Wine Tasting Experiences
Wine Tasting
at the Vineyard
Our Wine Tasting Series is our way of keeping record of good wine, great wine makers across the south, the love poured into the craft, and the culture that often goes unseen.
Norwood Vineyard is one of Georgia’s few black-owned vineyards - located in Jonesboro, GA - just minutes from Atlanta, owned by the Norwood family since the 1950s. We are a harvesting vineyard- which means that we don’t make our own wine but we grow the grapes that eventually end up in a bottle of wine.
Our wine program exists to spotlight, support and increase the visibility of black-owned and minority-owned winemakers across the U.S. That means every wine you taste at Norwood Vineyard has been handcrafted by a black wine maker and likely isn’t sold in retail stores.
While we exclusively focus on black-owned wine brands, our tasting room is open and welcoming to absolutely everyone.
We curate monthly wine tasting experiences - each with it’s own unique vibe- for you to not only taste wine, but to learn a little about the winemaker and have an amazing time with people who will feel like family!
A Wine Tasting Experience Highlighting Black Winemakers
How Each of Our Wine Tasting Experiences are Unique
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Our signature Friday night, family-style wine tasting experience with music, wine trivia and good fun under our garden tent!
Frequency: The 1st Friday of each month
Duration: 2 hours | Rain-or-Shine (7pm-9 pm)
RSVP: Tickets required in advance (no drop-ins)
Event Type: Large Group/Family style seating (50-60 total guests on average)
Perfect for: Date night (even solo-date night) , birthday celebration, anniversary, friend meetups, etc.
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A laid-back, taste-at-your-own-pace Saturday wine garden - you become a wine critic for the day and help us taste new wines and some fan favorites.
Frequency: One Saturday each month (typically last Sat of each month)
Hours: 12-4 PM
Drop-ins welcome. Advance Ticket Recommended
Event Type: Open to Public/Self-Guided
What’s Special: You become a wine critic- taste and rate new wines that may end up on our permanent menu. Your feedback also goes directly to the winemaker to help strengthen their product.
Perfect for: Casual meetups, Friend dates, Solo drop-ins.
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A beautifully serene Sunday starting with a tour of the vineyard, followed by a thoughtfully paced guided wine tasting - coupled with our beloved fresh artisanal bread and handmade butter service.
Dates: 2nd and 4th Sundays each month
Duration: Approx. 1.5 hours | Rain-or-Shine
RSVP: Tickets required in advance for tour (wine only tickets available at the door)
Event Type: Open/Public
Perfect for: Small celebrations (birthday, etc), Daytime date, Family/Friend Groups
A Breakdown of Our Wine Tasting Experiences - explained by Erika Norwood (CEO & Co-Owner)
Wine Tasting at the Vineyard
A beautifully serene Sunday wine tasting & tour through the vineyard - coupled with our beloved artisanal bread and handmade butter service.
- Format: Guided Wine Tasting + Tour/Small Group
- Wine Selections: Three
- Food Included: Artisan Bread & Butter Basket
- Capacity: 24 Guests per session
Join us on the 2nd and 4th Sunday each month for a 90-minute wine tasting & tour experience. Enjoy a 20 minute historical tour and walk-through of the vineyard (weather-permitting) followed by a guided tasting of three Southern small-batch wines. This is perfect for an after-work evening or an early date night. We’ll take you through the vines, share a little of the story behind what’s growing, then settle in for a tasting under the tent. Seating is limited and reservations are required.
The Vineyard Tour
Your reservation begins with a small group guided 20-minute walking tour of Norwood Vineyard. You’ll hear the history of this land, learn about the muscadine vines, and walk the rows that have been tended by our family for 75 years. It is unhurried, personal, and unlike anything you’ll find at a traditional winery.
The Wine Tasting
Following the tour, guests are invited to settle in and enjoy a self-guided tasting of three pours from our curated wine selection. Each flight features muscadine varietal wines procured from Roberts Vineyard or a specially selected offering - all wines rooted in Southern tradition and Georgia soil.
