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In May 2002, Locals Tasting Room opened its doors as an independently owned collective tasting room. Original owners, Carolyn Lewis & Tim Hylas, managed an inventory of over 70 different wines from 10 unique award-winning wineries.

In December 2021, Dick Handal and his daughter Doralice Handal became the new owners of Locals. Dick Handal started his independent award-winning wine brand Denier-Handal in 2009 and joined Locals as one of the 10 wineries in 2017.  Dick and his daughter Doralice manage the tasting room and together they continue the Locals’ tradition of offering tastes of wine from 8 different wineries, one of which is their own.

Locals is unique in that it offers flight tastings allowing you to parallel taste a wine variety all made by different winemakers. For example, 5 different aromatic white wines or 5 different Pinots.  The experience is fun and allows you to determine your preferences based on your palate. We provide a tasting sheet so that you may take notes on the wines you like.

Locals is a different type of tasting room. Our sales team is happy to guide you through our list and help you decide the wines that you might be interested in buying. Part of the Locals family are the winemakers that make these wines, and you will often see them pouring their wines and the wine made by their colleagues while you visit our tasting room.

At Locals, we offer different wine clubs that also support your different tastes such as a club showcasing all red wines.  One of the perks of joining one of our clubs is the advantage of spending more time with the different winemakers and learning the process of making their premium wines.