Schwaesdall Winery

Schwaesdall Winery
17677 Rancho De Oro Rd. (at Hwy. 67)
Ramona, California
USA 92065
Phone: (760) 789-7547
http://www.schwaesdallwinery.com/

Contact: John Schwaesdall
Email: [email protected]

The Ramona Valley is known as "The Valley of the Sun" and is called the Rhone Valley of California and has the same soil type as Sonoma. Ramona was called Nuevo back in the 1850's and was home to the native american indians. The settlers were lured here by the abundance of water and great weather in the 1950's. Ramona was the turkey capitol of the world, producing more turkeys a year.John Schwaesdall, A San Diego native, started making wine from some of the old vineyards in Ramona that were planted in 1950's. He since has planted 4 1/2 acres of various red and white wine grapes. The vineyard lies among gigantic granite boulders that are found predominately in the Ramona/Mt. Woodson area of San Diego. These boulders are true natural wonders. One great granite boulder on the property weighs 80 tons and looks just like a cat.

Another looks like Moby Dick. John won't hesitate to show visitors the fantastic natural sculptures on his 6 acres of proper.

The wines they found and developed in Worms, for instance, became so good over the centuries that in the eighteenth century, an Englishman called Maximilian Mission wrote that the monks there thought the wines were as delicious and as sweet as milk from the holy virgin (hence today's Liebfrau(en)milch). What a legacy!

When the Romans reached England, their lines of supply and communication had become even longer and more perilous. So, again, vines were introduced, and for the first time. The variety planted to produce the daily ration may have been Wrotham Pinot. Wine making in the UK since then has been a spasmodic business and generally on a small scale.

Since the fall of the Roman Empire, through times of prosperity, plague, wars and famine, wine making skills have progressed, until it has now become a high-tech industry in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Wine is also made in China, India, Japan, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and elsewhere. Suitable micro-climates can be found in the most unlikely places. Vines seem to have no bounds.

Winemaker: John Schwaesdall

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