I was really disappointed with my experience at Grinder's Switch Winery today, and this is not the first time with this same bartender. Unfortunately, the bartender's attitude completely overshadowed what should have been a relaxing visit. From the moment I approached the bar, they came across as rude, impatient, and seemed genuinely bothered that I was there. Great service can make an average experience memorable, but poor customer service can ruin even the best wine. I left feeling unwelcome and won't be returning as customer service becomes is not their priority. I hope management addresses this, because every guest deserves to be treated with courtesy and respect. My visit was today 7/21/26 at your Nashville location read more

Brandon and Ashley are Excellent servers for today and anytime you come they are awesome. Ambiance is nice and inviting. You can order small charcuterie with your tasting for $10.00. Great Winery. Love Guys you are great! read more

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we ordered the sweet wine tasting and they were all yummy to me! i don't drink much but i thought these wines were great and the location itself had a lot of character. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Wine was okay -did end up buying 2 bottles of the one variety that we liked the best. The most memorable part, however, was that the bartender was clearly having the worst day of her life based on her attitude with us. Or maybe we ruined her day by walking in to the otherwise empty tasting room, interrupting her alone time. It was so bad that at one point I said to my friend "I guess we came here to get yelled at!" Reasons I was yelled at included walking into the tasting room with an empty (therefore open) can of Surfside and not having throw it away prior (btw -none of us were remotely intoxicated). It really wasn't a big deal and I immediately went to throw it away but man was she bent out of shape over it. She also seemed particularly irritated when four of us wanted to do a flight and when I asked for a straw (so I could try our 5th persons slushee without using her straw). I actually thought she was going to say no after I asked bc she hesitated and just stared at me as though her brain couldn't process why I would be asking for a straw. Everything is overpriced (the towels, glasses, etc) and normally I wouldn't care bc it's a small business, but you can't can't charge prices like that on top of being miserable. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Outside of building - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

We visited 3 wineries while in Nashville this day and unfortunately this one got our lowest review of the trip. We were most excited for this winery when planning out the day as they said over the phone that morning they had 6 or 7 muscadine wines. When we arrived they only had 2 true muscadine wines and the others simply contained muscadine grapes but not necessarily true muscadines. Their wines are sweet and fruity but nothing too special or unique. Our overall experience in the tasting room was decent but nothing that we typically expect while enjoying a tasting. Our sommelier didn't seem too terribly excited to be there and it was a very bland/basic interaction. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery is located inside the Marathon Village. I love wine so I had to check it out. In the spring of 2015, Grinder's Switch Winery took their wine to the heart of the big city and opened a location in downtown Nashville in the historic Marathon Village. This satellite location provides customers a chance to enjoy some of Tennessee's best wine more often. As I checked in, I received a coupon for a free Wine Slushy. The store was very inviting and the staff were very friendly and helpful. My mother and I ordered a tasting flight for ten dollars and I loved the Razzburry wine. My mother and I both ordered a bottle of wine and we both got five dollars off are bottle of wine for ordering the tasting flight. What a great deal!! The wine slushy was the bomb!!! It was delicious and very refreshing. I would have loved to order and have the wine shipped to my house, but they do not ship to Connecticut. read more

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Grinder's Switch Winery, located in the Marathon Village of Tennessee, offers a great selection of reasonably priced wines. They provide tastings, and the knowledgeable, entertaining staff creates an enjoyable experience. The winery's perfect location, with its proximity to many other shops and eateries including the American Picker's Store, makes it easy for visitors to park across the street in the convenient lot. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - ROSARIO S. CASSATA AT GRINDER'S SWITCH WINERY AT MARATHON VILLAGE IN TENNESSEE. - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Grinder's Switch Winery is one of the primary reasons we make the trek to Marathon Motors. I'm not a wine person, but I always leave with a couple bottles. This trip it was the raspberry and seasonal cranberry. Their fresh, fruity taste won me over. Also, Caitlyn is just the perfect host and it's always a pleasure to explore their wines with her. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Wines, Yo! - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

We had such a fun time here! We got 3 wine flights that we enjoyed while speaking to the employees working. It's an adorable little spot with some yummy wines and great staff. Stop in! read more

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The staff here are absolutely delightful sharing a range of wines. If you are new to wine start here. The dry section isn't dry and was quite delicious and well rounded. The store itself was small and personable which allowed us to really enjoy our tasting. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

