Wine Blending & Food Pairing in Temecula: Craft Your Own Blend

Savor five vineyard wines with an expert before blending your own signature red.

This two-hour activity at Europa Village in Temecula puts you behind the winemaker's bench to blend your own red wine from Italian or French oak casks, then sit down to a three-course food and wine pairing designed by a sommelier. You'll taste up to six wines during a vineyard tour, work with two to three wines to create your blend, and finish with three chef-curated dishes each paired with a wine selected to show how the two work together. You can take home a bottle of your blend as a keepsake.

Step-by-step itinerary

Wine tasting, blending, and food pairing

• Join expert sommelier for vineyard tour
• Create custom wine blend as winemaker
• Enjoy three-part food and wine pairing

The experience

The experience opens with a sommelier guiding you through the vineyards and production areas while you taste wines and learn how the winery approaches viticulture and winemaking philosophy. This isn't a passive sip-and-stroll: you're walking through the actual spaces where the wine is made, seeing the oak casks and barrels where the wines age, and understanding the decisions that go into each bottle.

Then you step into the winemaker's role. You'll work with two to three wines from the Italian oak casks or small French oak barrels, blending them to create a red wine that's yours alone. The point isn't just to taste what's possible. It's to understand how winemakers layer flavors and build depth by combining different wines. You can enjoy your blend by the glass during the rest of the tour, or purchase a bottle with a custom label to take home as a record of the day.

The tour closes with three dishes prepared by the kitchen, each one paired with a wine a sommelier has chosen to show how food and wine enhance each other. This isn't a lecture: it's a tasting designed to let you experience the pairing logic firsthand. In total you'll sample up to ten different wine varietals across the whole experience.

What’s included

• Guided vineyard and production area tour with an expert sommelier.
• tasting of up to six wines during the tour.
• hands-on blending of your own red wine from Italian or French oak casks.
• option to purchase a bottle of your blend with a custom label.
• three-course food pairing with sommelier-selected wines designed to show how food and wine complement each other.

Before you book

Days and timesSaturday and SundayDepartures at 11:00 and 15:00

Book up to4h before

GroupUp to 30

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

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Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessiblePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Europa Village Winery & Resort

Is this one for you?The sommelier leads you through the entire experience, so you don't need to navigate the vineyard or make pairing decisions on your own: useful if you're visiting Temecula for the first time or don't have a car to explore on your own.

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Top questions

How many wines will I taste during the tour?

You'll taste up to six wines as you walk through the vineyards and production areas with the sommelier, then sample additional wines as part of the three-course food pairing at the end, for a total of up to ten different varietals across the full experience.

Can I take home the wine I blend?

Yes, you have the option to purchase a bottle of your custom blend with a custom label, so you can take it home as a souvenir of your day as a winemaker.

What happens during the food pairing part?

The experience concludes with three chef-curated dishes, each paired with a sommelier-selected wine chosen to show how the food and wine work together and enhance each other's flavors.

Do I need wine experience to do this?

No, the experience is suitable for all physical fitness levels and is designed to work whether you're new to wine or already familiar with it. The sommelier and chef guide you through the tasting and pairing logic.

How long does the whole experience take?

The tour runs two hours from start to finish, including the vineyard walk, the wine blending, and the food pairing.

Is there parking or public transit to Europa Village?

Public transportation options are available nearby, and the venue is wheelchair accessible if you need those accommodations.