Persephone Restaurant
Mediterranean · Aptos · $$$
4.6(202)
Aptos, CA · $$$
Where tradition meets terroir and friends feel like family. Rooted in the mountains of Santa Cruz County, ten minutes to the coast and nestled in beautiful Pleasant Valley, Nicholson Vineyards creates small lots of handcrafted wines that represent California’s unique mountain and coastal vineyards. Join us for one of our many wine tasting experiences at our beautiful estate. Relax on our patio overlooking the vineyards or in our heritage oak grove. Sip amongst the vines or taste wine and olive oil in our olive grove. We hope you come to Nicholson Vineyards, meet our family and wonderful staff, and experience our uncompromised quality, warm hospitality, and relaxed California landscape. Club members: reserve your tastings using the email address associated with your club account to ensure your complimentary Taste of Nicholson experience.
“We have been part of the Nicholson Vineyard family from the beginning. We stopped by while on a wine tasting tour many years ago. After the first sip, my friend and I joined their wine club. We have never looked back. We pick up wines, and enjoy their little piece of heaven. All of their wines are perfect and always a bit better each year.They never stop making their wine tasting area beautiful and in tune with nature. Margarite and her family, friends and staff welcome you with open arms. Always accommodating and with never-ending smiles. I love, love, love the entire experience.”
“Marguerite, the owner, as well as Victor and Derek, were gracious, welcoming hosts, serving excellent wine at reasonable prices. The TerraCotta and Chardonnay stood out, in particular! Holy refill been bed! Excellent setting, beautiful lavender and vines, we had a memorable time!”
“Nicholson Vineyards was so accommodating to us! When we visited, we had a 10-month old who had just fallen asleep in her car seat after being very fussy and crying through the entire last winery. We asked if we could stand by our car to do the tasting since we didn’t want to wake up our daughter. They did us one better - they moved a table right in front of our car so we could enjoy tasting while keeping an eye on her. Amazing! The wines were wonderful. The views were wonderful. We bought a couple bottles and the olive oil - so good! Can’t wait to come back.”
“We met friends at Nicholson Vineyards and the experience was great. The tasting menu had 5 wines: viognier, chardonnay, pinot noir, petite sirah, and zinfandel. Our server was professional and the wines were a treat. The surroundings are beautiful and we enjoyed every minute. We didn’t order food except the raspberry dark chocolates at the end and they were amazing. You’ll need a reservation here, so plan ahead. Also, totally dog friendly. We left ours at home, but there were many well-behaved pups here and they added to the experience.”
“Beautiful vineyard, excellent wines. Staff brought us extra utensils and a cutting board to help with the picnic we brought to have with the wine we purchased at the vineyard. The owner, Marguerite, was very friendly and we had a great time chatting about the wines, farm, and family. The wines were all excellent, we especially liked the Sangiovese/Syrah blend and the Amador-sourced Zinfandel. We loved it so much we joined the wine club so we can enjoy the wines while back home on the East coast and help support a lovely small business and family. Visit if you can, I'm sure you will love it too.”
2800 Pleasant Valley Road, Aptos, CA 95003, US
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