Artisan Bread Basket
As you start your tasting, we provide the table with warm bread from a local baker and pastry chef we love, served family-style alongside a rotation of jams and butter spreads sourced from local farms — each one chosen to complement the wines you’re tasting that day.
PRICING
Vineyard Tour + Wine Tasting | $75/person (advance ticket required)
Wine Tasting Only (12:30-4pm) | $40/person (drop-ins welcome/can be purchased at the door)
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
This wine tasting experience is approximately 1.5 hours (10 minute welcome, 20 minute tour + 1 hour guided tasting).
Tour & Tasting Tickets must be purchased online in advance.
Wine tasting only tickets do not include bread basket and can be purchased at the door. Drop-ins welcome.
All advanced tickets are non-refundable.
All Guests must be 21+
No Pets allowed
This is a rain-or-shine event held under our large Garden Tent Pavillion
In case of rain we may conduct an informational session under our pavilion in place of the tour and provide guests with an additional wine pour. In the rare case of severe weather, we will announce a cancellation and issue a full refund.
Norwood Vineyard is located in Jonesboro, Georgia approximately 25 minutes south of Downtown Atlanta and 15 minutes south of the Atlanta airport.
Please note: This is a guided group tasting — please arrive on time as the tour will start promptly after a 10-minute welcome/grace period. Late arrivals must join the group in progress. Due to our wine tasting schedule earlier pours cannot be repeated for late arrivals. Refunds/reschedules are not provided to late arrivals or no-shows. Outside food/drinks are not permitted. Valid ID required for alcohol service. In case of severe weather, we may cancel with notice and issue full refunds.
Digital Ticket
A digital ticket will be emailed to the ticket holder via Eventbrite prior to the event date. Please email hello@norwoodvineyard.com if you have not received your digital ticket at least 24 hours prior to the event date.
Twice a
Month
Six tables. One Sunday.
The third Sunday of each month, Norwood Vineyard closes its usual doors and opens up something smaller and deeply beautiful— a table for you and those you want to spend an afternoon with, styled and set by our stylist, in our Garden Room Pavilion.
We invite you to bring your own meal - a picnic, a spread you made or picked up from your favorite restaurant. Whatever your Sunday calls for. We'll bring the wine, a table dressed like it was made for you, and a dessert that means something and pairs perfectly with your wine.
Format: Two hours under the Garden Room Pavilion, the whole vineyard laid out in front of you. A working family vineyard just 25 minutes south of Atlanta. A table that won't be set like this again.
Duration: 2 hours (3PM-5PM)
Table for up to 4 guests | $250 (includes one bottle of wine)
Table for up to 8 guests | $400 (includes two bottle of wine)
Wine Selection:
Each table comes with a bottle of wine already waiting for you — pour freely, and if the afternoon calls for more, additional glasses can be purchased whenever you want them. Dessert is on us.
Reservations only. All guests must be 21+.
The Vineyard
Your reservation includes access to enjoy the vineyard lawns. It is unhurried, personal, and unlike anything you’ll find at a traditional winery.
KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
Doors open at 2:45pm.
Sunday’s Table Tickets must be purchased online in advance.
Outside food/drinks are encouraged and permitted.
All advanced tickets are non-refundable.
All Guests must be 21+. Valid ID required for alcohol service.
No Pets allowed
This is a rain-or-shine event held under our large Garden Tent Pavillion
In case of rain we may conduct an informational session under our pavilion in place of the tour and provide guests with an additional wine pour. In the rare case of severe weather, we will announce a cancellation and issue a full refund.
Norwood Vineyard is located in Jonesboro, Georgia approximately 25 minutes south of Downtown Atlanta and 15 minutes south of the Atlanta airport.
