Bear Creek Winery & Lodging
60203 Bear Creek Dr, Homer, AK, 99603
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Address :
60203 Bear Creek Dr
Homer, AK, 99603 - Phone (907) 235-8484
- Website https://www.bearcreekwinery.com
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Opening Hours
- Mon :12:00 pm - 6:00pm
Specialities
- Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Good for Kids : No
Wi-Fi : No
By Appointment Only : No
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Cari H.
GORGEOUS winery. Fantastic service. Marvelous wines. I went for a lovely wine tasting and was delighted with my experience. I tried the Rhubarb wine (the rhubarb is known as Alaska's Apple), Strawberry-Rhubarb (my absolute favorite wine, hands down!), Wild Berry (deliciously tart yet mellow -- slightly dry finish) and Raspberry Rossa (deep, dark and mellow aftertaste). The winery is beautifully unassuming, wonderfully located and a treat to all of the senses. After your winery experience-- be sure to purchase a bottle -- or two -- of your favorites to take home with you!
(5)deb C.
This review is just for the winery. I enjoyed the tasting, the setting and the hospitality. It's a fun way to spend an hour or so. For my tastes, the wines are too sweet but many people enjoy them and they are made from mostly local berries.
(3)Miss S.
Absolutely fantastic all across the board, this was a refreshing and fantastic experience, especially after the rude service we had received earlier in the day from another business in homer. Appearance: The winery is set out away from the main area of Homer, sort of a cozy in the woods feel going on here. The buildings are gorgeous they appear to be wooden cabins with gorgeous carvings all over the place, the adorable bear server by the door was adorable. The inside is very clean and they will show you the back, where the old tasting room we were told was, now I assume an area to process the wine? I could be wrong. The tasting area now, is in front and set up at a long wooden bar table with the wines on display behind. Service: The service was spectacular, we had a young woman helping us who was very knowledgeable in the wines and explaining the process, ingredients, etc. She was on top and very quick, considering they were pretty busy while we were there. Wine: The wine was good, I particularly liked that they went astray from the atypical wine (from grapes) and used other products from Alaska to ferment their own, other fruit produced, wines. I brought four bottles back home, three for myself and one for my neighbor. Most of the wines I tasted were on the drier side but all would pair well with different meals, there were two with exceptions, they were fuller, a heavier bodied wine and I especially enjoyed the pomegranate wine. Being from Oregon, which has a lot of wineries I did enjoy this experience and appreciated the quality, time and craftsman ship that had gone into these wines, far beyond sub par, and better than other wine states that I have been to.
(5)Julie D.
My review is for the winery as I did not have a chance to stay here but will in the future. As for the winery I thought okay this should be kinda fun, ya know, it's wine I love wine....My expectations were exceeded!! The property is gorgeous and the view is amazing. now onto the really important stuff.....the wine! Wine made in Alaska with fruit grown in Alaska..yes please! Bear Creek actually grows lots of their own fruit to use in the wine with no pesticides. I was intrigued by fruit wine that was not syrupy sweet and I was pleasantly surprised at the friendliness and knowledge of or wine taster and took a few exclusive bottles home that you can only get at the winery. This is a must stop when in Homer!!
(5)Jeannette G.
I usually don't describe wine as delicious, but it is the only adjective that came to mind while in the tasting room. $5 gets you to taste 6-8 of Bear Creek's Wines. They have about 15-20 on their list so choose well. I recommend you choose one set and your tasting partner another set, that way you get to taste as many as possible. After, the tasting if you wish, your $5 can go towards the purchase of a bottle which are reasonable priced between $14-$29. To cleanse the palette, we were offered a smoked halibut spread (their own recipe) on crackers and parmesan cheese bits. Even though they do not grow their own grapes (not possible in Alaska due to weather) the processing is all theirs - making for a unique wine.
(4)Raymond G.
Very cool and very fun. They say they are the last winery on Alaska. Definitely a good reason to come and support these guys. Sadly they can't make a lot of berries in Alaska for obvious reasons but they do mix their wine with local berries, very cool. The wine tasting is a lot of fun. They have a bunch of wines to try from and they let you try up to eight...but who is really counting. Haha. If you are a dry red wine drinker this place may be a little limited. Most of their wines are pretty sweet, including their dry selection, but still not bad at all. Their wines are super tasty and the bottle has the Alaska name on it. A good enough reason for me to get some.
(4)Chris R.
This is a MUST stop in Homer. While they have some drier varieties, most of their wines are on the sweeter side and those are my favorites. The staff is very friendly and happy to help and answer questions. When you first arrive, you pay $5 per person to sample up to 6 different wines. There are plates of romano cheese to help clear your palette between tastings. Then when you make a purchase, that $5 gets refunded off the cost of the bottle(s). We drove all the way down from Palmer specifically to come here and walked out with 4 bottles. Can't wait to go back in the winter when its not as crowded!
