Blue Door Winery, Julian CA

My wife and I stopped by Blue Door Winery two weekends ago on a hot day. The owner (Cameron?), was helping a couple customers at the end of the bar with sangria. We patiently waited by the sign that said they have wine tastings. She said she’ll be right with us and we said thanks as we looked around. She came over and asked ‘How can I help you? ’ My wife said, ‘Hi, we wanted to know about the wine tastings and had a couple questions. ’ The woman behind the bar said ‘TALK’ in a very aggressive and curt tone. We were take aback, but figured it’s a hot day, maybe she’s been busy, and we let it go. My wife then asked, ‘what kind of wines are available for tasting? ’ The woman said, ‘We only do what we like here, which are dry reds. We also have sangria. ’ My wife said, ‘Oh, I don’t really drink red wines, do you have any whites for sale? ’ The woman said, ‘AS I JUST TOLD YOU, WE ONLY DO REDS HERE. We don’t like whites so we don’t offer them’ — (my wife wasn’t asking if we could taste whites, Cameron, she was asking if they had whites available separate from the tasting). We then said ‘that’s fine, could WE please try the wine tasting? ’ and the woman said, ‘So you two are going to share a glass, right? ’ At this point, we said we weren’t interested, and my wife asked for her name —‘My name is Cameron, I’m the owner by the way’
—Great Cameron. I have no clue how you’re still in business having the personality of a grapefruit. As we walked away, the woman said, ‘I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU! ’ I would understand the attitude if she was super busy, but there was only 1 family in front of us in the entire establishment. I would also understand her nasty attitude if we were rude and disrespectful, but we were not. Looking back, the whole interaction was quite comical. Reading some other reviews on here, it’s nice to know we weren’t the only ones who received terrible customer service from this woman.

We love visiting Julian, and my wife had always wanted to visit the Blue Door, so we finally did. It was the complete opposite experience from what we were expecting. They need some competition to humble them a little bit. Some manners and mutual respect with clientele goes a long way.

Nice wine, and convenient location right off Julian's Main St. The Malbec and Merlot were the highlights of the tasting.

Was not a vineyard but a cute little winery in the middle of Julian with an outside sitting area and interesting shops. Had yummy wines, especially the Sangria and Pinot Noir! Worth stopping at and enjoying some samplers in a quaint setting.

If you love sangria you will love it here. It was very flavorful. Will definitely go back and have some more.