Magnus Ridge Winery

Super affordable and great atmosphere! I loved the cheese and wine pairing! You get 8 wines, 7 cheeses, and 1 dipping sauce all for $ 5! A seriously amazing deal. I’m not actually a huge wine fan but really enjoyed everything! I especially loved their Cheeky Monkey dipping sauce… so garlicky. The shop was also fun to look around. Fun experience and looking forward to coming back one day!

This was my first time ever at a winery and had the chance to experience wine tasting! There were 8 pairings of different wines and cheeses that they recommended together. The various wines presented were all distilled nearby at their vineyard and ranged from dry to light/​sweet wines which was a great variety that would cater to most tastebuds. The cheeses were the highlight of my experience because they were so delicious and savory! I went home with a bottle of the Happy Hour and Fire Ant Red wines along with 2 cheeses and their delectable cheeky monkey tomato garlic oil. Highly recommend this place!

Love this winery and their cheeses. This is the first winery we went to and had to go back a second time over the weekend. The people pouring were very nice. And I love the fact that they serve cheese with their wine. Also their gift shop is nice.

If you want a truly memorable wine tasting event, definitely make a stop at Magnus Ridge.
If you’re with a group they’ll seat you in one of their back rooms.
Their tasting menu has 8 different wines paired with 8 different cheeses (one garlic tomato oil dip).
Very interesting cheeses that I thought I wouldn’t like, like horseradish bacon cheddar and wasabi cheese, and a lot of absolutely delicious cheeses that they also sell in their store. I left with two of the cheeses and the garlic oil dip!
I honestly don’t remember the wine at all because I was so into the cheeses.
My only complaint? The pieces of cheese were ¼″ x ¼″ cubes… come onnnnn, that’s BARELY a taste! Give some heartier slices!
They also have a dingy looking pond in the back but there are fish in there and they leave out a bucket of bread to feed the fish so it’s kind of fun to see them going after the bread.

Excellent pairings of wine and cheeses!
The lemberger was a standout!
The hopped cider is excellent and they carried a wide selection of cheeses.

This place has the California Winery feel to it. Nice décor and lots of cute wine related items for sale. The tasting was great – 8 wines paired with 7 cheeses and 1 dipping sauce for $ 5 plus a discount toward your purchase. Wines were outstanding as were the cheeses. We left with a bag of wonderful treats!

Scott at Magnus Ridge was excellent. Magnus pairs their wines with cheeses, unlike most other wineries in the area. The wines are superb, as are the cheeses. There are also tons of other fun things to purchase at the store. Although we were there in the rain, there was a beautiful patio that would be great to sit on in better weather. Can’t wait to return!

My husband and I felt very welcomed at this winery. The ambiance was very unique and the winery itself was very appealing to the eye. Almost like we were in a castle. They paired all of their wines with cheeses that were delicious! The wine itself was good but I think the cheese was meant to mask and take attention away from the wine. I was disappointed to find out they didn’t make the cheeses themselves and were from a distributor. Regardless, the staff were fantastic and the scenery was breathtaking. Definitely would stop by again next time we are up this way.

8 samplings for $ 5 plus cheese pairings! Loved the cheeses!!! Bought the horseradish bacon cheddar, wasabi cheddar and toasted onion cheddar. Pino Gris was pretty good, too. The outside of the winery is gorgeous!

Love the cheese and dipping oil pairing, really took all the flavors up a notch. Ended up with their Merlot but I could have snagged a few bottles, they were all delicious.

Had never been here, looks somewhat new. Great atmosphere. huge place.
Wine and cheese pairings with your tastings.
Had Southampton brew on tap.
Scott was great.
We will be back.

Great winery! Interior is absolutely breathtaking!
Stopped in around 5pm on a Saturday night. $ 5.00 got us 8 wines paired with 8 cheeses to taste. Plus a coupon on a bottle of wine. The wine was great, the cheese was awesome, and the atmosphere was incredible! Lots of cute merchandise and plenty of parking.
I will be back.

