Not far outside Monterey, this is a working winery with vineyard and vats! You can stroll among the vines but since it was not growing season I can tell much beyond that. More

Our work group of 35 people held a wine tasting and dinner in their event space - sort of a glassed in room connected to the main winery building. Despite the coolish evening, the overhead heaters provided just enough warmth to make it cozy along with the candle-light. We all were greeted with a taste of one of their white... More

We have been 'doing' winery tours for sometime and every one we learn something new. This was no exception. It is a rather large working winery on the Carmel Valley Road, complimentary tour with a wlking tasting and a tour of the working winery. Not strenuous and a pace that is neither rushed nor boring. The events manager did our... More

This was our third visit to Chateau Julien in nearly as many years and once again, they did not disappoint. We arrived just before they were closing for the day and were able to sample a few of the ports, as well as their carmel cream sherry (YUM!) and it was all delicious. Although we didn't have an opportunity to... More

When we arrived we were pleased to be able to join a scheduled tour of the winery. The tour was very informative and the lovely tour guide offered us a taste of their private reserve wines that were delicious. There are many tasting room through out the Monterey area but Chateau Julien was the only working vineyard and winery in... More

I dropped in to Carmel and drove out with a friend the five miles along the Carmel Valley Road to a decent acreage of vineyards on a cool California winter day. My friend had worked here in catering and knew several of the staff. We even parked in the staff parking lot! Though you don't need to necessarily know the... More

If you book the winery tour in advance, you get to taste all the wines while you are being shown the wine making facilities. If you've been on other winery tours, there's nothing new here except the view of Carmel Valley, which on certain days is definitely enough. We didn't care that much for any of the wines, but that's... More

I've only been here once, but would like to return. It's the most fabulous winery I've ever been, and the people were extremely friendly. Even though we weren't the models, photogs were snapping our pictures left and right. They made us feel like Celebrities! More

If you get a chance, go for the tour. It is worthwhile. More