it!

I am a member of this «club» and happened to be at a store nearby and Foursquare alerted me to this venue. We walked down the block and went in. The person told us they were not open for another 2 hours. However, when we told her we were members, she told us to have a seat and make ourselves at home! We did a very nice wine tasting. These wines are all private label and small vineyards. Checkout the website for more details. They also have local takeout food that can be delivered if you are hungry. I did not partake of that option, for purchase. Nice informal atmosphere.

This is one of my new favorite spots in downtown Napa for wine tasting. It’s very different from other wineries in the area because of the relaxed environment and because of the way they conduct their tastings.
The tasting room is small, and is filled with tables and chairs. I came with a party of 7 and they had a table big enough to seat all of us. As we all sat down the woman who worked there explained that they weren’t going to pour wine for us. Instead, we were welcome to grab any of the open wine bottles on the barrel and pour our own wine. The barrel of wine has about 10 – 15 different bottles of wine and guests are allowed to try as many as they’d like. So, my girlfriends and I sat, chatted, and tried different wines!
Surprisingly they also offered food service, which is another reason why I loved this place. We ordered zucchini sticks and hummus with pita bread. The woman who worked here placed the order for us and someone came to deliver the food right to our table.
I’ll definitely be back here again. Their wines were decent but I especially loved the chill, laid-​back environment. It’s a nice change from the usual wineries on my list.

Karaōke! Great place to do karaōke in a supportive, accepting atmosphere.
Very interesting, unique business model.
Buy your glass and drink your fill. Where else can boast that?
These kids know what ‘its’ all about.
Great place for private talks or clandestine business negotiations. They don’t pour and tell.

It’s hard to know what to make of this place: popup showroom for an online wine merchant? The Bay Area’s only wine buyer’s club? Do-​it-​yourself tasting room? It’s a little funky, and the whole concept isn’t all that clear even after you’ve been there. Whatever it is, I just signed up as a monthly member so we’ll see how it works out.
Here’s the good news, if you’re a local or you come to Napa often. As a member you can come in and taste all you want (I think). They stock entirely wines made by small independent producers, winemakers without their own wineries or tasting rooms and probably without much other distribution, from Napa and throughout the world. Also, you get the member’s price, which they promise is as low as ¹⁄₃ of retail. I can’t vouch for that, but I did get a $ 15 Pinot Noir that would have been a very nice $ 30 bottle.
Here’s another good part. It’s in the heart of downtown Napa and open every night until 10 or 11, long after most of Napa is asleep. You can’t find another wine shop with selections open so late, and with a number of restaurants nearby offering free corkage, it’s perfect, it’s like having your own little wine hide-​away.

Randomly walked in on a whim while friends and I were wandering Napa looking for good tasting rooms. Very happy we went! $ 10 to try as many wines as you like and a very good selection.
The site/​company funds independent winemakers through their «Angel Program». They deduct $ 40 a month which you then get to use towards wine purchases in the store or on the website, and of course entitles you to special discounted pricing. We were able to find many that we liked and they even gave us a free bottle since we signed up to be Angels. The $ 40 rolls over so if you don’t use it one month, you have $ 80 available the next month and so on. We walked out with 6 bottles, but this is a great spot to try unique wines for every palate even if you choose only to do the $ 10 tasting.