I happened to stumble upon this hidden gem while waiting for the show at the Third Coast Comedy Club. It's an intimate winery with a delightful and fun staff. Kate and Brandon were awesome. They shared about their winery, wine selection, and other local ones to visit. I instantly gravitated to the Barrel Select a red blend, but they have a dynamic selection of sweet, dry, red and white wines. They also have wine slushies! The bottles range in price from $18.95-$24.95 and they ship. I would recommend stopping by for a drink or to take a bottle home. read more

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This review is based on a private group tasting. We had a reservation for a group tasting an pairing at this satellite location of the winery. Everything was organized and ready for our group. There were eight wines, each was well paired with an item, primarily cheese, but also nuts or chocolate. While we did not like all of the wines, the overall experience was great, which was down to the staff. Caitlyn (not sure if the spelling is correct) was phenomenal, we really enjoyed her hosting us, as well as the couple other staff that popped in. Worth checking out, especially if you have a group and can make a reservation. The location is a bit off from downtown, but the historical building also has a other shops to check out and a distillery. read more

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BEST wine tasting. Wonderful service! Love the Marathon motors! Best wine testing love the bartender! read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Wine selection! - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

This place is great! The employees were amazing and so personal. My friends and I did the $15 8 glass wine tasting. Each time we got a new wine Ariel told us about it and even stood talking to us, we truly enjoyed her company. We walked about talking about how amazing that place was and how nice the employees are. The vibe of the place is exactly what you want going into a winery. We bought some mini bottles to go and I'll definitely be shipping full bottles to my house to share with my family. I've already gone and told people about this place read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Bar area, you can see what wines they do for the tasting in the back - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Such a fun experience here! I've lived in Nashville for a few years and I haven't really heard of this place until a friend looked up things to do/experiences for the weekend. We did a group wine pairing with snacks (rare to find wine tastings with snack pairings) in the back room (made reservations). The snacks included apple, cheese, nuts, and chocolate and we tasted 8 different wines: red, white, and sweet. Great variety! I particularly loved their blackberry wine as it was refreshing and semi sweet. I got too excited with the wine that I didn't take too many pictures of it. You can also do a wine tasting at their counter without making a reservation, but I'm not sure if that included the snacks or not. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - cheese, crackers, apples, and olives - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

definitely a nice place to a nice and cost efficient wine tasting in Nashville. Located near 2 quaint distillery's you can make a day or events. Cost of only 5 dollars can get you a nice wine tasting of about 4 different wines. You can choose from reds or white . Sweet or not. I selected the sweet which is my favorite and all were super nice. The staff here was nice and the patrons were also nice. Definitely cute for photo oops and take away purchasing of wines I would encourage. If you do go check in on yelp for a sweet treat read more

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I got to try 8 diff wines for 15 dollars. Great service from a black woman who's name i don't recall, but she walked me through how each wine is made and what creates the diff flavors. This and Nelson's Green Brier are def worth it if you got to Marathon Village. read more

I have lived in Nashville for four years and never knew about this place until I looked up new wineries to try in the area. The tasting here was a super fun thing to try on a Saturday afternoon for a young couple or girl friends. The wines were unique, the pairings were a fun touch and diverse. We bought two bottles of Ivory Mist. We can't wait to go back! read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Wine tastings and pairings - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

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Took my wife here for her birthday and did the wine pairing. The staff were friendly and welcoming and explained each wine in full detail. The wines were all amazing, as for our first wine pairing it was an awesome experience. Thank you for making our day special. read more

Well I do not like wine but I have to say I actually enjoyed all the white sweet wines that they had offered in the tasting the only thing I would say is the charcuterie board was really really small for the price but other then that I enjoyed my experience here read more

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Had a great time wine tasting here. Really cool vibe & great wines. If you check in here you get a wine slushy! Very refreshing. read more

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Here's to having one during the day! It's 5 o'clock somewhere ; ) And definitely love the convos. Fill me up!

My favorite Nashville winery! I love that if I need to pick up some bottles I can at the Marathon Music Works building, or I can go to Centerville to their other large location. Although I live in downtown, and the MMW location is very close, convenient and lots of parking, I am a member of the quarterly wine club! I find the discount, the free samples & wine slushees to very incentivizing with this club! Every quarter I could get the bottles shipped, but I pick them up In-store for the party! They have some food, free wine & slushees, and fellowship for all the club members. I love sweet wine, so my favorite is the Razzburry (red), Honeysuckle (red), Switch Red (red) and Blonde (White) They have wine tasting for 5$ to try the 4 sweets or the 4 dry. You can also enjoy the wine slushees- you choose the base (I do cherry) and I choose honeysuckle wine, you choose the wine you want! I always leave getting extra bottle for friends and family and they love when I bring them the bottles! read more

