Vintner KC

Vintner KC is Tony Marin’s California-style wine tasting room in Westwood, Kansas — 4711 Rainbow Blvd, Woodside Village development, opened March 2025. ~12 rotating wines by the glass, 80+ retail bottles, organic focus, most glasses under $15. Marin is a KC native who spent 20+ years in advertising before opening his first business.

Description

Vintner KC is Tony Marin’s wine tasting room in Westwood’s Woodside Village — a Kansas City native who spent more than 20 years as an advertising creative director before pivoting to open his first business in March 2025. The concept is California-inspired: an approachable, unpretentious tasting room with roughly 12 rotating wines by the glass, more than 80 retail bottles, and flights priced at $12 for three pours — most glasses under $15. The organic wine focus keeps the selection craft-forward without the price ceiling typical of wine-bar concepts in the Westwood corridor. Marin’s advertising career gave him a specific brief for Vintner KC: the Johnson County Post quoted him aiming for “unpretentious, approachable, and reasonable prices,” which tracks with the accessibility-forward pricing and the accessible Westwood Village location. Vintner KC is a rare example of a wine-focused independent owned by a born-and-raised Kansas Citian.

Tier classification

Tier 1 provisional — KC native. The Johnson County Post describes Tony Marin as a “KC native” — language that, in local press, typically means born and raised in the Kansas City metro. Combined with 20+ years of Kansas City advertising career before opening his first business, Marin represents a deep KC local investment. “ — the exact “KC native” language should be confirmed by reading the Johnson County Post article at https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/04/22/vintner-westwood-open-257923/ — verify quote and that it refers to KC metro birth/upbringing.

Menu

Last verified: 2026-07-14 · Source: Vintner official site; Johnson County Post · URL(s): https://vintnerkc.com/ · https://johnsoncountypost.com/2025/04/22/vintner-westwood-open-257923/ · Confidence: High (by-the-glass list and prices from official site; wines rotate)

A California-style wine tasting room with roughly a dozen rotating wines by the glass, 80+ retail bottles focused on organic and sustainably farmed producers, a full bar, and a short cheese-and-charcuterie menu.¹

Wines by the glass — reds

• House of Brown Cabernet Sauvignon — Lodi, CA ($13)¹
• Viña Eguía Reserva — Rioja Alavesa, Spain ($14)¹
• Ayres Pinot Noir — Willamette Valley, OR ($14)¹
• L’Onesta Lambrusco — Italy ($13)¹

Wines by the glass — whites

• Left Coast White Pinot Noir — Willamette Valley, OR ($15)¹
• Marqués de Riscal Verdejo — Rueda, Spain ($12)¹
• Cabrol Picpoul de Pinet — Languedoc, France ($13)¹
• Jacqueline Delaunay Muscadet Sèvre et Maine — Loire Valley, France ($13)¹

Wines by the glass — sparkling & rosé

• Cricket Farms Brut — Lake County, CA ($15)¹
• ZaZa Garnacha Rosé — Campo de Borja, Aragón, Spain ($13)¹

Flights & bottles

• Wine flight — choose three pours ($15)¹
• Retail bottles — 80+ organic, biodynamic, and sustainably farmed wines to buy or open in-house for a corkage fee¹

Beer & bar

• Beer — seven selections including non-alcoholic options ($5 during happy hour)¹
• Full bar — spirits¹

Food

• Cheese plates¹
• Charcuterie¹
• Olives¹

Happy hour (Tue–Thu 4–6pm): $2 off wine by the glass and $5 beers; $25 select bottles on Tuesdays.¹

Links

• Vintner KC — official website

Sources

Footnotes

1. Vintner — official menu, https://vintnerkc.com/ (accessed 2026-07-14). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵ ↩¹⁶ ↩¹⁷ ↩¹⁸ ↩¹⁹