(5)Jerome C.
Great location with a beautiful view. Defiantly worth checking out if you are in Homer Alaska. The wine was a little sweet for my liking but thats just picking on perfection.
(4)Meagan H.
You must go to Bear Creek Winery if you're in Homer! The wines are made not just from grapes, but a variety of berries. The lady in charge of our tasting was more than generous and very informative, and it was a great experience. The tasting is extremely reasonable at $5 per person, which goes towards your purchase if you buy a bottle of wine. Great place, great staff- highly recommended.
(5)Rachel S.
We came here on a Saturday afternoon and they pretty busy, but very nice. They are interesting bc their wines are made from different berries and/or rhubarb, since they cannot grow grapes in Alaska. Btw, I am rating only the winery part. They have a nice shop and you can also take a tour, but t wasn't available to us at that time. They very good and interesting wines, but some tend to be on the sweet side.
(3)Jennifer M.
5 STARS for the OWNER, suites, and place. Not the biggest fan of the vino itself. We went here a couple of times during our trip, b/c our friends worked here and were getting married here. THE SUITES: I popped in the room for the bride's day and that was quite awesome. Very cute area. THE AMBIANCE: The location is amazing with the views overlooking the hills, an awesome swing in the middle of the grassy area, and ponds and cute patios. The tasting room is very cute with fun stuff to purchase. THE WINE: Being from CA, I can be a wine snob. I was surprised when I was introduced to the wine going from sweet to sweeter as you go. Huh?! They were mostly (if not all) made from non-grapes, so in a sense they were not wines at all. So that made me feel better. I truly wanted to like the wines, but my friend even started to giggle b/c she knew I wasn't liking them as we kept going. Bottom Line - Don't expect Napa or Sonoma grape wines here. And throughout AK, you will see tehir wines. They're OK, I'm not hating, but just not a fan myself.
(3)Terry R.
One of Homer's best kept little secrets - a full winery up on the hillside right outside of town! Complete with a bed and breakfast, tours and the best fruit and berry wines I've ever tasted. This is a real treat for anyone! Definitely try the Shirzzberry, my favorite, which goes well with anything spicy! It's a dry wine, but there are many medium to quite sweet wines, too. There is one that's like drinking dark chocolate - sinfully good Alaska Port. I honestly get the names confused, but I've yet to taste one I didn't like - all are very, very good. I understand the wines are winning all kinds of awards now, but it doesn't surprise me. This winery served several wines at the 2010 Hoka Hey Challenge motorcycle race party, and I fell in love with one made special for that summer, I believe. It was made of pear and I think, raspberry. Not entirely sure, because it went down so smoothly, so deliciously, that after my third glass, my memory definitely got a little blurry! The wine, in lovely dark blue glass bottles, is for sale in stores around Homer but I'm not sure if it can be mail-ordered due to puritanical alcohol laws but if you are going to the Kenai Peninsula, make it on down to the end of the road at Homer and be sure to book your stay at this truly romantic and friendly place where you can enjoy the views of stunning Kachemak Bay and the Kenai Mountains, but best of all .... to taste the delicious wines, made only in Alaska!
(5)John T.
Great local wines. Get here on a Sunday afternoon and check out what their local special is. The Raspberry Rossa, Chardonnay, Pomegranate and the Alaskan Port are wonderful.
(5)Jerry L.
Great place for a change of pace when visiting. They have a very unique selection of locally produced wines which are quite tasty and unique. I would recommend this winery to anyone who enjoys wine. My only complaint was that it was a pain to find without GPS in the rental car.
(5)Angela B.
