Wines of California

Terrible service and food not great.

I love coming here and trying all the wines and enjoying the cheese plate and the olive oil plate as well. I can sit here for hours just having amazing conversation and relaxing mixed in with people watching. It’s great to go with friends and great as a date spot. I love it here

This place is beautiful and the wine is SO great.
But I believe Unilocal is 98% about service, and the service here was not too impressive. I came here twice, back to back. And expected more service and attentiveness, and it didn’t Happen– both times, I was left looking around like an abandoned kid… Lol.
It was a little frustrating…
The wine was awesome and my company was the best– but the service and care to the customers, not so much :/

Place was real chill. Our waitress was a dime piece.
Other patrons were friendly and nice.
For example:
Woman: «can you help me take a picture? we’ve been married for 29 years»
my friend:” sure“
woman goes talking to other guests who are congratulating her on her marriage
friend to lady: «excuse me, i need your attention here»
husband: «i’ve been trying to get her attention all these years»
crowd: ensuing laughter
AWESOME.

Stumbled across this place while showing my out of town parents around Fisherman’s Wharf, and decided to grab some wine and cheese on the patio.
We got really awful and rude service from the woman in charge… after seating us, she ignored us as much as she could, and later was straight-​up snarky and short with my dad when he tried to ask a question about one of the wines. Incompetent combined with borderline-​hostile.
No clue why, but I distinctly felt we were being singled out for bad service. Was embarrassed in the end for having taken my folks there, I felt we were somehow unwelcome at the establishment, so we drank up and headed out.

The reason that I’m giving this place two stars is that for a flight of three wines I expect them to roll out the best wines they can offer with that flavor. In both the wine set that I got (sweetness) and the Champagne set that my friend got we both ended up with one drink that wasn’t on the same page as the other two. I’m still trying to get use to California pricing, and obviously this is a touristy area so I’m not sure if it was really that expensive or not. It was 12 for my flight, and 14 for hers. You get three glasses that are just below being a full serving which was nice.
The service is a little off, they kept trying to take my glasses the second it was done and almost took it before. I felt like they were either rushing me or short on glasses. The view from outside is pretty lovely, it’s right by the water.
I probably would want to go somewhere they had 3 wines that were incredible, instead of two good wines and one awful one.

Cool place to relax and catch up with your girlfriend with a flight of red or fight of red wines. Reasonable price and you get to try samples of wine with a nice relaxing view at Pier 39.

I heard of this establishment though a friend’s check-​in on Facebook (of all places!). She had raved about the wine selection and location. For my sister’s birthday I wanted to take her to Napa, but it was too far, so I decided to take the family here.
The location is great! I’m not one for the touristy sites in SF, but this place is a true gem. The views of the bay were great and we got to look at a really nice cruise ship that had docked. The wine selection was amazing! And more than reasonably priced.
Before coming in I had made the reservations with Kim, who is so kind, professional, and amazing. She helped me preselect some appetizers for my group, which was really nice because as soon as we arrived the server asked me if he could bring them out and bam — there they were. The service was excellent, everyone who came to our table seemed to really care that we had what we needed and tended to the group well. The wines, the service, the location, everything about this place made for a great birthday for my sister, which is what I wanted.
Am looking forward to coming back!

Note: If you take a picture of your friend while exclaiming, «Yay I’m on Pier 39!» you will get looked at funny.
On a nice day, this is a great place to sit in the sun with a glass of wine or try one of their flights. They have a number of different white wine flights and the nasty chardonnays are all relegated to their very own tasting! That’s right, you can choose from 2 different white flights that don’t include chardonnay!
The view is great. My dining companion and I ordered the 2 different non-​chardonnay white flights and we were both pleased. We ordered the meat and cheese plate and the caprese salad. Everything was good (cost per value warning: this IS Pier 39 after all!!) We also had the bubbly flight which I wasn’t too impressed with. Though, to be fair my tastes in sparkling favor prosecco or sparkling rose… and one of them was an almond. Blech!
When we got there at 11:00, we were the only people there. When we left several hours later, there was still room on the patio. I don’t know what it looks like later in the day, but it’s definitely a nice place to spend an afternoon. I didn’t try any of the reds due to the aforementioned nice day. Also, I don’t get the comments about poor service.
There are 2 review pages for Wines of California. The other one is for the shop and this one is for the bar (based on the address). However, the reviews on both pages seem to be mostly for the wine bar.

This place blows balls. I came here and parked my ass at the bar to avoid having to shop with my girlfriend on the pier. I was here for two and a half hours trapped (with my Iphone dead) and wondering if I’d be better off shopping for tourist crap. I couldn’t help but think, «here I am in San Francisco, just miles from Napa, and this is the best they can do?» Shit wines for dumb-​asses who know absolutely nothing about wine, or sorry ass bitches like me who played the «I’d rather» game to get out of shopping. It’s a cruel joke, but for $ 18 you can get three small tastings of shit wine and I had four such anal penetrations…

Very poor service, very poor wine, very poor food
My husband and I stopped here while we were visiting Pier 39. We were heading to Napa the next day, and decided to take a seat and get some wine drinking in early.
We choose two samplers: the summer delight and the sweetness
The wines in the summer delight were poor:
Laird pinot grigio– decent
Banyan gewurzttaminer — tasted like flowers
Fat monk riesling– my husband said it tasted like weed
The wines in the summer sampler were odd:
St george white zinfandel– ok
Renaissance late harvest sauvignon blanc– super overwelmong
Calistoga cabermet sauvogmon port– so thick it was like syrup
We ordered the fruit and cheese appetizer, which is a great idea, but they failed in execution. There were 4 cut strawberries drizzled in chocolate syrup that you add to milk, bread slces, and very little pieces of cheese– parmesian, port, and goat.
Everyone who sat around us seemed to have had $ 10,000 worth of plastic surgery, were flashing diamonds around, and were waited on by the waiters. My husband and I, however, flashing our freckles were barely waited on at all. No one refilled our waters, which, if you read my reviews — is a big deal.
Go elsewhere and grab an ice cream

Stopped in on a Saturday afternoon. Located in the tourist trap that is Pier 39, I didn’t expect much. but still hoped that some high quality wines were going to be available. The selection was quite disappointing. I ended up leaving without trying anything. They should have a much more eclectic selection. The local Safeway has better offerings than this place.

