Your local guide to 140+ San Diego County wineries, wine bars and urban tasting rooms — from Ramona Valley and Escondido vineyards to Julian, Fallbrook and the coast. Compare hours and tasting fees, plan a free wine day, and find current tasting deals.
Every San Diego County winery and wine bar, plus a free trip planner.
San Diego County has three AVAs: Ramona Valley, San Pasqual Valley near Escondido, and San Luis Rey near Fallbrook. Julian, Jamul and the coast round out the map.
San Diego County has 80+ wineries across three AVAs: Ramona Valley, San Pasqual Valley and San Luis Rey, plus urban wineries in Miramar and Point Loma.
San Diego’s wine bars cluster in Little Italy, North Park, the Gaslamp and along the coast, and most are walkable, so no designated driver needed.
40+ wineries and tasting rooms on one map, numbered and listed with phone numbers, so you can plan the drive. $10, less than one tasting flight.
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Sip San Diego Wine lists more than 80 wineries and about 60 wine bars and tasting rooms across San Diego County, from Ramona Valley and Escondido to Fallbrook, Julian and the city's urban wineries. Browse every winery.
San Diego County has three federally designated AVAs: Ramona Valley, San Pasqual Valley near Escondido, and San Luis Rey near Fallbrook. Julian, Jamul and urban wineries in Miramar and Point Loma round out the map. See wine country by region.
A typical winery tasting flight costs $18–22 and is often waived with a bottle purchase. Wine-bar flights run about $24–26, and a three-stop wine day for two usually comes to $120–180 with lunch and gas. See the numbers.
Most winery tasting rooms close at 5 or 6 pm. Escondido estates are mostly open daily, while many Ramona Valley wineries open Friday to Sunday and close Monday to Wednesday. Wine bars in Little Italy and North Park stay open into the evening.
Urban wineries in Miramar and Point Loma are 15–25 minutes from downtown, Escondido and the San Pasqual Valley 30–35 minutes, Ramona Valley 45–50 minutes, Fallbrook 55–65 minutes and Julian 75–90 minutes. Plan a route by drive time.
Deer Park Winery and Auto Museum is one of San Diego wine country’s most unique destinations — a boutique winery at 29013 Champagne Blvd in Escondido that pairs small-batch wine production with a genuine antique auto museum on the property. It’s the combination you didn’t know existed and can’t easily forget once you’ve visited. About […]
Blue Door Winery brings an urban winery sensibility to Julian — a tasting room at 2608 B Street in the heart of Julian town producing wines that are accessible without being generic. If you’re spending a day in Julian and want to taste local wine without driving out to an estate appointment, Blue Door is […]
Thirteen wine bars and bottle shops across North Park, South Park, Adams Avenue, Hillcrest and Mission Hills, with three walking loops that need no car, what each place is actually like, and where San Diego's natural wine scene lives.
Eleven working wineries inside San Diego city limits, no vineyard drive required. Miramar Wine Row, Point Loma, Ocean Beach, Bay Park, La Jolla, La Mesa and the I-15 corridor, with three routes, a comparison table and what to expect at each.
Volcan Mountain Winery is Julian’s most serious estate producer — a small-batch winery at 1255 Julian Orchards Drive making Bordeaux-style wines from high-altitude Julian fruit that consistently surprises visitors who expect San Diego wine to be all about bold, sun-driven reds. At Volcan Mountain, you get something different: elegant, cool-climate wines with the restraint and […]
Rustic Ridge Vineyards lives up to every word of its name — a Mountain View estate at 15262 Lyons Valley Road in Jamul producing wines from the ridge terrain that defines this corner of San Diego’s backcountry. If you want wine country that hasn’t been smoothed out for mass tourism, Rustic Ridge is exactly what […]
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