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Sneak Peek of the Construction on our Vineyard Pavilion
Category: Press Release Published: Thursday, February 25, 2010 Vineyard Pavilion, Ponte Winery, weddings, banquet hall, wedding gown, wedding dress, wedding planning, wedding, Ponte Weddings, yes to the dress, dress shopping,
A Valentine's Wedding Story: How Cupid's Arrow Struck a Chord
Category: Wedding Vines Published: Friday, February 12, 2010
The History of Valentine's Day: Roman Holiday
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Thursday, February 11, 2010
Who Dat say Dat Dey Gonna Eat Light in N'Awlins? (Part 3)
Category: Food and Drink Published: Thursday, February 04, 2010
Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Eat Light in N'Awlins?* (Part 2)
Category: Food and Drink Published: Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Who Dat Say Dey Gonna Eat Light in N'Awlins?* (Part 1)
Category: Food and Drink Published: Tuesday, February 02, 2010
A Touchdown Wine Flight for Super Bowl Sunday
Category: Food and Drink Published: Monday, January 25, 2010
Wine Club Member Highlight: Jennifer Crain
Category: Wine Club Tales Published: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 Give and you shall receive!
Elope in Wine Country this Valentine's Weekend
Category: Wedding Vines Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
All I can say, is give anchovy a chance
Category: Food and Drink Published: Wednesday, January 06, 2010
The Smokehouse Restaurant's Scallion Oil is now available at Ponte
Category: Food and Drink Published: Monday, December 28, 2009 This Season's Hottest Gift Item
A Christmas Flight...and not on Santa's sleigh!
Category: Food and Drink Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
'From wine what sudden friendship springs!' ~John Gay
Category: All Things Wine Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 As wine club members, you've probably chosen your favorite Ponte wines for serving with dinner, whether you are serving chicken, fish, beef or vegetables... But what about Sherry?
About grapes, composting, and viticulture...
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Friday, November 06, 2009 As many of you have read in my prior letters, we have been growing grapes in Temecula for 25 years. Initially most of the grapes were sold to wineries up north and were turned into wine sold as a fighting varietal (Wines labeled as Chardonnay, Cabernet, etc. and sold under $10 a bottle). Until 1997, our business depended on producing the most grapes at the lowest cost while still maintaining an acceptable quality. Early last year I tried to find a greener alternative to the medium sized SUV I had been driving for several years. An extra push was given by my friends who were questioning my sustainability efforts at the winery while still driving the SUV. Here's how I made my way to greener pastures.
Ponte’s Portrait Fundraising Program With Grins 2 Go
Category: Press Release Published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 The holidays are the time of year for giving, charity, family and memories captured in a portrait. This year Ponte Winery wants to help you out with that.
Ponte Winery to Host 7th Annual Fall Winemaker Dinner
Category: Press Release Published: Thursday, October 15, 2009 Start the holiday season with some elegant wining and dining at our 7th Annual Fall Winemaker Dinner on Saturday, November 14th.
An Interesting Wine Country Trip: Portugal, Home of Port!
Category: Claudio Ponte's Blog Published: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 There are two reasons why my favorite part of my job is visiting other wine regions. First, it's the only work I know that feels like a vacation. Second, I have yet to visit a wine country that is not beautiful and full of interesting people.
Ponte Winery Offers Special Wedding Rates This Winter
Category: Press Release Published: Thursday, September 24, 2009 There are few weddings more beautiful than a wine country wedding. A wedding at Ponte Winery gives you acres of vineyards surrounding your ceremony and reception, award-winning cuisine with estate grown wines to pair, beautiful and intimate venues, and top-notch service. Ditch the sneakers, hike up those skirts and get ready to hop inside a barrel for a stomping good time. The 7th Annual Grape Stomping Festival is coming to Ponte Winery.
Everyone Wins as Team Ponte Winery Completes America’s Finest City Half Marathon and Raises $15,850 for Rancho Damacitas
Category: Press Release Published: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 On Sunday, August 16th, Team Ponte Winery participated in San Diego's 32nd annual America's Finest City Half Marathon and 5K to raise funds for Rancho Damacitas and we met our goal!
Ponte Winery to Host Their First Service Day at Oak Grove
Category: Press Release Published: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Ponte Winery invites the community to lend a helping hand this summer to the children of Oak Grove, a 24-hour residential abuse recovery center for children ranging in age from 6 to 18 years old. Have you ever given thought to how much paper is involved in the production of a wedding?
