
Nov 24th, 2020
Experience Gatlinburg’s newest winery, located in the heart of Downtown across from The Village. Little Bear Winery offers don’t-miss wines that are vibrant, fun, and – most importantly – delicious.
Show more...My group of seven had six drinkers, we stepped in just to look around and were immediately invited over to a free wine tasting by Stav. Five of us decided to take him up on his offer and I (as a driver and a lightweight) decided I would take a sip from my boyfriend's samples to be safe. The process as I gather it is that you get a list of all the possible wines and you can pick 4 to sample for free, or all of the options for a relatively reasonable price that I no longer remember. Once you've drunk all of your wine samples, you get a condiment cup size shot of their alcoholic slushies. Stav took great care of our group and for the most part we were really enjoying ourselves, so much so that what I think we wanted to be a less than 5 minute look around a shop turned into probably a 20+ minute experience (not so great for our non-drinker friend who went down the street to get ice cream thinking we were right behind him). All the wines were great, Stav was really funny and each couple walked out with a bottle of wine (of which only one made it home at the end of our vacation a few days later, they were that good) having had a great time. I'm only not rating this a 5/5 because Stav was very misogynistic and directed any misogynistic joke or jab towards me. Thought nothing of it, sometimes I'm overly sensitive, tried to let it roll off my back, but when were talking about this experience after the fact, I started talking about some of the things he said to me that some of my group hadn't heard and they were pretty appalled by the behavior so I knew I had not been sensitive. Seriously though, he was super cool to everyone else and we all had a great time otherwise, he just enjoyed picking on me, I guess. 10/10 wine sampling, 100/10 wines, 10/10 experience with Stav for the drinkers in our group, just a 2/10 experience with Stav for me personally so I would still highly, HIGHLY recommend checking this place out.
Show more...I stopped in to try some wine and had an amazing experience. The wine was great, but Broderic serving the wine made the experience rich. He was fun and kept the atmosphere light while being able to answer questions about the wine.
Show more...Megan was my bartender and she was clearly busy but she didn’t let that effect her at all. She remained upbeat and personal which each guest she took care of. I had my two kids and she made them even feel included by offering them a juice tasting. They felt so special and we even bought a bottle to bring home for them as well so they can join Mommy and Daddy while we drink our wine. Megan had the equal balance of knowledge and quirkiness needed at this establishment. The hot apple pie mulling spice was my absolute favorite. Definitely recommend little bear and asking for Megan. You won’t regret it!
Show more...Came on Nov 8 2020
My wife and I stopped in for some free wine tasting but luck of the draw we got Cody as our host. He was amazing he had knowledge of the wines plus he was funny. So what started as just tasting free wine we bought 3 bottles and probably going back this evening.
Overall this was a great experience. We just popped in for a free wine tasting and ended up going on the wine trail to get the free wine glasses. Broderic, our wine guy, was great! We ended up buying two bottles from him and those may become my favorite wine yet!
Show more...we had went to quite a few winery's they all had something good. But Sandra at little bear was the best she made my girls feel special as she gave them juice samples. She made them feel apart of it all. We ended up buying a case. I would highly highly recommend this winery's and Sandra
Show more...First time coming into this establishment. Broderic was very welcoming and has a great sense to explaining the taste of wines they offer. Definitely recommend paying to sample their entire selection! Thank you Broderic!
Show more...Can taste a few for free or for a small fee have a full tasting. We did the full tasting and worth it. Even though we said this trip would not purchase any alcohol we ended up purchasing from them. New winery friendly staff and great wines.
Will return
I loved the quality of the wines the Winery makes! The man there who allowed my Mother and I to sample the wines, Broderic, was a really kind guy who threw in some humor as he let us sample the wines. The Blueberry Twist was delicious and the Two Berries was great as well! If you're in the area and you want a free tasting, here's a great place to look into! You only get a limited number of free samples, but if you're willing to pay an extra $5, you can sample all of the wines. I had a tight wallet then, so I couldn't pay the extra Lincoln. I regret that.
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You can get free samples of four wines BUT I highly recommend spending $5 to sample 15 wines. That includes two wine freezes and a special treat! Cody the bartender was so friendly and personable, we enjoyed chatting with him. We ended up buying a couple things and can't wait to have them back at home!
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