Pop the champagne … and Cabernet, Pinot, Chardonnay, Malbec, Shiraz, and so much more! When it comes to wedding venues for wine lovers, look no further than Southern California’s award-winning wine region, Temecula. Within 90 miles of three major airports, your wedding guests will be able to enjoy your wedding weekend from near or far. Temecula has more than 20 beautiful locations to choose from, offering boutique and full-service wedding venues that are friendly, refined, and unpretentious. Along with an unrivaled experience for weddings and receptions of all sizes and offering culinary delights paired with award-winning wines, lush vineyard surrounded lawns, vine-covered arbors, magnificent sunsets, and clear, starlit skies provide for an unforgettable backdrop.

Beautiful Temecula wine country comes as a pleasant surprise to many first-time visitors. Located in an ideal spot (less than an hour’s drive from San Diego, Orange County, and Palm Springs), the wine trails are easy to find, easy to follow, and filled with picturesque wineries and inns -- perfect places to say “I do.”

Choosing to be married in Temecula's wine country is the easy part. The greater (and more fun) challenge is deciding precisely where and who to work with. At nearly every bend, the Temecula wine region offers couples compelling options. Lovely manicured lawns, vine-covered arbors, and knolls offering stunning sunset views all provide ideal settings for that special day. After scouting Temecula Valley’s 35,000 rolling acres, here are some of our favorite spots in which to tie the knot… Ponte Winery, Mount Palomar, Callaway, and Lake Oak Meadows take the wedding cake for me, as the best loactions to pair with your “I dos.”