Ponte Winery Presents Family Movie Night For A Cause
Category: Press Release Published: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Get ready for some great family entertainment under the stars at Ponte Winery's first ever Family Movie Night. If you are well prepared for your first dance, you and your fiancé will have nothing to lose and absolutely everything to gain!
Ponte Winery Takes Additional Steps To Consolidate Sustainability Leadership In Temecula Wine Country
Category: Press Release Published: Thursday, June 18, 2009 With a tradition of Vineyard farming in Temecula since 1984, Ponte Winery has followed basic sustainability practices since its inception. In Ditch the sneakers, hike up those skirts and get ready to hop inside a barrel for a stomping good time. The 7th Annual Grape Stomping Festival is coming to Ponte Winery. Our first trip to the wineries of Temecula was in 1998. Five ladies in a minivan made the four-and-a-half-hour trip from Phoenix for a single, blissful afternoon of wine tasting... In the midst of planning, hiring your neighbor's son to be your DJ may sound like a great way to save some money, but I strongly encourage you to think twice!!
Ponte Winery announces new blog category: Wedding Vines
Category: Wedding Vines Published: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 We are extremely excited to announce the addition of our new blog dedicated to all things wedding related. We feel this will be a fun and useful resource for our Ponte brides as they plan their dream wedding amongst the vines. Two years ago (and again recently) I promised to publish my experiences with an experimental wine storage device I affectionately call The Ghetto Cooler.Most of you who have read my columns over the years know that I consider proper wine storage only to decanting...
On Your Mark, Get Set…Go! Support Team Ponte!
Category: Press Release Published: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 On Sunday, August 16th, Ponte Winery associates and Wine Club members will be participating in the 32nd America's Finest City Half Marathon and 5K.
Fond Memories of Tasting and Eating at Ponte Winery
Category: Wine Club Tales Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 My husband and I have many fond memories of tasting and eating at Ponte. We have been wine club members for ever...
Where the Wine is Superb, The Shopping Phenomenal and The Food... Awesome!
Category: Wine Club Tales Published: Friday, May 15, 2009 Our great friends David and Carmela Allen introduced us to Temecula a couple of years ago and we traveled there together this past February and they took us to their favorite winery, Ponte. We first visited in October of 2007 on a whim with our daughter. We've traveled to Washington State and Napa visiting wineries and thought this was close and sounded relaxing...
New Hours, New Menu and New Wine Flights at The Smokehouse Restaurant at Ponte Winery
Category: Press Release Published: Thursday, May 07, 2009 Saturday dinner options and Sunday brunch in Temecula have just gotten better!!!
Summer barbecues are on the horizon, are you prepared?
Category: Food and Drink Published: Thursday, May 07, 2009 Sometimes the best events to attend during the summer is in your own back yard and both Memorial Day and Independence Day are just around the bend!
How Would YOU Describe a Visit to Ponte Winery?
Category: Wine Club Tales Published: Thursday, April 30, 2009 Where else can you go to get away and forget about all the stress of daily life in the big city?
Being Part of the Ponte Wine Club Family!
Category: Wine Club Tales Published: Monday, April 27, 2009 Conrad and I met back when we lived in Boston. When Conrad was offered a job at Qualcomm we decided to move to San Diego...
What a Wonderful Surprise for Both of Us!
Category: Wine Club Tales Published: Thursday, April 23, 2009 Unbeknownst to my husband, I became a Ponte Wine Club Member. It was supposed to be a surprise... My husband and I have been coming to Ponte since it first opened. Every Thanksgiving we camp at Lake Skinner, do our turkey on the barbeque and then go wine tasting the day after... For years, my husband hated wine. During our first five years together, comments like “It smells funny,” “I can’t stand the stuff,” and “I can’t understand why anyone likes that garbage,” were common remarks when the subject of wine came up... My husband and I moved to Southern California 9 years ago. During our first trip to Temecula, we fell in love with Ponte Wines and the winery itself... Nicole (Nicky) LaChapelle Forester was a living angel. She was the kind of person who would always come running, no matter who needed her or what was needed.... My first experience with decanting and how it has influenced me. As new residents of Temecula, we joined Ponte's Wine Club in April 2004... My mother Graciela was born in Colombia in 1926. Raised by a schoolteacher and a housewife, she was the sixth of eight children and the only girl...
Ponte Winery Hosts a Mother's Day Brunch
Category: Press Release Published: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Bring the whole family to join Ponte Winery for their annual Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday, May 10th, 2009.
Ponte Winery observes two important events in April
Category: Press Release Published: Thursday, March 19, 2009 Join the Ponte Family Winery Estate this April as they take a moment to observe to very important events: National Child Abuse Prevention Month and Arbor Day.
