This is a rather new festival to Murphys, so it has not yet reached it's full potential, but boy…read moredoes it have the potential!! This fun new festival is being spear-headed by one of the local wineries with many of the Main St. business' participating by way of setting up alters in their shops. (the book store had one to Shakespeare etc. etc.) Many people participate in the Catrina/Catrin costume contest held mid-day at the local theater (so cool to see them all walking around town all day!!) and in the evening they do a procession to a local cemetery to honor the dead. And there are usually a few different places to listen to live music, this year I've heard they'll be having a great mariachi band! It is always fun to walk around Murphys eating and drinking your way through the day, and this event just makes it that much more fun and interesting! So if you are planning on coming to Murphys around the beginning of November (it's held the first weekend usually, check their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DiaDeLosMurtosMurphysCalifornia) then come for this event, and maybe even join in the costume contest!

Art on Main has some really great local artists. We took home some raku pottery and chatted with…read moreone of the featured painters.

I drop in here about once a month to keep up on what is new in the local art community. Pretty much…read moreall of the local artists on display here offer talent, interesting art, variety and reasonable prices. You will not find master works for thousands of dollars here, but a good selection of oils, water colors, ceramics and other eclectic stuff to choose a great memory of Murphys and/or the Mother Lode scene. Probably the biggest sellers are the note cards, all custom made, and the jewelry. But if you want to painting for you wall at home, you can find that here too.

Great experience! Food, drinks, vendors and live music were all great. Even though it sprinkled the…read morewhole time, we had a blast. We'll definitely return!

"Kiss Me, I'm Irish!", "Luck of the Irish" and "Top o' the morning!" These sayings and more were…read moreheard or seen (on t-shirts) during the annual Murphys Irish Days celebration last Saturday. This event is a must attend celebration for locals and visitors alike. Main Street is closed to through traffic due to all of the food and craft stands up and down the street. Frozen cheesecake? Yes please! Patrons are decked out in various shades of green. Many have partaken in the age-old tradition of beer consumption. The crowd is definitely more of a beer drinking crowd, rather than the usual wine tasting peeps who frequent Murphys. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I'm just saying. Having grown up in the area, it is really fun seeing people I know and catching up (aka gossiping). Plus, it is a good excuse to do a little wine tasting. I mean, I'm near the tasting rooms after all. ;)

I had an absolutely lovely time at Hovey Winery and I have no doubt that you will two. For…read morestarters, the set up is fabulous. Outside surrounding the space you'll find picnic tables and other seating scattered about. The day I visited it was a bit chilly and they even had blankets placed around to help keep us warm. Such a nice touch that went a long way. I didn't spend much time inside except for when I went to the bathroom, but it was nice and cozy, too. This place is family owned and operated, and of course, everyone is extremely knowledgeable about their wine, where it comes from, and all that stuff. My friends and I got flights, so we could try a little bit of everything. Each new wine our waitress poured came with a back story and I loved it. All of the wine we tried was great and I can't remember exactly what they were, but my favorites were the white wines, I know that. While they don't have food, we were welcome to bring food from outside so we grabbed a few pizzas from down the street to munch on while we were there. I'm not from the area, but I do visit every so often and I can totally see myself returning whenever that day comes.

Love this place!! We visit every time we're in Murphys! We bought an entire bottle of sparkling…read morewine, and sat out under a beautiful tree! Such a great Saturday afternoon. The gals came out to check on us often. Loved the ambience too.

We came here on a Thursday night (8/29) for Blue October, Matt Nathanson, & Switchfoot concert…read more Concert started at 6:30pm. Since neither my friend nor I have been here, we decided to come early. There was no traffic and parking was of ease. Even exiting the venue was with ease. I have read some of the other reviews, and possibly this was a much small crowd, but I thought this place was great. It's not too small and not too big. Best yet, free parking!!! It's nested in a cute little town that you should definitely stay overnight and explore. The food selection could be better (stay away from the teriyaki bowl) but, the place was perfect. I feel like you could have sat anywhere and you still get a great view of the stage. The sound system was great. We had a really good time.

I've had plenty of time to think about this sitting in the parking lot for an hour waiting for…read moretraffic to move. They absolutely need better traffic control. If you happened to go to the left instead of the right, you got out very rapidly. If you had the misfortune of going right, they let almost everyone else out before they allowed you to move once. There were no traffic guides until you got to the exit pinch point. I did enjoy the variety of snacks available for purchase. Most were cash only which is unexpected. I don't think we will be back until they do something about having brick and mortar bathrooms. The porta potties were already disgusting half an hour into the show. The venue has the potential to be a classic and beautiful site. It struggles with logistics.

We walked in for a wine tasting. The wine was good, perhaps…read morea little young. Staff were great, very friendly. We were able to speak to the winemaker Tana and really enjoyed learning a bit more about how the wine was made, growing conditions and challenges.

We had so much fun talking with owner, Pamela about wines and the Warriors! Great wine!!!!!read more

Upping my rating to 5 stars. Stopped by on a rainy day no one was there. the server was Florence…read moreand she was delightful and seemed glad to have the company. It was a fantastic tasting we tasted a lot of different wines and bought several. The quality is good here better than most Murphys wineries and we have tasted quite a few however you will pay a premium they are bit pricey as well. I was tempted to join the wine club but we belong to so many already and I didn't want to commit to quarterly pickups if they had a semi annual option I probably would have joined. We will be back!

To call this place a hidden gem fits it perfectly…read more As a Sommelier I enjoyed all of the wines. Ken, who was working the wine bar was experienced and knowledgeable about the wines and the region. Another couple in my party joined the wine club. I totally recommend them.

Jazz Cellars has the best music and wine in Murphy's. My group of girls had the best time at Jazz…read moreCellars. The wine was excellent and so was the customer service. I really enjoy their Barbara and Champagne, but they have so many other wonderful wines to try and buy.

Hidden gem in Murphys. It's located down a little alley, definitely DON'T want to miss this place…read moreoff of the Main Blvd. Rebecca was such a great hostess, giving details of each wine, and sharing some extra samples as we shared what we did like or didn't. We definitely walked out of there with a few bottles of great wines and will be coming back for more.

We stopped by for a wine tasting. The wine was very good and…read morethe server was friendly and attentive but didn't explain a lot about the wine (which I appreciate and enjoy when I wine taste). Overall a nice experience.

It was our first time doing wine tasting and did not really know how it goes. We were given a menu…read moreand each wine was brought out to us one by one. Each was explained, what year it was made, how it compares to the other wines. It probably would be nice to be able to sit longer and order some food to go with our wines. Not bad for our first wine testing.

Amazing service! Great wines just joined the wine club excited to be a member! The experience here…read moreis great!

Great service. Friendly staff. All wine tastes good. Try the Cheeky Red. It's the best.read more