We had the most amazing tour at Leoness. A beautiful winery and vineyard. Annie, our tour guide, gave us a wonderful and thorough presentation on the operations of the vineyard. We walked through the vines to taste grapes, visited the press and fermentation operations, the barrel room. And were treated to their wonderful wines. Although you can arrange an individual tour, we toured 4 vineyards with Grapeline Tours. A wonderful opportunity to learn about a beautiful area.
The Temecula Visitor Center provided a very comprehensive list of wineries with tours in Temecula Valley. I used this list to make a last minute attempt to find a winery with tasting and a tour without a reservation. I drove to Leoness Cellars to try and get on the first tour of the day. It was a cold and cloudy Friday morning, when I arrived at the almost empty parking lot. Since I was traveling alone, the friendly staff at the winery were able to accommodate me. They escorted me to the tour that was just starting and provided me with a wine glass. The very outgoing tourguide immediately filled my glass, and started a very informative tour. She offered to take photos, which I have included with this review. The scenery around the winery was spectacular, even though the grapevines were dormant for the winter. The tasting included 5 wines and 1 port with chocolate. The one hour tour took everyone through the vineyard, and ended up at the wine cellar. The price of over $20 was well worth the cost. There are several opportunities to purchase bottles of wine and join their wine club. I would not hesitate to recommend this winery, but as with most of the wineries there, you should make a reservation in advance. Don't forget to bring your camera!
We have tasted some great wines in our lifetime and were pleasantly surprised at the quality of wine! the service was friendly and attentive !However felt this area nickels and dimes u ....I inquired if they would waive tasting fee if we bought wine (as is standard at wineries in other wine regions) and was shocked when they said "no"... Oh well had similar at other wineries so feel this is standard for the area
The Staff at Leoness is so helpful and friendly. We have been here many times and always have a great time. We love to sit on the patio with a glass of our favorite wine looking over the vineyards. Our favorite winery to visit in Temecula!
This was our first trip to Temecula and we happened upon Leoness by Groupon - they were offering a discount on their Signature Tasting (we paid $39). Leoness was our first stop and by far our best stop. The Signature Tour was perfect. We went to three other wineries and we experienced the normal tasting where the wineries were just too understaffed to pour your wine let alone talk to you about their wine. With the Signature Tour we had two hours to taste the wine and tour the winery. Each wine was explained to us and nicely paired with a cheese or fruit (or truffle!). Tony was very knowledgable, friendly and engaging. We ended up joining the wine club and walking out with a case of wine. The winery and the views are beautiful. There is a restaurant that we wanted to try but we ran out of time. We went on to visit three other wineries and while each had gorgeous grounds and shops, we didn't enjoy any of the other wines enough to purchase. If you do decide to go to Leoness, I recommend the extra time and money to partake in the Signature Tour. I am looking forward to going back to pick up February's wine shipment and try some of their other wines.
Astonished at the litany of good reviews about theirs wines. I am not an expert, but I've got some experience and found their wines to be over priced. My primary complaint is that each wine we tasted was dominated by one note. Their wines lacked complexity and too many had a "short finish." In other words their wine were "boring", which was a sentiment shared by my fiancee. The server was over worked the day we went and was unable to say much about their wines so we did not get much background information here. They are also one of the more expensive wine tastings in the area. Not sure what all the fuss is about.
这是我心目中目前为止Temecula(蒂梅丘拉)午餐做的最好的地方!!而且去了必点炸薯条!那里的菜肴和服务都很出色。试吃室很漂亮,员工态度也很好!!这真是当地的一大特色!!
来红酒路必须要来这看看。天呐,这间品酒屋简直太棒了,红酒咨询师超级友好,介绍并推荐了很多红酒。品尝是要花钱的/你必须去餐厅。在那待一会。可以听听音乐,看看风景。这的菜单不错,午饭我们吃了薯条。开胃菜是法式薯条,三天吃了五种不同的点心。有巴马干酪,培根和咖喱的。薯条真的很好吃。还吃了特制的猪肉披萨。板子上是一块又长又宽的面饼,量很大,古贡佐拉奶酪,猪肉和烤过包起来的叶子。还有很多其他的种类可供选择,鱼,披萨,意大利面和牛肉。还有龙虾通心粉和奶酪,看起来不错,听说味道也不错。来加州红酒酒庄这是必来之地。院子里的餐厅有桌布,另一边是酒吧,也有很漂亮的桌子。我们在酒吧吃了饭,那离公共餐厅很近。不用等30分钟,真的很不错。
Visited Leoness Winery on the weekend and found it very crowded so had difficulty founding a parking spot after which was hard to find a spot to do the tastings. We are familiar with their wine and do enjoy it but just don't like the crowds so will come again during the week. Purchased 2 bottles of wine and after waiting for an open spot sat outside on the patio and enjoyed the view of the vineyards while sipping our wine.
Being from the east coast we get our share of high end Napa, Sonoma and even Santa Barbara wines but never saw any from Temecula. Reading wine mags for years I heard about the area and we side-tracked one day on a business trip to San Diego. I picked Leoness because another wine website I use had a large number of user reviews of their wines. Great setting and we went on a Monday so it wasn't crowded at all. Erin spent a lot of time with us telling us the history of the place, the wine making philosophy and poured us many of their cellar selections followed by special selections of the same varietal. Really could pick out the differences in complexity between the two. We sampled a good dozen or so and there wasn't a bad one in the bunch.I'm a wine collector with ten plus years of tasting and was impressed enough to join the wine club to get some of these gems. Sipping a 2012 single vineyard Syrah on the beautiful grounds in 70 degree sunny weather was wonderful but we cruelly sent pictures to our friends and family in CT who we're getting dumped on by 12" of snow that same day! If only we could sell everything to live on those vineyards.