Great wines sipped in a great space – these are the elements that combine to make a top-notch tasting room.

Fairsing Vineyard is proud to be voted 8th of the 10th Best Tasting Rooms in USA Today’s Readers’ Choice poll.

A panel of wine experts with knowledge of US wineries and travel partnered with 10 Best editors to seek out 20 tasting rooms that met strict qualifications involving hospitality, amenities, wines, and scenic views.

Members of the panel included Jill Barth (L’occasion), Jill Child (Wine Tours of the World), and Logan Lee (Wine Awesomeness). 

For a month, USA TODAY readers voted daily from a list of 20 nominees to select their favorite American tasting rooms.

With the voting concluded, the 2016 top 10 tasting rooms were announced as follows: 

  1. Early Mountain Vineyards – Madison, Va.
  2. Stoller Family Estate – Dayton, Ore.
  3. Alexandria Nicole Cellars – Paterson, Wash.
  4. Hedges Family Estate – Benton City, Wash.
  5. Paradise Ridge Winery – Santa Rosa, Calif.
  6. Dry Creek Vineyard – Healdsburg, Calif.
  7. LXV Wine – Paso Robles, Calif.
  8. Fairsing Vineyard – Yamhill, Ore.
  9. Municipal Winemakers – Santa Barbara, Calif.
  10. Bluxome Street Winery – San Francisco

Other nominated tasting rooms included Artesa Winery, Banshee Wines, Beaux Frères, Brooklyn Oenology, Caraccioli Cellars, Charles Smith Wines, Infinite Monkey Theorem, Miner’s Leap Winery, Ravines Wine Cellars, and Swanson Vineyards.

Fairsing Vineyard thanks all those who voted in the USA TODAY Readers’ Choice Awards. 

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