Please note: This is a times reservation — please arrive on time. Late arrivals will be able to enjoy the remaining of their reservation. Refunds/reschedules are not provided to late arrivals or no-shows. In case of severe weather, we may cancel with notice and issue full refunds.
Digital Ticket
A digital ticket will be emailed to the ticket holder via Eventbrite prior to the event date. Please email hello@norwoodvineyard.com if you have not received your digital ticket at least 24 hours prior to the event date.
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Six Tables
Our signature Friday night, family-style wine tasting experience with music, wine trivia and good fun under our garden tent!
Time: 7 PM-9 PM
Format: Guided Wine Tasting/Large Group
Wine Selections: Three
Some Friday evenings are worth the drive.
Norwood Vineyard is a family-owned working vineyard tucked into Jonesboro, Georgia about 25 minutes south of Downtown Atlanta. We’ve been tending this land for generations, and a once a month we open our doors and invite people in to slow down, pull up a chair, and share something worth tasting.
Legacy Tasting is our guided wine tasting series and it’s a little different from what you might expect. Every first Friday of the month, we gather a small group of guests under our Garden Tent in the vineyard for a tasting of three Southern wines. Small-batch. Thoughtfully chosen. Each one tied to a maker whose story is worth knowing. We travel the region through every pour, from Georgia to the Carolinas to Virginia and beyond, introducing you to the winemakers doing something real in Southern wine country.
This is not a tasting for the wine expert. There’s no sommelier, no pressure, no wrong answers. It’s a Friday evening in a southern vineyard with family-style seating, good conversation, and wine that might just surprise you. Sweet, bold, fruit-forward. Every month is different, and that’s the point.
Fridays feel like a festive night under a tent with wine and new friends! Whether you’re coming solo, with a partner, with friends, or making it a group night out you’ll feel right at home from the moment you arrive.
What’s included:
A guided tasting of 3 featured Southern wines focused on muscadine varietals and an evening on the vineyard you’ll want to repeat.
What to know before you go:
This wine tasting experience is approximately 1.5 hours (20 minute welcome/intro and 1 hour guided tasting).
Tickets are $65/person and must be purchased in advance (no door purchases)
Tickets are non-refundable.
Guests must be 21+
This is a rain-or-shine event held under our large Garden Tent Pavillion
In the rare case of severe weather, we will announce a reschedule date or issue a full refund
Doors open at 6:50 PM and the evening begins promptly at 7:00 PM
Norwood Vineyard is located in Jonesboro, Georgia approximately 25 minutes south of Downtown Atlanta and 15 minutes south of the Atlanta airport.
Please note: This is a guided group tasting — please arrive by 7pm as first pour at will be promptly at 7:15. Late arrivals join the group in progress and due to the schedule of our program earlier pours cannot be repeated. Refunds/reschedules are not provided to late arrivals and/or no-shows. Outside food/drinks are not permitted. Valid ID required for alcohol service. In case of severe weather, we may cancel with advance notice and issue refunds.
Digital Ticket
A digital ticket will be emailed to the ticket holder via Eventbrite prior to the event date. Please email hello@norwoodvineyard.com if you have not received your digital ticket at least 24 hours prior to the event date.
Once a
Month
Once a
Month
A rare Saturday, to sip, frolic and picnic at the Vineyard.
Date: Select Saturdays
Time: 12 PM-4 PM (drop-in hours) | LAST POUR AT 3:30
Wine Selections: Three
It's not often we get an open Saturday. Between all the weddings we host, days like this are rare, so when one comes around, we don't waste it. We picnic. We pour wine. We play.
These are the Saturdays we set aside to taste something new, bottles we're falling in love with from winemakers we believe in, all Black-owned labels we want you to try with us. We open the vineyard, and you decide how you want to spend it. Drop in for a flight. Reserve a little mini picnic basket and sprawl out on a blanket on the lawn, or set up picnic table-side under the tent. Bring your friends. Bring your cousins. Come solo with a book. If the weather's kind, we'll have lawn games out on the grass.