Easter Brunch at Ponte Winery. An Eggs-cellent Way to Celebrate Easter
Category: Press Release Published: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Ponte Winery hosts its annual Easter Brunch once again! This years theme is Alice in Wonderland, so both you and your guests can expect a visit from both Alice and the White Rabbit. We invite you and your family to join us in our annual Easter tradition!
Ponte Winery continues canned food drive because of success.
Category: Press Release Published: Friday, February 20, 2009 Join Ponte Winery as they participate in its first-ever Canned Food Drive. Find out what Ponte Winery has to offer to those who choose to donate cans of food at their winery drop-off site.
Something old, something new…something special at Ponte Winery!
Category: Press Release Published: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 Ponte Winery invites future brides to a Wine Country Bridal Faire on Sunday, February 22nd.
Ponte Winery extends a helping hand to needy children in wine country
Category: Press Release Published: Monday, January 05, 2009 Ponte Family Estate Winery in Temecula, California, extends a helping hand by donating $3,000 to Rancho Damacitas Children's Group Homes in Temecula, California, a 24-hour recovery campus for abused children right here in the Temecula wine country. Ponte Winery celebrates the most romantic day of the year with its 6th Annual Valentine's Day Dinner on Saturday, February 14th at 7:00 pm.
Ponte Winery Associates skip Christmas Party to help local children and families in need
Category: Archive 2008 Published: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Ponte Family Estates Winery in Temecula, California cancelled their company Christmas Party to donate $6,000 to help their community.
Ponte Winery helps to end 2008 on a bright note
Category: Archive 2008 Published: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Ponte Family Estate Winery is donating $3,000 to the Oak Grove Center for Education Treatment and the Arts in Murrieta California.
Ponte Winery Toasts 2009 at New Year’s Eve Extravaganza
Category: Archive 2008 Published: Monday, December 15, 2008 With over 200 in attendance, guests mingle and dance the night away to a live band while counting down to the new year at the annual Ponte Winery's New Year's Eve Extravaganza.
Wineries Kick Off Eye-Catching Holiday Light Festival
Category: Press Release Published: Monday, December 01, 2008 Ponte Family Estate and Keyways Vineyard & Winery are helping to brighten up everyone's holidays by hosting the Temeculights Holiday Festival, a spectacular month-long celebration that includes more than 200,000 LED lights that stretch over rooftops and vineyards.
Ponte’s 6th Annual Fall Winemaker Dinner
Category: Archive 2008 Published: Thursday, October 30, 2008 Ponte Winery is celebrating the harvest season by hosting its 6th Annual Fall Winemaker Dinner. This event will include a multi-course meal featuring the seasons best ingredients, wine pairings including newly released wines and live music. Ponte Winery announces their special events line up through 2009, including the most popular and successful ones in the winery’s five year history. Comfort foods have a tendency to make a huge come back in fall. While they are generally warm, most savory dishes scream for something equally bold to drink. Here are some great food and Ponte wine pairings for both autumn and winter. Part of the charm of Ponte Family Estate Winery in Temecula is that is serves as a location for not only guests looking for leisure, but also for corporations and businesses looking for a beautiful and inspiring location for company events.
Ponte Family Estate Winery teams up with Bloomingdale's to bring the taste of Ponte to The O.C.
Category: Archive 2008 Published: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 We're packing up our Chef and some wonderful wines, and heading out to Orange County for three separate events!
Ponte Family Estate Honors Our Firefighters and Police Officers
Category: Archive 2008 Published: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 Ponte Family Estate Winery is offering all fire fighters and police officers complimentary wine tasting and a 10% discount at the Smokehouse Restaurant for the entire month of October, the official National Fire Protection month.
Ponte Family Estate Winery’s Smokehouse Restaurant Releases New Fall Menu
Category: Archive 2008 Published: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 The Smokehouse Restaurant at Ponte Family Estate Winery in Temecula invites you to taste the autumn harvest with a new Fall Menu. With summer coming to an end its time to celebrate the new season with these two recipes that were made to compliment two of our featured wines.
