Prima Materia Vineyard Winery - Oakland

The wine is excellent, I love how Pietro is looking for unusual grape varieties that allow more interesting tasting.

We came to taste some wine and share some pleasant time with friends before dinner. Prima has a beautiful set-up where you can do a tasting of 6 of the wines they pour for $20. A cheese and chorizo plate to accompany the costs $18 and was pretty good. It's good to go the cheese with the wine. Their wines are quite unique and generally well executed. Price point of wine is reasonable and a good value. Overall (TLDR): Low key, pleasant experience. I come back to enjoy a pleasant wine tasting near home. The good: interesting varietals at a good price. Our server was very nice. The menu explains the Varietals beautiful, so you knew what you expect from wines that you probably haven't heard yet. Saves many questions. the bad: nothing The mediocre: I guess you could call the ambience where we sit as nothing special, but it didn't distract from the wine tasting.

I took my husband and the daughter-in-law for wine tasting to celebrate his 30th birthday. The service was wonderful! All the wines were delicious. I recommend the cheese plate. The roasted almonds were amazing. There is a small back area that is perfect to make pictures. I definitely go back.

I love this place. Amazing wines at reasonable prices. We always go back.

First off, the wine is special. It was amazing how Pietro, the winemaker, could capture the heritage of the Italian varietals while also getting the best of Lake County's terroir to complement. The alley is simple and quaint and easy to sit and savor the variety. It's a great place for a great conversation about work or something more intimate, if you'd like. In vino veritas, and in Prima Materia a perfect place to learn that lesson.