Rancho Guejito Vineyard - Escondido

This winery has so much history!It’s kids and pet friendly. Has a large area with picnic tables. Live music when we were there.Restaurant on site. They have their own cattle. They sell and serve their own meat. If you’re a wine club member you can purchase their meats. I had the hot dog and burger. So good!The bar is outside and next door is a small building with one unisex restroom. Otherwise the restroom is outside by the parking lot in the nice bungalows.The parking is lot is on a diet gravel lot but not too far from the entrance.There are many fruit trees like pomelos, lemons, avocados that they only sell to Whole Foods. There are 24 variations of grapes.The best part was the free 30 minute hay ride. You get the history and tour of the property and they serve you free wine on the tour!

Rancho Guejito rocks! What a great find for us, Elites. I've been to the San Pasqual wine trail several times, but we missed this one. They were so nice to us, just really great hosts. We were offered bottomless glasses of wine. They had a real nice rose and a couple of delicious reds.My my my did they put out the food for us. We had live cooks preparing cheese burgers, hot dogs, nachos and a HUGE pretzel. There was so much good. The same food vendor is there on Saturday and Sunday.When was the last time you went on a hayride? We got treated to a tour and a nice narrative by one of the managers. We learned a lot about the history , grounds, and fruit trees. On the hayride, we had music and wine. Pretty cool.This was a really nice event and do happy I got in. This winery is presently open on Saturday and Sunday only. There is not a sign, so you really have to watch for it.Thanks, Audrey and Hannah! Thanks, Rancho Guejito Winery! We'll definitely be back to sample the whole wine list!

The vibe was so chill and the live band was ?! Add the great food, wine and jumpy house for the kids...perfect weekend brunch! Signed up for a membership and will be returning!

Update 10/19/22:I was very happy to hear from the general manager today about how they've addressed the concerns and issues we had over the weekend. His response time in making policy changes was extremely fast and my kids and I are very excited to go back soon to do the hayride.This was our second time coming and purchasing a beef box and wine. The first time we came, we were told the hay rides weren’t happening because it was too hot, which is understandable. Today, they were doing the hayrides and I was told at the wine bar that we would be able to join the next one. Turns out we weren’t allowed on because it was for a private event only and we would have to wait two hours before we could get on one. There was nothing on the website today about private events which I specifically checked before coming. I told the staff at the wine bar that we weren’t allowed on and he just said, “Oh, ok. Sorry,” and walked away. It was very obvious that he didn’t care that he gave me bad information.Then we waited for a very long time to get our beef box. We transferred the items to our cooler and one of the packages had a very obvious and large cut in it and the meat was damaged. If we hadn’t gone through the box before we left then we wouldn’t have seen it. Really disappointing visit and we probably won’t return or purchase again.

Rancho Guejito Vinyard has a lot of history and the property is beautiful! As a founders club member I have been fortunate to be able to visit many areas of the property. Nicole and her team are top notch! From the hayrides to the service at the wine counter is always the best. My kids have loved visiting as well as there is so much to do!! I highly recommend this winery to all my friends!