lenscapes » temecula wine country

soaring

Tom Plant — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:27:57 +0000

robert renzoni vineyards in temecula recently held their 2nd annual spaghetti western festival. i captured this bird soaring over the foothills as i left.

tending the roses

Tom Plant — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:41:59 +0000

as you walk into the courtyard at temecula’s briar rose winery, you’ll see this young woman taking special care of her rose garden. as you can see, they respond to her touch.

going nowhere fast

Tom Plant — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:34:28 +0000

nick palumbo has some vintage cars at his palumbo family vineyards. one of these days he’ll get around to fixing them up. in the meantime, he’s busy producing quality wines.

world of wine temecula barrel tasting

Tom Plant — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:11:54 +0000

here’s joe di lullo hard at work at cougar winery with the able assistance of diego.

hot air

Tom Plant — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:01:44 +0000

valentine’s day served up perfect weather in the temecula wine country. it’s rare to see a hot air balloon in the afternoon, but i spotted this one at about 3:30.

june vines

Tom Plant — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:24:03 +0000

as you drive through wine country in december, the grapes have long been harvested, the fruit crushed and the juice is in barrels or tanks. this past june, here’s how they looked at mt. palomar in temecula.

all wrapped up

Tom Plant — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:49:26 +0000

on a recent visit to temecula’s ponte winery, i was pleased to see it all decked out for the holidays. that’s one big bow!

christmas lights at keyways

Tom Plant — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:49:56 +0000

each year, keyways winery flips the switch on 1000s of lights in the vineyards. it’s worth an evening drive to see the lights alone.

who knew?

Tom Plant — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:52:02 +0000

this past weekend was harvest celebration in the temecula valley. here’s a sign i’d never seen before. i would say it’s pretty good advice.

temecula valley harvest celebration

Tom Plant — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:11:30 +0000

28 wineries are participating the the two day harvest celebration, with bites to eat and barrel samples to drink. here’s joe hart perfecting his sauce.