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More of 2.8 stars.
We came here after fireworks and tried to avoid the crowds. Normally this place would have been closed at 8pm.
We shared a bottle and a cheese plate. The bottle was retailing at about 12 – 15 dollars and we paid 35 dollars for it. The cheese plate was quite artistic but there was of minimal amount and not great quality. The server did not know the cheese but eventually went in and wrote down the names (see pics.)
The indoors was quite classic looking and outside seating was with nice heat lamps.
Food wise it’s really 2 stars but the ambiance was warm and nice. Generously rounded up to 3.

I passed by this wine bar so many times whenever I’m at the pier, so after a friend’s good rave I thought I’d give it a try. I LOVE IT!!! I had the Pinot Frenzy and they were all so delicious, I’m not a wine snob but I can now taste the difference in the crappy brand and a good bottle. My BF and I shared a fruit & cheese plate as well and to my surprise, the bread they provided was generous! Another thing I love about this place is when the weather is nice, sitting outside was really relaxing.
What I dislike about this place is the lack of attention we get because when U walk in the bar, the servers just stood there talking to each other, took a long time to come over and take our orders, and it was another waiter that served us our wines and food.
Overall, I really enjoy this place due to the ambiance and good selection of local wines, but as far as good service, they are definitely lacking.

Wow! Suckalicious!
My parents are in town, and they dig the Pier 39 deal, so we headed that way for lunch this afternoon. Our search for a quaint little place with outdoor seating ended when we found the Wines of CA — the menu looked decent, though small, so we hit it!
First — they tried to squeeze the three of us onto a two person table. We asked to put two tables together, and were met with a very dissatisfied staff person. That was hard to stomach, considering that the place was only about 15% full. We fought for our space and ended up winning, but it was a strange start to the meal.
Both Dad and I ordered the prosciutto and brie sandwich, which I was super excited about. Cost? About $ 10. Product? The saddest «baguette» I’ve seen in years, super rubbery and unnaturally chewy, with, no kidding, ONE slice of meat and the tiniest sliver of cheese on each sandwich. Generosity? Not their strong suit.
Wines were OK — I’m no wine snob but I thought the selection was a little weak. I mean, this is California for crying out loud!
The waitress was lame, but I actually felt sorry for her. Talk about a job to hate, sheesh.
If you must be at Fisherman’s wharf on an empty stomach, don’t eat here. Find a nice, divey fish place on the sidewalk and enjoy some chowder in a sourdough bread bowl. The place was nice, but like my grandfather used to say «You can’t eat ambiance…»

Cheese and fruit plate FAIL! Staff was poorly trained and didn’t know their product. The server had no clue who made the cheeses and responded they came in a box. Hahaha! I am usually pretty fair and even more generous than the average person with my reviews but those are basic things that a server should know.
My friends and I ordered a bottle of red which was about $ 35 which was okay. The fruit and cheese plate could have used more generous portions of cheeses and strawberries.
This place is a tourist trap and isn’t really recommended.

this place was good for what the name is. they have a good selection of napa wines. We ordered the cakebread merlot. We also ordered some oysters. The clam chowder in the bread bowl was ok. it was more like a cup size serving in the bread bowl. the service was good, they came around many times. we ordered the half strawberries with chocolate over them.

This place is way overpriced! Go to BevMo! and get your drinks. ;D Also, some of the guys that worked there only spoke Spanish and didn’t know anything about wine; and they also didn’t know the prices. HelllOOOooo. Do you work at the wine bar or what? So sad. It looks like it could be a fun environment in there, but they need to be more welcoming, more knowledgeable and more reasonably priced. Weibel Almond Sparkling Wine $ 7.99 at Bevo and $ 20.25 at this money trap. Their St. Supery 2008 Moscato was more reasonably priced at $ 22.50, but BevMo! still has a better price at $ 19.99. My sis and I went and they gave us some sips to taste, but the cheapos gave us 1 glass. Ummmmm. There’s 2 of us. LOL. This place is no bueno.

Horrible service at this place… I had a similar experience as the post below… also I would note that the «Olive Oil Tasting plate» was served with grapeseed oil… uhhh WTF
avoid this place it truly is a trap.

out of 5
+1 star for a classy idea, and outdoor heated seating.
— 4 stars for the following
HORRIBLE SERVICE — but what was i really to expect when going to pier 39. Ont top of the horrible service, the heated patio which would have been nice to sit in if it wasnt for the heinous smell of leaking gas, which the bus boy did not bother or even attempt or PRETEND to see if he could fix it when asked.
did i mention the service was HORRIBLE? In this kind of economy restaurants like that should kiss the feet of ANYONE that walks in. to even LOOK at the place.
Also they didn’t have restrooms… isn’t that illegal?
they also didn’t validate… which most places on the pier do if you are eating.