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Such a fun winery inside of Marathon Village. The winery was busy on a Saturday afternoon, but the employees were friendly and helpful. Tastings were reasonably priced and included many delicious sweet wines. This is a fun stop for couples or groups. The winery also offered frozen wine drinks and wine merchandise and gifts. I'd definitely recommend stopping in if you are at Marathon Village. read more

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After some terrible service at Tennessee Legends. We strolled into Grinders winery taste room. What a delight these two are!! Brandon And Caitlyn are a huge asset to this wonderful tasting room and we went home with a few cases on their hospitality alone. Thanks And we are lifetime customers! read more

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This winery offers 2 different tasting for a cost of $5 each: sweet wines and dry wines. I enjoyed one wine specifically but couldn't buy any since I was flying home. Grinders Switch is located in the Marathon Village which holds a couple cute shops and a distillery. I really enjoyed the tasting but I would suggest for the business to promote itself a little more... We strictly found out about it by googling wine tastings nearby. read more

We stopped here after a brief tour from Antique Archeology. The Marathon building has numerous business located within and its pretty cool. It's very similar to the BOK building in Philadelphia. Grinders offers a wine tasting for $5.00 which is a solid deal. If i remember correctly you can choose 4 between a variety of 8 wines. Some were better than others. All good though. The wine slushy is epic and was our favorite part. The bottles are priced on the higher side but bought one anyway. Solid place to stop in and try. read more

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This ain't it If you are a true wine lover this place is not for you. It left so much to be desired. We had this on our list to do for our Nashville visit but it didn't fit our schedule. I'm so glad it didn't because my group would have hated it. Two of us had a late flight the last day and decided to check it out. The look on my face said it all. Let's start out with the lack of seating. Tasting rooms can have chairs! Even the ones at total wine or Whole Foods have chairs. I really have no incentive to stay and drink and order a cheese board if I have to stand. Second the glasses they gave us were so dirty, I can tell a water stain from dust and this was hard dust at the bottom of the glass and they only clean them with a towel. Gross. I know many people who would not get past that itself but we continued. They don't change your glass between wines either or rinse them, not surprised anymore knowing the glasses are dirty from the start anyway. The wine isn't chilled. The decor is dusty and bad but that's personal aesthetic. None of the items on the shelves had pricing so really didn't make me want to buy anything. There was so much space for bar tables and chairs but there wasn't any. They said we could sit in the hall if they gave us plastic cups...well after seeing the glass I should have done that. We drank our flight and left immediately. The staff was nice but the experience is crap. I do better wine tastings at home. Don't waste your time if you are looking for a nice sit down wine room. This ain't it. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - My incredibly dirty glass - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

I am definitely a fan of this little winery! Guests are able to sample all of the wines for right around $8. (that's what I call a steal) The winery is not very big at all. They have a 20 ft bar area where you can stand up and do your tastings. I would not recommend this winery if want to bring a big group. This is a stop and sip kind of winery. I won't spend more than 20-30 min here just because of size. The wines were very delicious and the waitress was well-versed in her overall knowledge of all the different wines. Make sure you check in for a surprise! read more

This was such a great day stop and will come back EVERY time I am in Nashville. My boyfriend and I did the wine and cheese pairing and wow, was it worth it! It's not advertised very well but I did some research ahead of time. But I 100% recommend signing up for the $25 wine and cheese pairing. I was able to sample, many cheeses, peaches, a chocolate and nuts. Along with everything on my cheese board, there was a wine paired with it. The lady hosting the event was really generous, was well versed and friendly the whole time. At the end, it was amazing that everything we tasted that day was available for purchase - even the cheese. We ended up leaving with a bottle and two kinds of cheese! Afterwards, it was warm out so we were sure to grab some wine slushies' for only $3. You can mix and match however you like - one of ours turned out tasting exactly like a peach ring. If you're second guessing to come here or not, make sure you do because it's definitely worth it. The wine and cheese pairing takes an hour and then you can walk down the street to get a picture with Nashville wall mural and stop by the distillery. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Came with a girlfriend yesterday. What a cute little spot for a quick wine tasting. We both sampled about 4-5 wines. I personally like sweeter wines and had a sample of them all. I really enjoyed the earthy taste of the muscadine grapes. The lady that helped us, Michael, was super sweet and nice. The General was pretty good my second tasting was the honeysuckle rose. Yummy. The blackberry express was hands down my favorite. I tried the General 2; no thank you. We ended up getting wine slushees. Strawberry slush with blackberry wine. Can't stop; won't stop. It was amazinggggg. The space was super cute. The items they had were very unique and locally crafted. Love being able to support local businesses. I can't wait to come back with our group! read more

