Inn at Desert Wind Winery

The Inn is a beautiful, relaxing place to stay. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The rooms are stunning and no detail is overlooked without sacrificing comfort. I highly recommend the Inn to anyone who is looking for accommodations in beautiful wine country. The staff is very friendly and accommodating. We also had a fabulous breakfast delivered to our door.

We have stayed at the Inn twice now. We loved our first visit so much, we came back for a two-​night stay. Arieca has always been very accommodating with our requests, and the rest of the staff are amazing as well. While we were sad to see the restaurant (Mojave) within the winery close, the rooms are still fantastic. We have stayed in the Sacajawea room both times, mainly for the jetted tub it offers. However, we have toured all four rooms, and they’re all very nice. (They even have one room with two beds for non-​couples /​groups.) The accommodations are top notch. We have stayed in more expensive suites that were less comfortable than Desert Wind (the bed is to die for). The view is great, with the river running by. The breakfasts are full of options, sure to satisfy even the larger eaters (like me!). The wines are very good, some of the better wines in the area for sure. The staff are happy to offer suggestions for meal locations and other wineries to visit for tastings. The rooms are expensive compared to a hotel, but if you’re booking here, it’s because you don’t want the usual hotel experience. These are suites, and they’re well worth the expense. The gift shop and tasting room downstairs are nice, and again, the staff are very friendly. We try to plan an annual trip here we love it so much!

I booked the Charbonneau room for 2 nights. Nothing special. Overpriced cheap wine. The restaurant is extremely overpriced and low quality. $ 92 for dinner for two. $ 11 for a basket of potato chips??? This is not a pet friendly accomodation. Bring your dog and that will set you back $ 500. Grand total for 2 nights $ 1,500.
My synopsis: Overpriced room for 2 nights with dog $ 1,258
Overpriced dinner for 2 $ 92
2 nights I will never get back… priceless

Alright, I need to add my experience here — I understand that the booking process is an important aspect of anywhere you stay, but I think the overall 2-​star review for the accomodations here is unwarranted.
I booked a last-​minute stay at Desert Wind last week after an opening came up (another person cancelled). I called around to a few B&B’s and other places in the area but thought that this place looked cool enough that I requested to be waitlisted. They gave me a call to let me know that a room opened up, and I’m glad we stayed!
There are only 4 rooms here. They’re all very new (as is the winery, it seems) and in great condition. I stayed in the Jean Baptiste room: super comfortable king bed, flat screen wall-​mounted TV, a nice balcony (unfortunately looking out over the highway in our case, but better than nothing) and a beautiful bathroom. Large mini fridge, gas fireplace and tastefully decorated, which is more than I can say for most of the B&B’s in the area — they all redmind me a little bit too much of my grandmother’s house. The bathroom here was really great — nice big shower with floor-​to-​ceiling glass. The showerhead kind of sucked, though. And it was always super, super cold with the A/​C on full blast even though I’d turned the heat on.
Rooms come with breakfast every morning, and a free bottle of wine when you arrive. We’d had a lot of wine already once we checked in, so we just took the bottle with us. The breakfast was just ok — there were some standouts (amazing peach scone with peach glaze, great cheeses and fruit paste with a small baguette) but some duds as well (boring fruit selection, grocery store granola, costco pastry). The coffee in the room is Gevalia, which was pretty bad. There’s some kind of little t-​cup brewing system that was really strange.
the mini-​bar snacks were actually pretty reasonably priced: they had Fran’s dark chocolate gold bar bites for $ 1.50, which is pretty much what you’d get one for at the grocery store. And free bottled water — cool!
A note on their late check-​in procedure: first they tried to send late check-​in instructions to the wrong email address (the people who cancelled their stay, I think?), then they got my email address wrong. Finally the day we arrived I called them and they quickly sent the instructions to the correct email address. You arrive and walk up a set of outside stairs and punch in a code to get a key that opens the door. Then you put it back, I guess? (Sorry that’s so vague — my husband did that part!)
When you get inside, your room is just open, which is a little weird, and your key is inside. I’m sure it’s all a lot more normal if you arrive during business hours (10 – 5?) but we had an all-​day event we were attending, and that wasn’t possible for us. The outside stairs are well-​lit, but there are SPIDERS EVERYWHERE and there’s lot of highway noise — it isn’t the most pleasant way to come and go, for sure.
I think this is great, but other people might be put off by it: this seems like a really antisocial setup, so if you’re used to friendly B&B’s, staying here might come as a bit of a shock. We made our reservations, showed up, punched in a number to get in, got to our room, stayed, had a very nice woman deliver breakfast in the morning, and just left our keys when we checked out. Hardly any human contact at all. It’s probably great for the owners (less hassle dealing with guests) but it kind of felt like a computer was running things! I’m actually OK with this, but again — you might not like it as much as me :)