Oh. My. God. I have always thought that wine was proof that Jesus loves us, and wants us to be happy. Bear Creek Winery has given me reason to doubt. We saw a little advertisement for it at Captain Patti's; my bf's immediate intuition was, "Oh, this cannot be good." But we decided to give it a try anyway. The overview: I don't know what they're serving there, but it's not wine. And it shouldn't be called wine. Yes, there are grapes involved (sourced from places that get sun, and shipped up), but then other things are mixed in, like blueberries and raspberries and cherries. This has the effect of creating a mixture that is 1) not palatable and 2) not wine. At best, the result is a fermented fruit-based beverage. The woman who was doing most of the pouring was CRAZY. I mean, like batshit insane. She was exactly the type of person who I would have expected to be pouring fermented fruit-based beverage in a tiny town in Alaska. She referred to the wine as "kool-aid for grownups," and I couldn't agree more. In the way that cheap grain alcohol mixed with kool aid packets is "kool-aid for grownups." She gave us little slips with the names of the offerings on them and little pencils so that we could make tasting notes. Here's a sample of mine: "Shirazzberry" - corn syrup, with notes of flat grape soda "Blueberry Mirlo" - faintly rotted blueberry pie filling; hint of grain alcohol on the finish "Blu Zin" - cough syrup with notes of blue-flavor kool-aid; vague hint of grapes "Gooseberry" - white grape juice, with extra sugar added; notes of rubbing alcohol on the finish Alternatively, I could have just written "sugar" for all of them, because that's all any of them tasted like. Clearly a lot of people were enjoying it (some people next to us even bought a case), but I would argue that these are probably not people who enjoy actual wine with flavors other than sugar/soda/corn syrup in them. So, if you don't like wine but you like really sweet, really overpowering fruit drinks with booze in them, go! You might actually enjoy it. If you like tasting wine, stay away.
(1)Brent A.
If you need a place to add to your to do list while in Homer, this is a fun place to stop by, the don't expect great wines. They bring in grapes from other places, and then add fruit to the wines. If you like fruit wines, blueberry, raspberry, etc, they have lots to try and they are OK. The few wines that are from grapes only are not very good. The tasting is fun though, you will likely be standing, they are busy and not enough seats for everyone to sit, we ended up standing not in the bar/store are but back in the second room - kind of like a supply room with steel tables? This is a place for the tourists for sure
(3)T C.
A trip to Homer isn't a trip until you swing to the Bear Creek and sample their fantastic wines (a sampling which, by the way, is FREE!) I know people may be turned off by the price. It's worth it. I know it might be weird to outsource grapes, but where do you see any grapes being grown in Alaska? (By the way, every other winery or do-it-yourself-brew place outsources!) The staff is incredibly helpful and indulging. They really seem to enjoy what they're doing, and are more than willing to accommodate your requests. The last time I went, I ended up getting way too drunk off sampling 14 different wines, and I think I hit on the guy who was pouring. Sorry if you read this, dude! I went to a wine tasting some months ago in Anchorage, and ended up chatting with one of the owners. Super nice guy, not to mention his business makes incredibly great wines. I always seem to have at least one or two bottles of BC in my cabinet. I highly recommend it to all of my friends. BC creates amazing blends, superb combinations, and adds a great Alaskan flair to wine by incorporating local fruits. I hear they've been able to expand, so they'll be able to make even more delicious wine. There's one thing I know that Alaskans do right, and that's our alcohol.
(5)Santiago A.
Definitely a 4.5 star review. This place was awesome. The only thing keeping it from being a 5-star review is that I'm not a super fan of berry wine. It's a bit to sweet for me. BUT, A) not being a fan I still really enjoyed their wines and B) if you do like these types of wines: LOOK NO FURTHER! It only makes sense that this place clearly takes pride in their craft. If Homer (and Alaska in general) don't mess around when it comes to crafting their beer, then it only stands to reason that they'd be on point when making their wine. I funny thing I realized when here is that Alaska doesn't have grapes, so they import the juice and mix it with their local fruits and berries to create the wine. If you live in California, then you probably have a vineyard in your back yard. Any shmuck in CA can make wine. If you're in Alaska, then you better be sure you know what you're doing and be passionate about putting out a quality product. They do exactly that at this winery. Also, the amazing views while traveling up the hillside are free - included with your visit to their location just outside of town. Chances are you'll want to stop and take a couple pictures of the spit, the bay, and the mountains either going there or on your way back.
(4)Casey S.
One of my favorite places in Homer. I always make sure to stop by for a tasting whenever I'm in town. They have a large selection of unique wines. Most of them are distilled from local berries, my favorites are the raspberry and their port, which is delightful with dark chocolate. This is a great place to spend an afternoon or weekend. They have a beautiful yard with an unusual four-person swing that goes in a circle. They also have two sets of horseshoe pits and beautiful gardens with flowers and rhubarb.
(5)All About Town ..
I can only give 5 stars?? I just got back from a two night stay at Bear Creek. They have two rooms and my parents stayed in one and my boyfriend and I were in the other. We had an absolute blast! They have a hot tub, the funnest 4-way swing ever and wine tasting galore! There seem to be surprises for us around every corner! When you stay there you feel like you're staying with long lost family. We went fishing one day and brought our catch back to BBQ at the winery. Such a neat experience. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to experience something different or private. I also think it would be the prefect place to pop the question - I'm sure the owners would go out of their way to help you arrange something special! They owners are originally from California and as a native California girl I felt at home. They also give big military discounts!
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