Nice pairing of wines and cheeses. Cheeses were flavorful; wines were good. Tuscany feel inside. Not very informative on the wine selections. Server was split between three groups do not very attentive. Cheeky Monkey dipping sauce was a highlight!

We were very excited to visit this winery based on the reviews we had seen but were disappointed by the service we had received. No one said hello, no one asked if were interested in tastings or had questions. There were 3 or 4 people sitting and both employees were totally engaged in them. Another group came in and weren’t greeted either. I saw them leave shortly before we did.
The winery is beautiful both inside and out. I just wished the service was better.

Favorite winery to accommodate groups. $ 5 includes 6 or 7 wine samples paired with cheese. They were very friendly and had us sit in a nice tasting room. It is a large venue with a nice gift shop. The lighting is all made of wine bottles and glasses. They also had a bee/​cider tasting.

This is my first Unilocal review since I’m usually too lazy to post things, but this place was just that awesome. Everyone was very sweet and incredibly helpful. They had Beer&Cider tasting, Gin&Vodka (made from apples) tasting, and Wine&cheese tasting. My personal favorites were Strawberry cheese paired with their Fire Ant Red wine, and their Gewürztraminer with Wasabi cheese. If I could give this place more stars, I would.

I remember the day we discovered this gem. It was on the Friday after thanksgiving in 2012. My friend and I were visiting all the wineries on the road that caught out fancy… or were open on such a infamous day. One of our stops was at Fruityard (another fave) and the tasting rep was asking is where else we plan to go. Since our options were open, she suggested we check out the new mansion on the lake.
Ohhh boy, are we ever happy that we took her advice! Their tastings are generous, a total of 7 and growing paired with a different cheese. Their Wines are very clean and crisp. They offer mores whites than reds.
I do not believe they have any heavy red nor dessert wines. My first purchase was the Pinot Gris (sold out often) and Riesling. As my visits became more frequent, new wines were being made like their Happy Hour, a nice and light crisp white, and their Fire Ant Red which is a lightly sweet wine that will make an amazing slushie one day!
Besides their wines that can please any crowd, the atmosphere in this place is remarkable. Private tasting rooms with hearths, impeccably clean bathrooms (yes, this is important), a café for all things chocolate, beer tasting for those pesky friends that don’t care for the better elixir of life, and the wide and vast variety of novelty items! On a bachelorette wine tasting tour?!? Stop here right now! That is all I can say. There aren’t enough words to describe what a good place this is for girlfriends… just come in. In the warmer weather days they have their patio open. Which is another sight to see for yourself.
Be careful when you are driving to this place. You may pass it since the mansion is on the hill. Just look out for the flags at two drive ways. If u missed one flag, an immediate one follows. No excuses, come in!

This place was really fun. While I don’t feel like I learned a lot about the wines, I had a great experience here. Each wine was paired with a cheese, and the cheeses were also available for purchase. Some of them were very unique! Like the strawberry champagne. Never had a strawberry cheese before. We also sampled their vodka. It wasn’t my taste but kicked up the fun a little bit! My favorite here was called Happy Hour. It is a sweeter white, which I usually am not a fan of, but something about it was so delicious that I had to buy it.
The gift area was great. Tons of stuff to look at. The building is beautiful with lots of larger more private areas where you could have your group wine tasting.
Definitely put Magnus Ridge on your list of wineries to visit if you are looking to have some fun.

$ 3 for wine and cheese tasting (flight of 7). The wine and cheese pairing is well thought out as the wine truly enhanced the flavors of the cheese and vice versa. I had a few tastings of the Gewürztraminer at other wineries and did not like… but enjoyed it at Magnus Ridge. Perhaps it was the pairing with the wasabi cheese from Yancey’s Fancy Farm in Buffalo.
Jim was very friendly and did not rush us even though we arrived 20 minutes before closing.

A beautiful winery on Seneca Lake with a delicious and varied wine tasting. I loved the wine bottle and glass chandeliers. Also, the women giving the wine tasting very very nice and informed about the wines and could answer my questions about grape varieties used in the wines.