La Finquita Winery & Vineyard

Specialties

Boutique, hand crafted wines

Custom bottle etching

History

Established in 2007.

Our beautiful 8-​acre property was christened La Finquita, meaning «the little farm,» in 1988 when it was originally developed. The name stuck through several owners and was adopted in 2007 as the name of the newly established winery. The property was purchased by the current owners in December 2013, and reopened to the public as La Finquita Winery & Vineyard, Inc. on May 31, 2014.

Whether it’s your first visit to our «little farm» or you’re a regular weekend guest, we are sure you will find something to love here at La Finquita Winery & Vineyard. Try our signature tasting or settle down with a glass of your favorite wine. Either way, you’ll be sure to enjoy our hand-​crafted wine in the relaxing atmosphere of our indoor tasting room or with the stunning views from our tasting patio, where you can often catch a glimpse of red-​tail hawks playing in the breeze above the vineyard. Be sure to check out our beautiful wine cave below the tasting patio!

Meet the Business Owner

Charlie and Jess K.

Business Owner

Our true love of wine and Ramona really began on our 6 month date to Apple Days in Julian. The tasting rooms there were filled to the brim, so we decided to stop at a winery on the way back to San Diego for a tasting. Johnny Schwaesdall of Schwaesdall Winery was the first to answer the phone, and treated us to an amazing afternoon of delicious wine and a private barrel tasting. Soon after, we began helping out in his tasting room, and later assisted at La Finquita. There was something so relaxing and peaceful about being in the wineries, and the dream of owning our own winery and vineyard began to take shape.

A year later we were engaged, a beautiful, heartfelt proposal complete with two etched bottles of the tawny port we tasted directly from the barrel on our first visit to Schwaesdall’s. Shortly before our wedding we were blessed to find the perfect little house in Ramona and became homeowners for the first time. As we settled into life in Ramona, we conti