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We drove out today with the family. We tried some of the wines and bought four bottles. Mostly sweet and they were excellent. The girls who did our tasting were also super helpful and knowledgeable, which we appreciated. We also bought some cheese and a couple of stickers and we enjoyed our lunch outback as it was raining. Totally worth the trip! read more

Very cute little tasting room in the old Marathon building. We did the dry tasting which was mostly whites and one red and our friend did the port. 2 of the white were quite good!! I think it was the ones they said paralleled with the sauv blanc and pinot grigio. The 'champange' without the bubbles white was way too sweet for me so I was not a fan. The one red I tried, that self described itself as buttery was basically undrinkable. It tasted like butter, not wine. Ew. Friend that ordered the $5 port did not like it at all either. That said, port can be tough, it should be strong but smooth. I think they do some dry whites well, I would not even venture to try their reds or their 'sweet' wines based on what I thought was sweet from their dry menu read more

Best liquor store I been to in Nashville!! The staff was awesome the blonde that waited on us was very sweet and helpful.. they have every kind of liquor.. if your looking for a good store with friendly staff this is the liquor store!!! You won't be disappointed read more

Delicious winery tucked away into the back of an old factory building. They have a sweet and dry category for tasting and a tasting is $5. Their wine slushees are $4 and the flavors rotate. You get to chose the type of wine you'd like in your slushee and if you purchase a tumbler from their gift shop, you get a free wine slushee! They also have a back room for cheese pairings along with wine tasting. The was by far my favorite winery out of the 4 we visited in Nashville and very affordable. read more

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I visited Grinder's Switch while popping into Nashville briefly. I wanted to try some local wines and bring something back to Virginia as well. The location was convenient as it is in an area with other little shops and a distillery. I decided to do the tasting of 4 sweet wines and I think I made the right choice. Brandon helped me out and was an absolute pleasure. He even let me try the Vidal Blanc from the dry list as well as a Honeysuckle that wasn't on the menu. Both were good but I ended up purchasing the Honeysuckle and the Blondy because they are delicious. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

A tasting of 4 wines for $5, yes, please! We had so much fun at this little winery is an amazing historic building. The bartenders were very nice and knowledgable about the wines they were serving. There is also an option to have a wine slushy, which means any of the wines you try can be turned into a slushy! Amazing and such a great idea! Remember to check in on yelp here for a great incentive! read more

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Inside the Marathon Motor Works ... it's a Fun change up from craft brews, bourbon and whisky. Great service and surprisingly good wines. I didn't taste the Sweet wines because I don't really care for sweet wines. Flight of Sweet Wines was $3 Flight of Dry Wines was $4 Flight of ALL was $6 We just did the Dry. I really liked the Colleytown, the Magnolia White and the Vidal Blanc. Colleytown was a Syrah blend that was medium bodied and had a good fruit - dark berry flavor but smooth with a hint of spice. Not all that jammy like most Syrahs but that didn't detract me from liking it. The Magnolia White was a dry Gewurztraminer that was dry, but refreshing. This one would be great to have with a summer salad of chicken and pears. The Vidal Blanc was a crisp and citrusy almost like a Sauvignon Blanc... it was light and easy to drink. Would be a really good "sitting by the pool" while sipping a glass of this lovely wine. I wanted to buy several bottles but alas... it's hard to do when you are traveling. And where I live in SoNV... it's too warm now to order wine and have it shipped. I'll have to wait til Fall to put in my order. (I'm particular that my wine doesn't get too "hot" during transit so I don't order any wine from May through October.) read more

Hey y'all I just wanted to take a moment and recommend Grinder's Switch Winery. While it's much different than other wineries I've been to, it's very good. I stopped in while visiting Marathon Music Works area. I had a strawberry slushie with blackberry wine and it was just $4! Price was awesome! The drink was very tasting. The tasting room itself was small and the area is busy but it's very cute. They even have a photo opportunity wall which was neat. Parking is street parking and paid for lots. I'd suggest checking it out. I'm only giving it 4 stars because of the size of the shop. read more

Grinder's Switch Winery - Photo opportunity area and a strawberry frozen slush with blackberry wine! - Wineries Near Me - Nashville, Tennessee

Good winery at Marathon village in Nashville! The winery is located behind the village in the back of the Marathon factory shops. I liked the whites, the chardonnay is my favorite one and the Pullman red. The wines are mostly sweet so that's a factor to remember. They had the whole tasting for $8 so it's a superb value. Their winery is outside Nashville so this the tasting room. I thought the staff was nice and helpful! I took the trolley so parking was not an issue. I saw parking lots nearby within walking distance. read more