Is this your business?
Claim this listing to manage it, add photos, and get found by AI.


Callaway Vineyard & Winery sits on Rancho California Road, the main commercial corridor of Temecula Wine Country and home to the largest, highest-traffic estates in the region. The operation spans multiple functions — a full tasting room with bar service, a restaurant on the grounds, and event facilities — making it less a quiet pour stop and more a day-destination that draws tour groups, multi-hour visits, and planned reservations alongside walk-ins. The tasting format accommodates both seated flights and casual by-the-glass pours at the bar. This scale and location suit first-time Wine Country visitors building an itinerary, family groups wanting food alongside wine, and out-of-area tourists looking for a recognizable name on Rancho California. Wine club members tend to gravitate toward the smaller interior estates (De Portola or Calle Contento corridors) for a quieter, more intimate experience. For a couples' afternoon or a group wanting to avoid crowds, the quieter side-corridor producers are a better fit. Callaway works best as the anchor stop on a busier day — the kind of visit that includes lunch, a souvenir bottle, and other people in the room.

South Coast Winery anchors the Rancho California Road corridor—the main commercial spine of Temecula Wine Country—and operates at the scale that signals a full destination rather than a single-stop tasting room. The pour format runs to flights and by-the-glass service in a room built for volume and movement, with the kind of ambient energy that comes from steady foot traffic, groups rotating through, and a built-in restaurant that keeps people lingering across lunch or an afternoon. The wine focus spans the range of varietals estate visitors expect: reds, whites, and blends sourced from the local terroir. The setup suits first-time Wine Country visitors who want the headline experience—a recognizable name, on-site dining, a sense of activity and occasion—as well as multi-stop tour groups and casual drop-ins between other estates. Couples and wine club regulars tend toward the quieter interior corridors (De Portola, Calle Contento) where the pace slows and the producer's personal story gets more airtime. For a Saturday afternoon when the goal is spending a few hours somewhere with food, wine, and a relaxed social atmosphere, this is the natural anchor stop; for a focused tasting with a winemaker or a serene hilltop experience, the smaller estates deeper into Wine Country fit better.
Curated by Top of Temecula based on verified reviews and local knowledge.
Get a featured listing and put your business in front of the people who actually live here.
Get ListedFazeli Cellars sits on De Portola Road, the quieter eastern flank of Temecula Wine Country where smaller producers operate at a pace that favors lingering over touring.
Fazeli Cellars sits on De Portola Road, the quieter eastern flank of Temecula Wine Country where smaller producers operate at a pace that favors lingering over touring. The tasting format emphasizes seated pours rather than high-volume bar service, and the room feel reflects that deliberate scale — intimate without being formal, conversational without the background noise of a busy main-drag estate. The setting suits couples, small groups, and wine club members seeking an afternoon that doesn't rush from one stop to the next. First-time visitors to Wine Country often start at the larger Rancho California Road anchors; De Portola appeals to people returning for a second or third visit, or those already familiar with what they prefer and ready to explore smaller-lot producers in a quieter setting. The pace here — fewer people moving through, longer pours, room to ask questions — works differently than the event-space-and-restaurant estates closer to the main corridor.
Very delicious alternative to your typical winery food. More Mediterranean themed food was spectacular. Ryan was super helpful and welcoming.
Fazeli Cellars Winery is an incredible experience! The location is absolutely stunning—I felt like I was transported to Tuscany, Italy. The staff is amazing, the wines are top-quality, and the wine specialist was knowledgeable, kind, and never pushy. The entire experience was relaxing and enjoyable....
Very beautiful views of the hills and the grape vines. Pet friendly, children are welcome; however, your choice. Brunch was good I had smoked salmon avocado toast, we were a party of 12. I tried most of the menu would recommend. Wait time for the food and drinks was a bit long. Our server was patien...
What Locals Know
De Portola Road sits in Wine Country's east-side corridor, removed from the busier Rancho California Road cluster. Estates on this stretch attract fewer tour buses and more wine club regulars, making for a more intimate afternoon experience.
Category-matching events in Temecula — not necessarily hosted by Fazeli Cellars Winery.
© 2026 Top of Temecula. All rights reserved.