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When I told a friend that I was going wine tasting in San Diego, she replied, "Have fun — the wineries in Temecula are great!" San Diego County has an underappreciated wine scene: Here are 9 ...

When one thinks of San Diego wine, it’s a Red County. The Tempranillo and Zins, the Rhone blends — to name a few — are the standouts in the Ramona AVA (American Viticultural Area), ...

A juried Featured Artist Contest is held each year to select art for the cover of the festival’s program. The commemorative ...

SommCon Conference & Beverage Expo returns to San Diego, September 7-9, for the most anticipated gathering of on- and ...

These figures are down from pre-pandemic 2019 when San Diego County vineyards harvested 3,596 tons of wine grapes, generating a $5.58 million production value, with a sales price of $1,552 per ton ...

The San Diego County Vintners Association said in its annual report that wineries recorded $44.1 million in gross sales last year, just below the pre-pandemic high of $46.2 million in 2019.

San Diego County has a well-established history in the wine industry. The first vineyards in California were planted by the friars at Mission San Diego de Alcala in 1769.

The only way to sell these types of wine in San Diego is to get them from elsewhere, Clarke said. “I know of very few places that don’t bring in white wine under the current ordinance,” he said.

San Diego’s wine industry had its best year ever in 2019, $46.2 million in gross sales marked a nearly 13 percent increase over 2018. Then came 2020. A year of pandemic closings and service ...