Honestly, this is us on our own Saturdays too, belly down on a blanket, snacks in one hand, wine in the other. It's the kind of fall afternoon that doesn't need a reason, just good company and something new in your glass.
Walk-Up Flights | $40
No reservation, no rush. Pick your pours, find your spot, and settle in.
The Mini Picnic Basket | $55 per person (reserved in advance)
Reserve your own little basket for the afternoon. Three mini-wine pours, a mini charcuterie cup, and a hand fan to keep you cool while you sip.
Reserve the Garden Cottage | $350 | 1.5 hours | Up to 4 guests
Our private garden cottage, all to yourselves. One reservation at a time, complete with a bottle of wine and shared charcuterie and the best views of the vineyard.
Rain or shine, we've got you. If the weather turns, we simply move the fun under the tent, same wine, same picnic setup, just cozier.
Bring your blanket. Bring your people. We'll bring the wine.
Good to know:
Advance tickets recommended but not required.
Outside food not permitted. Snacks available for purchase.
Drop-ins welcome while supplies last.
Weather permitting, we’re outside under the sky. If it rains, we move under the tent, same lighting, same afternoon.
Guests must be 21+. Valid ID required for alcohol service.
Seating is casual and comes and go as you please between 12-4 (last pour at 3:30)
This is a self-guided experience. There is no formal tour or wine guide, just you, your people, and the wine.
In case of severe weather, we may cancel with advance notice and issue refunds.
This one's close to our hearts.
Come walk the vineyard with our family, and let us tell you the real story of this place. Where it started. What it took. What it's becoming. You'll have a glass of wine in hand the whole way.
This isn't something we run every week. When we have a window open, we'll put a date on the calendar and that's your invitation to come. The walk itself is our gift to you, it doesn't cost anything to spend time with us and hear the story of this place. The fee covers your glass of wine and the rest helps support the vineyard you're walking through.
Come see where it all began and hear a little about what we have planned.
Duration: 30 minutes
What to Know Before You Go
Made for small groups of
No set weekly day, we'll announce when we open a date
One glass of wine included, more available if you'd like
Reservations required in advance
Please note: In case of severe weather, we may cancel with advance notice and issue refunds.
Limited
Tickets Available
Farm Girl Market day at Norwood just got a lot more festive! Think a hand-crafted wine cocktail, a guided walk through the vineyard, and a market morning that lingers instead of rushes.
Picture it: fresh flowers in one hand, something wrapped in kraft paper in the other, live music drifting across the lawn. You stop by the VIP Garden Bar for a specialty cocktail made just for the day. You wander toward the vines for a guided tour - a rare look at the vineyard most Market-day guests never see. You leave with a little bag of fresh muscadines to take home. And you get to do all of it from the best seat in the house, right in front of the music.
Your VIP Experience (10am–4pm) includes:
One specialty wine cocktail, with VIP line access for quicker service
A guided vineyard tour (weather permitting) choose your time: 12:00 pm or 2:30pm
Reserved VIP seating area under the Garden Tent, front and center for the live music
A burlap market tote for everything you didn't know you needed until today
Your own Farm Girl bandana from the Bandana Bar
What to know before you go:
General admission to Farm Girl Market is free and runs 10am–4pm.
VIP Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable to a different event.
Wine Garden guests must be 21+; valid ID required for alcohol service.
Vineyard tours are weather permitting and subject to change; specific tour time will be confirmed with your ticket.
This event is held rain or shine. In the rare case of severe weather, we'll announce a reschedule date or issue a full refund.
Late arrivals may still access the market free of charge but are not guaranteed VIP inclusions. Refunds/reschedules aren't provided for late arrivals or no-shows.
Outside food and drinks are not permitted.
Digital Ticket: You’ll receive your ticket via Eventbrite email before the event. If you haven’t received it at least 24 hours prior, email hello@norwoodvineyard.com.
