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For those who went how'd we feel about the broncos in the vine event?

It was fine, but there were some lessons learned. Paying extra for the VIP parking was a waste considering it was right next to the regular parking, and that obstacle course was definitely not worth $40. I also feel like there wasn't really an incentive to buy a ticket to the event considering you could still visit the winery without one and have the same experience minus a wine glass and a tote bag. I enjoyed the Talking Rock Bronco Stampede much more maybe because that wasn't a ticketed event. Despite all that I had fun and it was a good day overall. Always good to see some awesome Broncos.

@Scleary1212

@Scleary1212 I feel like this will be the takeaway for most. They promise bigger and better things for next year's off-road trail but I am not sure how many people are going to want to pony up for it again.

We got turned away at the bar since we didn't have our bronco specific glasses on us. Had to walk back to the parking lot to fetch the special glass to get some wine.

Wine was good though.

@Rspayde

@Rspayde wait we got free wine if we used our glass? I guess that's one of the perks I missed out on.

@Scleary1212

@Scleary1212 no free wine there was just one bartender (at least) that refused to serve us without the special glasses.

I felt like they over-promised and under-delivered.
1) Two unisex bathrooms aren't enough for the hundreds of guests who were there (counting those with the Bronco event as well as others).
2) They advertised "food trucks". That implies multiple cuisines. We had one choice: Mexican. And they could not keep up with demand. No one likes waiting in a 20+ minute line to place their order, then wait another 10+ minutes for their order to be ready. On a hot day. (I looked back at their Jeeps in the Vines, and it looks like they had smoked BBQ, plus local beers.)
3) The vendor lineup seemed a bit weak. Not counting the sponsors (Kaya Vineyards and Billy H. Ford), you're left with maybe a half-dozen vendors. (Again, I looked back at the Jeeps in the Vines, and they listed over 2 dozen vendors.)
4) Like others, I was told by bartender that those of us with the Bronco event had to use our Bronco wine glass to get wine. Someone told me they had same issue, and just told the bartender their glass was broken in order to be served. I ended up going to other bartenders and simply told them I wasn't with the Bronco group (even though I had event wristband and wearing Bronco T-shirt). Not very welcoming.
5) The mostly manmade obstacle course was 'okay'. Not worth the $40. Neither was the $25 VIP parking.
Oh, yeah, and the event T-shirts Kaya Vineyards was selling went up from $30 at the start of the event to $35 at some point. Pretty shady.
In the end, it wasn't worth the $97 I paid ($85 + taxes & fees). It sounds to me like the Jeeps in the Vines was a better planned & executed event. I understand they've been doing that one for 8 years and this is their 1st one for Broncos, but all they had to do was duplicate the Jeeps event for the Broncos. Simple.

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