Youngberg Hill

My fiance and I have had a wonderful experience working with every staff member at Youngberg Hill leading up to our wedding day, as well as after. We were nervous about the negative reviews we read online, but all of the issues we saw were not applicable to us and we had zero issues with the owners Nicolette and Wayne. We have interacted with them numerous times (at mimosa Sunday events, staycations at the inn, live music nights, etc.) and have walked away feeling great about our decision to get married at Youngberg and are happy we frequent there often. We only wanted wine and beer served at our wedding due to A) It being a winery and B) Us wanting our wedding to be a family friendly environment/event. So we can't speak on any experience with outside alcohol or bar request. We went with their preferred caterer, Willaby's and they were exceptional as well. We were not over charged, over promised, or under valued in any way shape or form during our planning process, wedding, or final invoice review. This was absolutely the perfect place for our wedding- all of our guests shared how incredible the venue was and outstanding the food and drinks were. The kids loved the grass area and swing to lay and play during the event. Really, the only negative comment I can make would be that our floor plan/layout left us with a small dance floor area on the patio and there wasn't room for everyone at one time. But it was plenty big enough to make work and realistically there was only one song that got everyone up and out on the floor anyway.

My then-fiancé and I had firsthand experience with Youngberg Hill and it wasn’t pleasant. Due to COVID-19 guidelines, we and several other couples were unable to have our wedding as contracted. In fact, KGW did a story about it (link below). Our caterer also confirmed that we were unable to have the contracted number of guests. They confirmed this with the Health Department in Yamhill County as well. We had asked the venue owner, Nicolette Bailey, to postpone our wedding and requested that she apply all the fees we paid upfront to a new Saturday in the summer of 2021 at no additional cost, as we paid the $2,000 extra to have a Saturday. She tried numerous times to sway us that the county regulations do not apply to her venue and therefore, we could safely hold our event of up to 250 guests on our scheduled wedding date. When we sent her a letter requesting to postpone, she responded by stating that: "I understand how hard all of this is for both of us. You agree to follow the State ordinances no matter what they are so YH is not part of or liable for any of those changes. Any issue you have are with the State and not YH. Your deposit paid for the venue mortgage, maintenance, and upkeep until the original date. Extending it is an extreme hardship for us as we are a small family business." She also stated that "We are in compliance with the ordinances and have been approved to host 250 guests" and that our facts – which have come straight from the Oregon Department of Health – are not accurate. Right. Like the couple is supposed to police everyone on the night of their event. That's impossible with more than 25 people, and any respectable venue owner knows it. We even sent the business owner a snippet from our contractual agreement with them that states, "All rules & regulations including any County or State ordinances or Laws in or about the premises of YE (Youngberg Events) apply." But she disregards this on her contract. She offered us postponement options if we wanted to have a Saturday next summer, but we’d have to pay for the inn rooms and the site fee all over again. Thus, costing us an additional $8,400, which the KGW story doesn’t mention. Our other options were: 1. Reschedule the same event to available dates from October – February 2021 (coldest/wettest months of the year, thus requiring a tent rental of over $5K) . 2. Reschedule the same event to weekdays in March 2021. 3. Reschedule the same event to April – September, M-Th, 2021 with additional payment of the inn rooms for the new date. None of the options are apples to apples to what we had paid. She is extremely inflexible and admitted she already spent our money (quoted above), which includes over $5,000 in estimated bar consumption, gratuities, and the inn rooms. All services which were never rendered. What hotel or inn does that? By the way, all the other vendors have been wonderful, bending over backwards to help the couples figure out alternate dates/venues. Not Youngberg. They aren't flexible at all. So, don’t be fooled by the glowing reviews you find here and elsewhere. There are so many other wineries with great views and with staff that is easy to work with. Do yourself a favor: book your next event anywhere else but Youngberg. Trust me, you'll be a lot happier than we were based on our own experience. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/couples-lose-thousands-dollars-weddings-oregon-winery-coronavirus/283-47a620fb-9246-44c7-8994-7aa3a84e75f6

We were so happy with our wedding at Youngberg Hill! Everything was perfect - the views, the staff, the wine, the B&B. Nicolette was very helpful throughout the whole planning process and made us feel like apart of the Youngberg Family. Their preferred vendor list was fantastic and we loved every vendor that we selected from their list. Would highly recommend!