Tag: San Diego

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 […]

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 […]

San Diego’s wine event calendar runs year-round, from intimate harvest dinners at Ramona Valley estates to major county-wide festivals. Knowing which events are worth attending — and when to go — is the difference between a great wine weekend and a crowded, overpriced one. This guide covers the best San Diego wine events by season […]

Most visitors to San Diego wine country stop at Ramona Valley and call it done. The ones who keep driving northeast another 30 minutes discover something completely different: Julian, a mountain town at 4,200 feet elevation surrounded by apple orchards, pine forests, and a small but genuinely interesting wine scene that produces nothing like what […]

San Diego wine country and Temecula are both within an hour of downtown San Diego. Both have established wine regions, multiple tasting rooms, and weekend crowds. But they offer completely different experiences — and depending on what you’re looking for, one is significantly better than the other. This is the honest comparison. Not a tourism […]

The San Diego Zoo Food, Wine & Brew Celebration is back May 2nd, 2026. Here's everything you need to know before you go — tickets, highlights, and what to expect.