Date: Select Fridays
Reservation Availability: 4 PM-7 PM
Format: Table Reservations (1-4 guests)
Wine Selections: Available for Purchase by the Glass or Wine Flight (of 3 wines)
On select Fridays, when we're not booked for private events, we open a few small tables. Just wine and cheese. Just quiet.
White linen. Candlelight. Small tables reserved for pure intimacy, a solo date, a date with a plus one, or a few friends who need a couple hours to exhale.
This is wine to unwind. The unwind from the weekend before, before the ramp up into the weekend ahead.
Clean. Adult. Simple, yet refined.
Reservations available for 1-4 guests. Book in advance or same day, as tables allow.
What to know before you go:
This is a reservation-only experience.
Table reservations are $50 and reserve your table for the evening. This fee is non-refundable.
Tables are available for one to four guests.
Reservations are offered on select Fridays only, when we are not booked for private events.
Reservation times are between 4 PM and 7PM. We close at 8:00 PM.
Same-day reservations are welcome, based on availability.
This is a wine-only experience. Outside food is not permitted, and food is not offered during this event.
Wine will be available for purchase by the glass or as a curated flight, poured by our wine expert for the evening.
This experience is intended for a quiet, unhurried atmosphere. We ask that guests keep this in mind while enjoying their reservation.
Reservation windows are for 1.5 hours
ReservationTickets are $65/person and must be purchased in advance (no door purchases)
All guests must be 21+
This is a rain-or-shine event held under our large Garden Tent Pavillion
In the rare case of severe weather, we will announce a reschedule date or issue a full refund
Norwood Vineyard is located in Jonesboro, Georgia approximately 25 minutes south of Downtown Atlanta and 15 minutes south of the Atlanta airport.
Digital Ticket
A digital ticket will be emailed to the ticket holder via Eventbrite prior to the event date. Please email hello@norwoodvineyard.com if you have not received your digital ticket at least 24 hours prior to the event date.
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The Little Details to Know Before Your Visit
Wine Selections & Varieties
We offer small-batch, handcrafted wines made from local wine-makers. The varieties we are offering this season are muscadine wines from Robert’s Vineyard which range from semi-sweet to sweet.
Select wines offered during tastings may be available for purchase (while supplies last), however due to the high-demand nature of the wines we carry, there may be a waitlist for select wines.
Days & Hours for Tastings
We open our Wine Room on select each month to host ticketed wine tasting experiences. Due to the number of weddings and private events that we host each month, we do not have daily standing hours for drop-ins.
Most of our wine tasting experiences require tickets in advance (such as Friday Night), however select events you can purchase flights upon arrival (such as Saturday Wine Garden).
Food Options
It’s important to note that we are a working vineyard and not a winery restaurant. Because of this, our food selections are limited based on the tasting experience, however we have compiled a full list of nearby restaurants that we can recommend for full-service dining before or after your wine tasting experience.
While we don’t allow outside food or drinks, you are welcome to bring a small celebratory cake or dessert if you’re celebrating a special occasion.
Celebrations
We love celebrations at the vineyard! If you are joining a ticketed wine tasting experience and would like to request your group to sit together, please contact us a day in advance.
Please note: All ticketed experiences are usually first-come, first serve, family-style seating (tables seat up to 8 guests), thus while we will make every effort at times we may not be able to accommodate a private table for your group.
Group Tasting Reservations
We offer Group Wine Tastings Reservations for those that are seeking to visit the vineyard on a date outside of our ticketed tasting experiences. Please Click here for rates and to inquire about availability.
*Please note: Weekend availability for Group Wine Tasting Reservations may be extremely limited due to the number of weddings and private events that we host. We recommend inquiring about a date at least 30 days in advance.
Vineyard Tours
We offer Vineyard Tours with select experiences (such as Sunday Pour & Tour), however the tour requires an advance ticket.
Vineyard Tours may also be arranged complimentary during a Group Wine Tasting Reservation (weather permitting) with advance notice.
