Tag: Tasting Rooms
Bastian’s Vineyards is one of the Escondido area’s most scenic boutique producers — a Vineyard View estate at 15326 Bandy Canyon Road making wines from the Highland Valley corridor with the kind of personal atmosphere that defines San Diego’s best small-production wineries. If you’re building a Highland Valley wine day and want to include a […]
Burtech Family Vineyard is Vista’s standout wine estate — a small producer at 1325 Pipeline Drive with On-site Parking and an approach to winemaking that reflects the family values behind the name. Vista doesn’t get mentioned in most San Diego wine conversations, which makes finding a genuine estate winery here feel like a discovery. About […]
Rancho Guejito Vineyard is one of the most fascinating wine estates in all of San Diego County — a historic rancho at 17224 San Pasqual Valley Road producing wines from land that has been continuously farmed since the Spanish colonial era. The property combines Food and Snacks with its wine program in a setting that […]
Valentina Vineyards and Farm is one of San Diego’s most off-the-beaten-path wine estates — a small producer at 17043 Highway 94 in Dulzura farming grapes in the remote southeast corridor where Highway 94 winds toward the Mexican border. If you’ve already explored San Diego’s main wine regions and want to go somewhere that feels genuinely […]
Pauma Vista Vineyard is one of Valley Center’s most interesting wine estates — a small producer at 29431 Cole Grade Road making wines from a site that sits in the agricultural belt between Escondido and the Palomar Mountain range. Valley Center is better known for avocados than wine, which makes finding a serious winery here […]
Walnut Tree Ranch Vineyard and Winery is one of the Santa Ysabel Valley’s most charming wine destinations — a Scenic View estate at 25303 Mesa Grande Road producing wines from the high valley between Julian and the Palomar Mountain foothills. The name alone signals what you’ll find: a genuine ranch property where walnut trees and […]
Sierra Roble Winery & Vineyard is one of San Diego’s most remote and rewarding wine destinations — a Vineyard View estate at 34810 CA-79 in Warner Springs, nestled in the high desert valley where the Santa Rosa Mountains meet San Diego’s backcountry. This is wine country that most San Diego visitors have never experienced, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hillside Ranch Vineyards is a family estate in Jamul producing wines from the hillside terrain that gives the property its name — a small, personal operation at 14165 Hillside Drive where the growing conditions are as authentic as the winemaking approach. For visitors who’ve worked through San Diego’s better-known wine regions and want to explore […]
VecchioOso Vineyard is one of Jamul’s most characterful wine estates — a Mountain View property at 19365 Elena Lane producing wines from San Diego’s southernmost wine country with a name that translates roughly from Italian as “old bear.” That spirit of rugged, unhurried character shows in both the wines and the experience of visiting. About […]