This Temecula Valley winery is impressive as you drive up toward the end of Rancho California Road. The building sits on a rise and is expansive and inviting. In the early mornings there are typically balloons taking off from here...
Van Roekel is the sister property to Maurice Car’rie. It sits on the hill overlooking Maurice Car’rie and is where their winemaker Gus produces his more refined wines. The winery complex is on a drive that includes the Van Roekel...
Hart Winery When you drive into Temecula Wine Country the very first winery you come across is Hart Family Winery. In 1974 over the weekends Joe and Nancy Hart and their 3 sons planted the first grapevines in their vineyard...
Foot Path is not your typical winery. It’s off the beaten path on Glen Oaks Road. The property and drive are marked by a banner. Footpath Tasting This isn’t a shiny tasting room that you are driving into, it is...
Masia de Yabar has a stunning location for a winery on the De Portola wine trail. Wilmer and Silvia Yabar came from Peru with ancestry in Spain and have wine-making in their blood. In 2004 they planted vineyards in Argentina...
We have been to Temecula several times and I have done lots of research on the area and one of the wineries that our radar just kept missing was Baily. As you drive on Rancho California Road from Temecula it...
Veritas was another winery that Kathy recommended. Located in Afton not far from 64 this winery is a stunning location for an event. The winding roads going in made us grateful for the driver. The tasting room is big and...
From Pippin Hill Farm we headed to King Family Vineyards in Crozet. As we headed out our driver pointed out that our last vineyard was actually closer, but…we had checked the times and the last vineyard was open the latest,...
The countryside in the Charlottesville area is stunning with rolling hills, lots of trees and charming homes. From the Boar’s Head our driver headed south on 29 to Plank Road. I had read about Pippin Hill Farm online while doing...
We headed up the street again to Saarloos and Sons, only to find them closed on this weekday just before the holidays. So…we took a leisurely walk around the town to see what else might be open. We ended up coming...
When we got to this point in our trip we woke up feeling wined out. So…we began the day with breakfast and Aebleskivers from the Solvang Restaurant. Great service and we even ended up with an extra order of aebelskivers...
Ah, where to start. It all depends on your view point, palette, experience. I believe Wine is meant to be experienced and enjoyed. I started out mainly as a Merlot drinker, not really into wine. After visiting many different winery’s...