Ficklin Vineyards - Madera

Discovered a wine trail in madera and decided to do a few tastings for a friends birthday but wasn’t aware of needing reservations. The sommelier was so experienced and welcomed us with open arms. The wine spoke for itself and we walked away with several bottles. I’m hooked.

Haven't been here in like 20 years. Finally ran out of my many bottles. Had to get more. Same as ever. Great port. Great people. Did I mention amazing port.

Some man who works here is one of the most arrogant people I’ve met. My friend came to visit from the east coast and we were all excited to go wine tasting here as they have her favorite port. We didn’t know we needed reservations. When we got there, we weren’t greeted at all and stood around awkwardly for 10 minutes. He proceeded to ignore us as we waited patiently and finally turned around in annoyance and asked if he can help us. Keep in mind, the winery is open for purchases, which we would have gladly done as we just wanted to be acknowledged and get some port. When we told him we were there for a tasting, he said smugly that it was by reservation only. We asked if there were any reservations later and he said no and went back to ignoring us and helping the other people. We left so disappointed and offended at the way we were treated. I also called today to see if I could make a reservation, since I know that is the only way to be treated politely. I asked if there were any reservations available and a can answered and said curtly, “Not at all.” It was so rude and I will not be going back or recommending this place to anyone.

Love this place, my husband and I are not wine drinkers, but we decided to check it out while we were in Fresno. We were greeted by a nice gentleman by the name of John, he gave us a wonderful description of the different kinds of port wines and how they are developed, along with a taste of each one (4 in total). We loved the port wines. They deserve all the medals they have received through the years. My only regret was that we were unable to purchase any to take home and they do not distribute to PR, we will be on the lookout for these wines in the future. We highly recommend this port wine to everyone. J&J

I love visiting this place because where you do the wine tasting is inside of a warehouse where they keep all berrals of wine. Looks vintage and very intriguing. The employee that was distrubiting the wine was very knowledable of the comoany's history. The wine itself here is very good to me be some of them have whiskey in it also which is my favorite and a plus.I would definately recommend this place and its free here no charge for wine tasting. Bring your friends to enjoy.