City Vineyards is a fine winery that caters to only the most sophisticated of palates. City Vineyards opened its doors in 2000 and features only the world’s finest wines, craft beer and gourmet foods that you can get in the country. Walking into the winery you will be amazed in the ultra-wide selection of wines in their inventory. With the finest Wines coming from France, Italy, Spain and more, you will most definitely find a wine that will be worthy of your palate and the swipe of a card of your choice for payment. We had the opportunity to briefly speak with the owner of City Vineyards Abby Reno. The very first thing that you’ll notice when speaking with Ms. Reno is that she is a very confident woman that is very competent on wines from around the world.
City Vineyards has the most exquisite inventory of the finest wines in the world.
While speaking with her, she made it a point to emphasize that they focus on and sell the finest wines - not cheaper wines such as Yellow Tail. Now understand, she did not mean that in a negative way. She utilized that wine as a point of reference so that people could fully understand that she has established a standard of what wines she will feature at her establishment. And we think it is about time that business owners like Ms. Reno become unapologetic when it comes to setting the standards and tone to what they will be featuring in their business establishments. And in knowing those standards upfront - it serves as nothing more than a confirmation that City Vineyards is a winery that you can trust when you’re looking for the finest wines you can obtain in The State of Montana.
Their "Chese Wiz" as we joked about during this interview is actually a Professional Cheesemonger who specializes in the finest cheeses from around the world.
Another thing that we love about City Vineyards is that they offer only the best wine classes that one can enroll in in the State of Montana. City Vineyards only allows the best educators in the wine industry to teach classes at their establishment. Some of the things that will be taught to consumers of wine are wine history and complexity, intensity, finish, balance, acidity, tannin and how to serve and pair wines with food amongst so many other things. In fact, City Vineyards will be hosting a wine class on Tuesday May 2nd from 6pm-7:30pm. The wine educator of choice will be Todd Stewart who is the U.S. Sale Manager of Elk Cove Vineyards.
One of the owners personal favorite of many bottles of champagne.
During the conversation with Ms. Reno, she revealed that she actually prefers Champagnes. We asked her if she could select one item in her inventory to drink right now on the spot, she pointed out a champagne called: “Frederic Savart l’ouverture - premier CRU vin singulars, identitaires extra-brut” (Unique Identity Wines). Outside of their prestigious selection of wines, City Vineyards also offers the finest of cheeses. Their Chesemonger who we jokingly referred to as “Cheese Wiz” (no pun intended) who was exceptional knowledgeable on the selection of cheeses that were in their inventory. While speaking with their Chesemonger, we noticed that she was cutting an eye-catching selection of cheese that would cause anyone to stop and look.
Their selection of cheeses.
If you love the finest of wines from around the world you absolutely must visit City Vineyards
Located at 1335 Golden Valley Circle Billings Montana. For questions of any kind regarding fine wine or the wine classes that they provide, or host please feel free to contact them at 406.867.1491. If you’re unable visit their store to chooses a wine from their large selection because you’re out of state - don’t fret. You can always purchase their fine wines online at cityvineyardwine.com. We promise you won’t be disappointed.
Some of their inventory.
Some of their inventory.
The most beautiful cheese that we've ever seen can be found at City Vineyards.
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