Schwaesdall Winery has added a gorgeous guest house, named Casa de Piedra (House of Stone) which offers a beautiful view of vineyards and an upscale interior design and spacious exterior patio and deck. The house has stone walls both interior and exterior. It is a straw bale home with walls that are two feet thick. With color combinations of red and teal the interior is very appealing! The bottle wall is something to see!
**2 day minimum required. $85 cleaning fee. $500 security deposit.**
You will be free to roam through the vineyards and winery grounds. We have many cool things to see, including antique farm & other equipment, life size sculptures, a historical truck from Nevada, and rock formations that are fun to find formations in. We have sheep and goats that you can visit.
In addition, you can visit us at the wine tasting room if you visit on a weekend. We have excellent wines and a lot of entertainment throughout the summer. We have live music every other weekend from spring through early fall. In the future, we have culinary classes planned that you may be able to participate in too.
The Ramona Valley is known as “The Valley of the Sun” and is called the Rhone Valley of California. It 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 capital of the world, producing more turkeys a year than anywhere and celebrated every year with an annual turkey parade. Every year women would make beautiful dresses out of turkey feathers to wear in the parade. Since then the turkey industry has been replaced by egg ranchers and horse farmers along with various other types of farming.
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 property. We also have a wonderful view of Iron Mountain from our grounds.
We offer many wines for tasting and you will have the opportunity to meet the owners/winemakers on most visits. We love to meet people and hope to make your visit to our winery memorable.
Johnny and Shirley Schwaesdall