Opening Another Bottle of Ponte Medicine, by Claudio Ponte
Category: All Things Wine Published: Friday, September 26, 2008 An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Could it be possible that that very rule may also be applied to drinking wine in moderate amounts? The Ponte Fiorella is wonderfully dry rose wine, with a subtle hint of sweetnees. Its great with light appetizers and grilled fish. Here is a great salad recipe that would be fantastic with the Ponte Fiorella. The Smokehouse Restaurant is a beautiful outdoor only restaurant that caters to the most extravagant and unobstructed views of both the vinyards and the mountains beyond them. Learn about what the bring to the table when it comes to seasonal eatting. Wine Club members will have a chance to participate in A Taste of Ponte, a brand new food and wine pairing experience.Guests at A Teste of Ponte will dine in the newly opened Reserve Room, an intimate structure that boasts an open patio and veranda overlooking Ponte's vineyards. The Fume Blanc has both crisp and complex flavors thats perfect for sipping in the spring time and makes a great pairing for most any vegetable heavy meal. The Ponte Fiorella rose wine is both dry and yet subtly sweet, which makes it a perfect pairing for a fish dish. It is neither overpowered or lost by the flavors of most fish meals. Join as at the Ponte Family Estate as we celebrate Mother's Day. We will be hosting a brunch inspired by our very own wine country. Take a look at our menu to see what is in store. The Pinot Grigio is fresh, crisp, and tastes best chilled. It goes great with dishes like chicken, fish, and light pasta. Try the Pinot Grigio to enhance a souffle's simple yet delicate flavors. Great wine does not necessarily have to cost a bundle in order to be enjoyed and served with a great meal. The Ponte Beverino Red Wine is a great example of this because it can be served either cool or at room temp and taste great with almost any food. After recently sitting down to a meal that consisted of chicken liver crostini, among other things, I feel obligated to voice my opinion about the sensationally delicious, comforting, grin-inducing dish that is chopped liver. The Ponte Petite Syrah is heavenly when paired with it.
One Cannot Live on Bread and Wine Alone...or Can They?
Category: Food and Drink Published: Monday, March 31, 2008 Budget tight? Here is an affordable homemade dish and an affordable bottle of wine. Join us for an Easter Brunch at Ponte Winery. Our theme this year is Alice in Wonderland. We will be host to both feast, entertainment, and even an Easter Egg Hunt.
Rose Wines are Attractive, by Frank Mangio
Category: All Things Wine Published: Monday, January 14, 2008 In past years Rose Wines were al the rage due to their sweetness and pretty looks. Over time however, most Americans took to dry and less sugary wines. Now Rose is making coming back, only more dry and acceptable to todays standards.
You Say Tomato, I Say Tamale (and Zin)
Category: All Things Wine Published: Friday, December 21, 2007 An exceptional example of a California Zinfandel, the Ponte Holiday Reserve Zinfandel Magnum has a complex and full body that is amazing with hearty foods and is of course the perfect wine to celebrate the holidays with. We are initiating program to continuously reduce our “environmental footprint”, in other words, the overall impact our organization has on the environment. Happy New Year! Bring in the New Year at Ponte Winery. Expect food, decor and music inspired by some of the most exciting cities in the world.
Warning: Reading This May Cause Heavy Salivation
Category: Soirees and Shindigs Published: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 The 2007 Fall Winemaker Dinner at Ponte Winery needs no frou-frou introduction or description. Just get a load of the menu. This months shipment features our Moscato and our Cabernet Sauvignon. The Moscato is great with desserts, while the Cabernet Sauvignon suits hearty meals nicely. Expecting guests? The Pone Wine Tasting Party Kit and Wineopoly are two great ideas that will keep both you and your guests happy and entertained for hours. Take a gamble at our Wine Trivia. Music and wine: as rediculous as it may sound; they both live, breathe, and above all stimulates the senses.
Genie in a Bottle: The Magic of Decanting
Category: All Things Wine Published: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 The wine aerator does the job of decanting for you without having to wait for the wine to breath. It can improve the taste of most any wine. Sure, it’s easy joining a wine club when you are visiting a winery. After all, you get to taste the wines and chat with your server who tells you everything you need to know about the club and its benefits. Learn how you can do it from home.
Why Miss Scarlett, I do Believe You're Blushing
Category: All Things Wine Published: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 If you're look for a wine that is both light and crisp, not to sweet, and is perfect for sipping on a warm day, then you might consider trying a rose wine.
Bold and Smoky, with a hint of Cherry--the best way to taste wine
Category: All Things Wine Published: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 Take a lesson on the best way to taste wine. With these new tips in wine tasting, you'll be sure to notice a difference in your tasting experience. |
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About this Page: Nestled away in the heart of Temecula Wine Country, you will find the Ponte Family Estate Winery, Southern California’s premier winery destination. Through an exclusive winery market atmosphere, Ponte Winery offers its visitors wine tasting, fine wine country cuisine dining at the Smokehouse Restaurant, weddings set with a serene view of the Temecula, California Wine Country mountains, as well as an all inclusive Ponte Wine Club.