Joseph Filippi Winery

I don’t even know where to begin, went here on a double date with my husband and our friends and let me just say the minute you walk through the door it’s a disappointment. Everything is extremely dated, nothing matches and the assortment of things sold here is just random and cluttered. There is a low end «clothing store» that is a joke out of one of their rooms. We happened to stop in on a Tuesday which is supposed to be their more popular day, and I have no idea why, the ENTIRE place was smokey and reeked of grease from the taco man cooking inside their dining room you could literally see the cloud of smoke and grease settled above everyone there. These were the least of the problems however
Upon walking in we were not greeted or anything there was a hostile vibe our party went to buy our tastings at the register like we were instructed to and the woman behind the counter was EXTREMELY rude. She declined the explain the services of the tasting bar and after a few questions we finally forced her to tell us how taco Tuesday worked. At this point I already wanted to leave, finally we get to the bar and I kid you not everything I picked on the menu they seemed to be out of in fact the menu they handed me wasn’t even up to date. While drinking the mediocre wine (being generous) the people pouring for us were worse than car salesmen about joining their wine club. Non stop the old man and the woman at the bar harassed is trying to get us to
one point he actually made other patrons of the bar tell us how much they enjoyed being members. I will say I tried one of their ports and it was actually delightful and I’m not normally a fan of those. The tasting bar closed down before we could get through all our tastes so we decided to give the tacos a chance. They were good for the price and the owners were the best I actually took down his info for my next party because his service was impeccable him and his wife were so nice. And the only other good thing we encountered during our visit was Kass one of the bartenders, he was at the bar with the tacos pouring wine by the glass. He had a huge line but handled himself well and made sure everyone was happy we informed him of the poor experiences we had been having throughout the day and he did his best to make us feel welcomed and comfortable while still dealing with a line out the door with no help. His charisma and charm kept the uneasy thirsty people from going crazy it seemed like we weren’t the only ones that felt that way. So I beg this establishment try to hire more people of that caliber as opposed to the 3 – 4 staff members i was embarrassed to deal with before hand. Sorry for the rant, I just had so much hope finding out there was a local winery in our new neighborhood and I have never been so let down by service and lack of effort by a business however they did have their one diamond in a very deep rough so I can commend them for being able to have one that at least because without Kass I’d easily give this place a 1star.

Can’t beat this Taco Tuesday. If you are looking for some cheap delicious tacos and good wine or sangria they have what you are looking for. $ 5 for 4 generous size tacos and they are delicious. Wine is always great here too.

I found out about this winery because they were having a food truck there.. I just Drunk all whites and a sparkling one and they were all good and literature tasting. The offering happy hour from 7 to 8 and a glass of wine is $ 3.00.
I sat lend a little around bar area which had purse hooks. Yeah. They had a little area which had tables and chairs it looked as if you were sitting in a study room. Very nice service.

I am certainly not an expert in wine, unless you count $ 5 bottles from Ralph’s in college, but it isn’t required. The servers (sommeliers?) made the experience for me and my girlfriend very enjoyable. Stephanie took the time to explain the wines to us and how each of them were special. She certainly made it very comfortable and made the experience for us.
But damn, the interior. It is incredibly cluttered with knick knacks and other things. It certainly could use a re-​design. That’s the only reason for 4 stars instead of 5. Otherwise, I would say the experience was great, staff was great, and I would return.

This place is always a great time with family and friends, the membership is totally worth it, you get free tasting and are able to bring in a guest to taste for free too. In addition you can have a secondary membership holder and they can bring in a guest too just for about $ 50 for 3 months! Also, you get a box of about 5 wines within that time included! Taco Tuesday’s here also never disappoint, except they’ll only offer mole every other week (which are my favorite). Dav is great, he is always so welcoming and helps make some great tasting decisions. On the other hand, there’s been times where the other staff hadn’t been as welcoming as Dav and they were rude about the free tasting to my mom. I also wish they were open just a little later on the weekends at least. Other than that this place has great tasting wines, and an awesome membership at a casual place that feels like home.

Great local winery! They have a decent amount of good wines. Some from the selection are sub-​par but compared to the options at some wineries in temecula I’d say much better. Plus the cost is unbeatable!
$ 5 for 5 tasters!!! And the glasses are very affordable for the quality (about $ 6 – 10)
The bartenders really make this place. Most of them are nice and cool to talk to. Although there was one gentleman who was a little too pushy about their wine club membership. Jonathan had the best customer service! He was attentive, generous with the pours and had an impressive talent to find just the right wines for both me and my girlfriend’s and we all have very different taste preferences in wine.
Some highlights:
*5 $ for 5 tastes
* various special events
* wine tours on Sunday’s
* great gift options available
* taco Tuesday!
* best bartender in town

