Defiance Ridge Vineyards Reviews

Beautiful yet affordable! Michelle was the best ever when planning and on the wedding day. She is AMAZING! Will get it all done and helps you figure out everything for the day.

Our wedding was beautiful and Michelle was absolutely the best coordinator ever. So many times I thought for sure we were missing a detail or running behind, but Michelle was right there to help plan everything out before and during the event. Top of the line service. Thanks for making it great!

Wow! Just wow!! We couldn't have asked for a more perfect place to have our wedding! From start to finish, this venue and it's AMAZING coordinator Michelle, made our wedding everything we could've wanted and MORE! She is professional and knows exactly what she is doing! It made my life so much easier when I knew Michelle was in charge and she would do nothing short of an incredible job! This venue location is absolutely gorgeous!! Talk about amazing photo opportunities, we were able to have our first look IN THE VINEYARD! It was so romantic and the pictures were incredible! Having an outdoor (but covered) venue is perfect when your worried about planning a wedding during COVID! The breeze on the dance floor in the evening was so perfect! Michelle and her staff will make your day everything you've dreamed of for a perfect winery wedding!

I do not think I could recommend this venue enough! It is a STUNNING location and Michelle is amazing! She is so accommodating to your specific needs. She and her team did such an amazing job setting things up that day. I got so many raving reviews about the location and venue from my guests, as well. There are many options within the venue to have your reception (inside, outside, or both). It was truly perfect!

This is the most beautiful venue! There are so many options for pictures and the house for bride/bridesmaids to get ready is lovely!
Lisa, the coordinator, is so helpful and responsive. They were extremely flexible with me and my crazy requests! Food was delicious and drinks were plentiful.
I truly believe Lisa did everything she could to decrease my stress level on our wedding day- she took care of everything and I didn’t even hear a word.
Most of my guests says “best wedding ever!”

Our October wedding was here and it was perfect! The wedding coordinator was so kind and made all our wishes come true! Great venue with great views, not to mention- great wine!

I highly recommend this venue!!! The venue was a dream; I definitely got the wedding of my dreams. I really enjoyed working with Michelle Serles, Event Coordinator; she made sure the day was flawless. Also the food was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had both our wedding and reception at Definace Ridge in May 2018. The venue was perfect and absolutely beautiful. We received rave reviews from the guests about both the venue and the food. The staff was very accommodating and helpful and our day was perfect b

Wine Country Gardens is an amazing place to have a wedding. We were married at the beginning of September this year, and we had a great day. Chris was very responsive and helpful with planning. She is laid back, so I think it helped us to feel comfortable. The venue itself is gorgeous. Food was great. The 'getting ready room' is really cute. I cannot say enough good things about Wine Country Gardens. Thanks to Chris, Mike, and everyone who made it amazing! -Emily and Eric

My wedding was about 120 ppl and we did the ceremony outside at sunset under the band-stand. Cocktail hour and the Reception was indoors due to chilly Nov temps! They have a great set up for indoor and outdoor events. The setting is beautiful indoors and out. We opted to change the linen colors, and we brought in some extra decor items. The event coordinator and owner, Chris, is easy to work with. She was very flexible at that time of the year, bc the venue was not as busy with events. They cater in house, the menu options are great, better than most!! Food quality is superb, and the wine selections (not Missouri) were excellent. Bridal room available! Bonus! You can do your photos on-site....perfect and simple!! No pricey venue charges, very fair pricing. My experience was wonderful. I highly recommend this venue!

Not only is Wine Country Gardens absolutely gorgeous, they do an AMAZING job of making your wedding day flawless. Chris, the wedding planner with Wine Country Gardens, was so very patient with me. She answered all of my questions (and there were many) and never made me feel as if I was inconveniencing her or being obnoxious. The day of the wedding, NOTHING went wrong. The staff were on top of things and ensured that all of our guests were happy.

Wine Country Gardens was absolutely amazing! They were so easy to work with and so flexible and accommodating! The food was outstanding. The alcohol pours were very generous. It rained on the wedding day, but they were still able to set up everything outside and do the wedding outdoors anyway. My only complaint is that I never got to eat a piece of cake, every time I picked a piece up and set it down on the head table, it would be cleared before I made it back to the table. My advice would be to tell the servers and bartenders not to clear uneaten pieces of cake. It was an absolutely wonderful day and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Wine Country Gardens to anyone!

