Bashakill Vineyards & Winery, Wurtsboro NY

The bottle growler refill is an amazing price for fresh wine. The staff are absolutely perfect and the friendliest. The property is amazing with a variety of seating options.

My family and I had an amazing time at Bashakill Vineyard. The wine selections are amazing. Tasty food, great ambiance, live music & pet friendly. What more can you ask for?

We have been to this place many times and have brought friends with us as well. This time we went with our kids and the owner made us feel very unwelcome. He made it clear to us kids are not welcome. I would like to note that my kids are well behaved and were not causing any problems at all. The owner suggested the next time we go to his property, we should leave the kids with a babysitter— I was perplexed at the level of customer service by the owner.

Lovely setting, great food selection, music and variety of wines available for tasting and purchase

It’s a good winery in several ways. The wine is high quality. The food + ambiance + music is always great. We’ve visited many times. The problem is that the owner has recently adopted an unwelcoming attitude towards families with children. Upon walking in, he immediately came up to us to warn us that kids need to stay next to parents at all times. When our kids stepped away to play ping pong, he again approached us immediately with something to say.

When I later addressed how this made us feel, being initially told to "get a babysitter, " he made it more or less clear that based on a couple negative experiences with children, they were actively discouraging parents with children from visiting the winery. While we understand the hardships, we nevertheless feel that this is the wrong mentality, and it is completely against the spirit of peace and love that the winery projects. As a family who has visited innumerable times since the winery was established (even including the prior weekend), were never told anything previously about the kids, and have never had a problem with managing our children, we are very disappointed to be treated this way. We will not be returning.

*Update and response to owner's comment:

Did the website always say that the vineyard was "Adults Only? " From our conversation, it sounded like this was a recent change in policy and thus a change to the website / social media. I'm not sure how many times I'm expected to review the sites of a business I visit regularly.

Yes, you do have a right to change your business model - just like I have a right to post my displeasure with how you are operating your business. But beyond that, we personally felt that your way of communicating that change to us was disrespectful and inappropriate. You should have made the situation clear to us when we walked in with directness, compassion and humility, instead of making us feel unwelcome, embarrassing us in front of our guests, and forcing us to pull the truth out of you as we left. Your smug way of discussing it and your further responses make it seem like the success of your business has gone to your head. It's a shame.

*Another very interesting update:

It just so happens that I received a review personally at my place of business by someone named "Amelia Curie" that popped up within an hour of my initial response to the Bashakill owner's comment. "Amelia" told an outrageous story where I disrespected her for bringing children into a location where I work. It was written and structured in a way that was highly similar to my review of this winery. “Amelia” shows no record of being a client of my employer as she claimed, and I had even been away on vacation prior to her statement. She mentioned being a resident of north Jersey, but there's nothing online attesting to that, or attesting that she even exists at all. Her other reviews only provide negative feedback about businesses located close to the winery. She is a law professor in one review, a chef in another. I thought you all might find this as interesting as I did.

Before I arrived, I checked the website. It is an adult only winery so I left my teenager at home. Upon arriving, the hostess was very kind and spent a few minutes with us to guide us because it was our first time there. When we walked out, I saw several kids, small kids. One crying and some playing. I was a bit surprised that people did not adhere to the winery policy. It was very difficult to find a place to sit to eat. Very crowded. We finally found a seat and ordered. The food was good but a bit sparse for the price. It is lovely and the wine and food delish. I think reservations may help with the over crowding and maybe a bit more food on your platter.

Excellent place to visit, the staff was very knowledgeable about their products. The service was great, along with the food. If you ever want to listen to a good band, you should definitely swing by. The exclusive wine list fits the ambiance with the sight of vineyards and amazing views of the mountains ️ in the back drop.

Everything is overpriced and very low quality. Very disorganized service with complete disregard for overcrowding, took forever to get a drink, and when I did, I wish I hadn't as it was not good quality. Bathroom situation also pretty unclean. Definitely better options in the area, feel like I wasted time and money

*** Edit after a strange response

I saw how nasty things got with other reviewers that didn't have a good experience, but wow. I didn't expect an answer this extreme and dishonest.

You did not run a credit card on me & you most certainly did not "run my IP address", that's literally not technologically possible. And if it were possible, you would have found out that I am not two people named Jeffrey & Dulce, but an actual whole other separate person who had a bad experience at your business. I suggest reconsidering your behavior if you want to retain customers

What a true gem in the midst of nowhere! Great rosè whine, nice snacks and rich food selection, a travelling band playing in the open - just a magnificient spot to spent a summer day.

I have so many good things to say about this magical place. Samara and Paul are incredibly hospitable and accommodating hosts. Everything is absolutely fresh, delicious, and beautiful here. Can’t wait to come back! Thank you and your staff for everything!

Great atmosphere. Great views. Food is on the better side of good with a nice selection of small plate style foods.

Great winery nestled in Sullivan county. This place offers wine, live music and tasty food

Nice quaint spot to enjoy a few glasses of wine and really amazing food. We tried the Lavender White and Tiger Lily rose. Both were really good and paired great with the pad Thai shrimp tacos and sushi tuna tacos.

Bought a bottle of Tiger Lily, excellent; the food, excellent.worth the hour and half drive from NJ. As a foot note the hills, the Boggs, the ambience a perfect 10. The only downside as Yogi Berra would say, "NO ONE GOES THERE NOWADAYS, IT'S TO CROWED"