Robert Renzoni

Robert Renzoni Vineyards & Winery is a relatively new operation – they’ve been around for about ten years – yet, like Orfila and Ponte, very popular.  Their parking lot is pretty full on weekends, and you may not be able to find a table to sit at.  Unlike Ponte and Orfila, they are off the beaten path (ooh! Look – a cliché!).  They are located in Temecula, but not on Rancho California.  Rather, they are east of Anza Rd. on de Portola.
Of course, they make some pretty good wine – at least I think so, and after all this is my website – which may help with their popularity.  Like Orfila, they have live music on weekends.  Like Ponte, they have a restaurant (Mama Rosa’s Trattoria), though it is not a high end, sit down one like Ponte’s – you order and they bring the food to your table.  Fare centers on salads, sandwiches and pizza.
Like Orfila, their wine clubs are 12 bottle per year affairs.  In this case, they require club members to purchase two bottles of wine every other month.  You can choose to belong to the all red club, the red and white club, or the white and sweet club.  Did I mention this is a popular winery?  It is so popular that there is a waiting list to get into their red wine club!  The tasting room is shown in the following pictures.

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​There are plenty of bennies for being a wine club member.  First, you get a great discount on the wines – 25% -- and any of the merchandise that they sell.  10% off on other food items and the restaurant.  And, get this, eight wine tastings per month!  Figure 3 is a recent wine tasting menu.  You five poker chips to trade in for tasting, four chips for the low end wines and one for the limited list.  They also have tables outside in the shade and beneath the misters for wine club members (see figure 4 – wine club member area is on the right.  Also note the great view).

One warning about Renzoni:  their wines are very popular, and so they make it a point to get the new releases out to their wine club members early.  In some cases, a bit too early, before the wines have been properly aged.  Before you jump into one of their wine clubs I would suggest you have a proper place to store their wine.  I have a short overview of wine storage in the "About" section of this website you may find valuable.