We had both our wedding and reception at Wine Country Gardens in mid-November. While we were hopeful the weather would permit SN outdoor wedding, snow was forecast, and we turned it, with Chris' and the staff's help, into the most beautiful, classy, yet casual, incredible event. We used round tables inside and said our vows in front of the lit fireplace. It was truly magical. I can't say enough how pleased we were with everything...from working with Chris (fabulous), the staff, the beauty of the venue, the quality of the food and wine, and lastly, the value. We're so thankful we found WCG for our special day and recommend it to all!

Everything about this place is beautiful! Food is delicious, and people are so nice and easy to work with. They truly seen to enjoy what they do! Chris is the lady who books and takes care of all the wedding stuff, and she is so sweet!

Absolutely first-rate. Excellent value. Outstanding service, very delicious food and great drinks and wine. Very beautiful setting. They are very professional, and they know exactly how to manage big events. Every detail of the venue was well-planned and designed when it was constructed. I highly, highly recommend Wine Country Gardens!

Absolutely beautiful venue!!! And the staff was so wonderful to deal with. They made everything so easy and took all the stress off. On the wedding day, they made sure everything ran smoothly without being in the way. They are incrediblely friendly and I found a new favorite winery that is now the only place I want to go to enjoy a glass of wine. I will find reasons to have more parties there!

This wedding was everything my husband and I hoped for. The staff at Wine Country Gardens was great, the food was delicious, and the place is relaxing and beautiful. I received so many compliments from my guests. Several said it was the best wedding they've been to and I credit most of that to Wine Country Gardens.

A beautiful setting! It didn't matter that it was chilly and rainy all week. The weather broke right before our ceremony and the staff was wonderful making our plan A a possibility with the uncertainty of the weather. Love love loved it!

Not only was Wine Country Gardens a beautiful place to get married and have the reception, but the people there were SO easy to work with! The food was delicious and the drinks were also great! The help there made the reception easy and worry free! They always get back to phone calls, but sometimes are slower on emails.

Such a beautiful venue! Chris was awesome to work with and the food was amazing!! Chris was sometimes difficult to get a hold of, but she always came through! Loved the staff here and the pricing is very affordable.

We had our wedding here recently and I couldn't have been happier with how everything turned out!! We were able to have our wedding outdoors and also be able to keep the reception area open-air because the weather was gorgeous! The views are amazing and we used their entire property for our pictures beforehand. I've had SO many people come up to us in the weeks after our wedding to tell us they've never been to a more beautiful wedding. Chris is awesome to work with and very flexible of most of the things you want to do. The staff is also very friendly and helpful. The food... oh my... SO good. It is done in-house there for you so you don't have to find a separate caterer. The only thing that's worth mentioning is make sure you know how long you have your bar service for. We were not told that the bar service only goes for 4 hours (anything after is additional), and so towards the end of our reception we ended up having to add another hour onto our service. I will note that it IS noted in the packet you get when touring the facility, but they never brought it to our attention after telling them how long our reception was. We thought that would have been very important. All-in-all, I'd highly recommend this beautiful place. I will find more ways to get there and celebrate more things!

Such a beautiful venue! You barely need additional decorations.

The staff there is incredibly friendly and Chris the event planner is very accommodating. They made sure our wedding day was beautiful and everything we asked for we were granted, including getting there early (11am) on the Friday of the wedding to set up (while they were still open to the public)

They have a room there that the bridal party can get ready in. The price was reasonable as it included a cocktail hour and the reception. All around a great choice for an outdoor wedding and reception.

We got dozens of compliments on the food. The food is STELLAR! And they specially made an entre for us- mostaccioli :)

We recently had our reception at Wine Country Gardens on 5/11/2013. We were looking for a laid back feel to our reception. We really liked the indoor outdoor feel of the place and that we could pretty much decorate how we wanted (not a whole lot of restrictions). We were strictly taking our pictures at the ceremony site and the reception site. The grounds are absolutely gorgeous. You can tell they really take pride in their property. Kris was very easy to work with during the whole process.

I had a great experience with Wine Country Gardens. The setting is beautiful. The owner and event coordinator was very friendly as well. My only hesitation with the location is that the coordinator did not have a standard contract; however, she was more than willing to sign a contract I wrote up that included agreed-upon terms. Wine Country Gardens also provides catering and alcohol, which is a very convenient feature. The food was great - the guests said their favorite was hors d'oeuvres served at the cocktail hour.