Re-Opening for Socially Distant Wine Tasting

We don’t know about you, but we are so excited to re-open the tasting room starting Saturday, May 16th! We will maintain our regular hours of Wednesday through Sunday from 12pm – 5pm.

However, for us to re-open our winery, its very important that we all follow guidelines set by our local health district. Read about the the following changes below so you know what to expect when you come to visit our tasting room.
 

  1. Anyone exhibiting visible signs of illness will be turned away.
  2. Reservations strongly recommended. If you show up without reservations and we don’t have room, sadly, we will have to turn you away.
  3. Be prepared to stand outside while you wait to be shown to your table.
  4. We will be limiting the number of people in our tasting room to 10 people at a time (including staff).
  5. To accommodate more guests we will be utilizing our patio and lawn – so please come prepared for the possibility of being seated outside (i.e. dress for the weather, bring folding chairs or blankets.)
  6. As required by the state, we cannot have more than 6 people together per table.
  7. In order to maintain social distancing we will not be serving anyone at the bar in our tasting room.
  8. We will be serving flights versus one wine sample at a time, in order to limit contact between staff and guests.
  9. We will be utilizing a strict protocol of sanitation before, after, and during your visit.
  10. We will be utilizing a “no-touch” point of sale system.
  11. We will be requesting that all tour companies limit their tours to 10 people or fewer until further notice.

If you have any questions, please contact us via email, Facebook or Instagram .

Idaho Wine Industry Dealing With Covid-19

A couple of the many things that farmers know about are patience and planning. With wine; grapes have to grow, be tended, harvested and then made into the finished product before there is any retail transaction. If farming was to stop, many of us would feel effects very quickly. The Idaho Press interviewed Mike Williamson and other wine industry leaders to get an idea of what effects the Covid-19 virus was having on both the wine growing and retail side of wine industry.

See the full story here

Covid-19 Changes – What to expect at Williamson’s

From our family to yours

Dear Friends and Followers,

I don’t know about you but I could do with a glass of wine right about now!

This has been a trying few days, to say the least. Our family has been farming here in Idaho for generations and I can’t recall a time quite like this before. So I would like to start by saying from my family to yours, I hope you are staying safe, healthy and finding some mental well-being in all of this craziness.

Undoubtedly, you have heard about Covid-19 and have probably have an inbox full of emails like this, explaining how everyone is adapting. Mike, Patrick and myself have given extensive thought to how we can help do our part to stop the spread of this virus while still keeping our company viable. After some very tough deliberation we have decided to limit risk to our staff and clientele by suspending wine tasting for the foreseeable future. That being said the tasting room will remain open for bottle sales and wine club pick-up effective March 19th.

We are offering curbside pick up in an effort to limit contact while providing as much personal service to our customers as we can. In addition, we will begin implementing customer conveniences like online ordering & local delivery very soon.

We will be utilizing minimal staffing during our hours of operation, in another effort to practice social distancing until circumstances change. While we have always tried to maintain a clean establishment, we have already enhanced our cleaning and sterilizing procedures to protect staff and guests from potential spread of the virus.

Finally, I want to say thank you to all our supporters! Thank you for sticking with us and supporting us during this trying time. Remember that with every bottle you purchase you are supporting 14 Williamson family members, 10 amazing tasting room and office staff and 15 of the hardest working field crew. So, I speak for all of us at Williamson Orchards & Vineyards when I say a very heartfelt thank you to our wine club members and all our followers out there.

From my family to yours, thank you and be well!

Sincerely,
Beverly Williamson
Williamson Orchards & Vineyards
Owner & Director of Sales

Curbside Pick Up

We are encouraging our guests to call ahead and arrange for curb-side service. You can reach us by phone – 208.459.7333,  message us or via Facebook where will take your order and arrange a pick up time. When you arrive on site we ask that you call the tasting room (208.459.7333) to let staff know that you are outside and ready to receive your bottles of wine (or as I like to call them, little vessels of sanity). If you are already in our point of sale system we can process your order through your account or we can accept payment upon arrival. Just a bit of advice – credit cards require the least amount of contact but we can always accept cash.

Wine Club

We want to remind our members that we don’t have to let Covid-19 keep us from enjoying what makes us happy. In fact, our members can look forward to our next wine club release on April 3, 2020! We’ve planned a little something extra in your April release – Mixed and Red members will receive the newly released 2018 Syrah and it’s delicious!

Local Delivery

Starting in April we will be offering free local delivery to wine club members in response to our unprecedented circumstances. This includes delivery of the April (and past) wine club release as well as any additional wine purchases. Our delivery range includes Boise, Garden City, Star, Eagle, Meridian, Middleton, Caldwell, Nampa, Kuna, Homedale and Marsing. If you are outside of these towns, get ahold of us (208.459.7333 or message) and we’ll see what we can do. Please keep in mind that someone over 21 years of age must receive the wine.