There was an art event here a few weekends ago with live bands. I couldn’t remember the name of this place so I could write a review earlier until I searched wine tastings and recognized this place from that night. I never knew you could get so drunk off wine till that night lol. The place is nice and roomy. They have a nice selection and it’s priced well. It was open late just to open the event but it was a lot of people in their early 20’s and the bands were pretty good for local artists. The staff was really friendly and the place was nicely kept. I’ll most likely be back to check out their other selections

This is a message I sent to Joseph Filippie winery. It seems they care more about money than business, especially when I was told I had to give 30 days notice in writing in person to cancel my membership? Are they for real? So I immediately contacted my AMEX card membership when I got off the phone with the female representative from Joseph filippi’s winery.
Message: To whom it may concern Please cancel my current membership and any future shipments of wine — to include the March 2016 shipment. Please do not attempt to charge the card on file as all charges from your establishment have been blocked. Also I really do not appreciate the attitude I was given by your female employee i just got off the phone with. We all have bad days, but in these times of social media postings it pays to give good customer service; don\‘t you think? Former customer;

I really liked this place! They give tours on Saturdays at 1pm. We were going to do it but there was a wedding that day and they weren’t doing the tour. I would like to go back to do it one day though!
We were able to go and do tastings. I believe it was 4 for $ 5. They were all very tasty. Afterwards we walked around and picked out another wine with a cheese and opened it and sat in a corner and chatted and drank. I really liked that there was an area to do that.
I enjoyed this winery and since there aren’t much around Upland I think it’s awesome that there is one here. I would go back to this winery.

First time, nice and roomy. Winetenders were nice and had a wide variety of wines to choose from. Wish you could order light appetizers like cheese n crackers and spread with your wine then more people would order by the glass rather than just tastings but that’s not a knock just a suggestion. Taco Tuesday was a cool idea, the tacos were delish I tried the fish, carnitas, pork adobo, and carne asada then 180 degrees the chips were from a Costco bag and all the salsas tasted like dirt so bring your own next time. Cheers

We celebrated a 21^st birthday here and such a great way to start the bday girl’s day at a local winery for tastings. We arrived here before the crowd came which was very nice! About 2 – 3 and was greeted with such a hospitable and knowledgeable person! THANKS STEPH C! What a fun experience!

Very small local winery with $ 5 tastings allowing you to try 5 of their wines. $ 15 for 5 of their reserve wines.
My husband and I came here yesterday to try them out and were underwhelmed with the quality of the wines we tasted. Halfway through the non-​reserve, we decided to salvage the experience by shelling out $ 15 to share a tasting of the 5 reserve wines which were also just mediocre at best. The best wine we had was probably the temperanillo. The cab sauv and franc which are typically bold full-​bodied wines were very light… many of them tasted spicy. One had such a strong olive taste and smell to it that after tasting it, I couldn’t get the smell or taste out of my mouth for the remainder of the wines.
Dave was an absolute sweetheart and was such a treat, but the wines just didn’t do it for us.

I’ve been coming to Filippi Winery since the 80’s when they also had a tasting room at Guasti. I was also in the wine business and held four ABC/​ATF wine licenses. I’ve had the privilege of tasting wine of many styles from many regions and talking and drinking with the winery owners and their winemakers. This winery is a major part of Southern California history. Completely under-​rated by many ignorant reviewers. Filippi Winery made it through prohibition and WWII and several recessions and real estate booms when most wineries «sold out», quit, kaput! Credit is due to the owner, Joseph Filippi, who has kept it thriving. Keep in mind there were several dozen wineries in this region and now there are only two of the original wineries remaining. This is one of the two.
That said, these are my observations:
1. Take the tour they give.
2. Tastings are only $ 5. To you complainers, try other wineries where you will wait for 10 minutes to get a $ 15 spoonful tasting and get treated like a cow. Nowhere will you find such a deal for a winery that still makes «estate» wines (that’s winespeak for wines that are grown and made in-​house.
3. This is the original zinfandel region. Period. Read the fascinating history on Wikipedia.
4. The ports here and the fortified wines are amongst the best I’ve ever tasted and that includes those from Portugal.
5. Pricing is unbelievable. But I can surmise that the ownership has priced the wine for the demographics of this area. I challege anyone to go to any respectable wine region and find a bottle of wine for under $ 40.
6. Like any winery, you will have customers that are wine «know it all» critics that claim that their visit to Willamete, Napa, and Sonoma made them sophisticated critics of reds such as sangiovese and zinfandel. Most of them left those wineries with no purchase because it would knock a serious dent in their wallet. Instead, my suggestion is to try the white zinfandel at Rite Aid and give us your opinion on that…
7. The atmosphere is that of an old, charming, original winery with a museum style uniqueness and a wonderful gift store, wine sales room, and lots of cubby holes to «nest» you and your friends in while you socialize or taste wine. There is no pretentiousness. This is the real deal. A real winery. All of the winemaking and bottling equipment and the winemaker’s «lab» are located in the back regions of the winery.
8. My favorite location to drink, relax, smoke a cigar, and chill while I work on my laptop is the back patio (ask them where it is) next to the fountain under the umbrella tables. Occassionally, the owners are back there with their grandkids and children. They are friendly, down to earth, and not like the newbies that I often encounter and all of these new «designer» wineries opening up everywhere. I want to mention that the present winery owner and his family are directly involved in ALL aspects of the grape growing, harvesting, and wine making process. This is extremely rare these days as most wineries contract various experts to do these for them. Even the remarkably awesome wine labels are designed in-​house by their son Jared.
9. There are whites, sparklings, reds, ports, and various dessert and speciality wines here to accomodate every taste. Personally, I like my wines dry, Italian style. I feel that California red wines have become too «hot» (high alcohol content). BTW, I even saw a few beers in the retail refrigerator for the non-​wine drinkers to drink on the patio. There are also cheeses, crackers, goodies, and the gift store is rather large.
10. This is a winery that you can relax in without a bunch of pretentiousness and without busloads of drunks. The prices are way, way below industry standards. The wine club is the deal of the century.
11. There are various events that have always been fun, informative, and inclusive to all folks. The demographics includes Hispanics (like me), African-​Americans, Asians, and Anglo people. Everyone feels comfortable and welcome here due to the fact that the winery owners are kind and respected people. I definitely appreciate that the winery employees are a reflection of the demographics of California!
12. Plenty of parking for events and only a mile or two from Victoria Gardens. This is a good stop off after a day of shopping. There are picnic tables everywhere on the grounds.
You gotta love this place. I take wine friends there at least twice per month and have introduced at least 100 people to this winery over the years. Taco Tuesday is packed, but trust me: it is WELL worth the visit. Tons of incredible Mexican food for a low price.
Value, history, wine quality, ambiance: A+ (And I am PICKY!)

