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Our Story
Our story began in March of 2000 with the purchase of 8 acres about 25 miles northeast of San Diego in the small rural community of Ramona. With passion and enthusiasm, we envisioned creating a destination winery and vineyard as a memorable gathering place for family and friends.
In 2000, Ramona had a handful of vineyards and one bonded winery where our first harvest experience was obtained. It took almost two years to complete the house, and just a week before Christmas in 2001, we moved into our new home and began planning for the vineyard. Clearing an area for the first section of vineyard began in the fall of 2002 with our planting of 450 Cabernet Sauvignon vines on St. Patrick’s Day in March 2003.
In December 2008, after becoming a bonded winery, clearing for and planting another 1,000 vines of Sauvignon Blanc, Barbera, Refosco and Semillon, building a boutique winery, and investing in a significant amount of stainless steel and oak barrels, we released our first two vintages, 50 cases of a 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon/Sangiovese blend and 15 cases of our 2007 estate Sauvignon Blanc.
We have since released our 2007 Merlot and our 2008 estate Sauvignon Blanc, click the link to our Wine Shop for more information.
Ramona's Wine Industry
Ramona Valley is an approved American Viticultural Area (AVA) and is developing into a destination of boutique and micro-wineries, most of which are under 1,000 cases per year. San Diego once had a thriving wine industry before prohibition, the wineries that survived those years were joined by many others post prohibition, but declined once more during World War II. By 1964 there were only two remaining wineries in San Diego, however, the San Diego wine industry was not ready to give up and is once again in an upsurge with Ramona leading the way with its 15 bonded wineries. Keep your eye on San Diego and Ramona’s new wine region, our weather and soil is ideal for growing high quality grapes and producing award winning wines, if you would like more information about Ramona's wine industry please visit the Ramona Valley Vineyard Association at www.ramonavalleyvineyards.org.
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