A must for wine buffs and newbies alike. One of the most historic wineries remaining.
Patios, ambiance, estate wines ranging from whites to sparkling to estate reds. Ports are best in USA in my opinion for tawnies and rubies. Not sure if they have estate ports.
A REAL historic, relaxing winery. A rarity nowadays. Pricing is realistic. Value is nonpareil. Excellent experience.

Wait a minute. Are you telling me there’s a real winery, with vineyards, a huge shop and cheapie wine tasting? Right off the 210 freeway in Rancho Cucamonga? Get out of here.
You are not dreaming — it’s true. It’s the Day Creek Boulevard exit off the 210 — the same exit as the famous (or infamous) Victoria Gardens outdoor shopping and dining experience.
Anyway, back to the winery … it’s a hit. I went on a Friday afternoon and my eyes got as big as saucers when I pulled open their huge wooden doors — there’s an actual winery inside. A beautiful cavernous room with tons of respectable wine inside for sale. But you’ve got to come for the wine tasting (and stay, perhaps, for the wine buying).
The Filippi deal is $ 5.00 for five generous wine tasting pours. In the mood for pricey sherrys and ports? No need to drive a Lambo — now is your chance for just $ 5. Bottoms up!

Went on Taco Tuesday!
At first it felt like we were crashing a family party that had a taco man set up in the backyard but, I got over that real quick when I saw those plates they were handing out!
5 bucks gets you a plate of your choice PACKED with deliciousness!!! I chose the taco plate (cuz, duh, Taco Tuesday), but they had burritos and other things to pick from… Sorry I can’t remember what else. My mind was focused on those TACOS! I think the other plates varied in price by maybe a dollar or two but, either way, tremendous value!
Taco plates come with four tacos, your choice of meat, toppings, and a side of beans and chips (if you want).
Since it was my first time, I wanted to try as much as I could to see what I liked best for next time (…oh there will definitely be a next time…) so, I filled a taco with carnitas, another with asada, another with potato, and the last one with chicken. They had a couple other options but, I felt I should stick with the basics first ;)
I loved all of them! And they give you so much meat!!! I was doing the happy dance in my seat — for the meat. Lol
Great family place. Though, it’s a winery so, there are quite a few breakables as you walk through the front. It’s not very «little one» friendly until you get to the back where the party’s at!
Oh yeah, and I had some wine and it was great :)

Taco night was great. The tacos were some of the best I’ve ever had. Great local vibe and wonderful family friendly environment.

My friend and I met up here last Friday night for Food Truck Friday. Only 2 trucks, but it was plenty – Slummin Gourmet and My Delight Cupcakes. From Slummin Gourmet we had salmon tacos and garlic manchengo cheese curly fries. Washed it down with some refreshing white wines from the winery, and then went to the My Delight truck for dessert –chocolate caramel pretzel. I think I heard angels sing!

PRO — Nice local winery. The tasting room is a great place to bring family or friends. Nice environment to be social and sip wine.
CON — The red wines are bland.

Taco tuesday is amazing here. 4 tacos for $ 5. Choices of fillings: potato, chicken, pork, beef and pork in green sauce or some meat in red sauce. Beans and salsa bar. Tamales. So delicious. Beyond tasty.
Zinfindel was good. Sweet, mellow.