Altipiano Vineyard & Winery

This is an Awesome winery!!! Love the ambiance. Love the location ., the people the owners and everyone so friendly! My first wine club I joined! I’ll bring all my peeps and visitors here!

Beautiful idea to pair wine with classic music. Gorgeous views, great wine paired with both music and chocolate. SO good. The owners are wonderful people and both the vineyard and the estate is beautiful. Highly recommended wine tasting spot!

This place is great. It’s basically a large outdoor patio area surrounding the wine makers house. The service was great, the wine was delicious, and the price is just right. $ 10 for 6 wine tastings and 1 tasting is free with every purchase of a bottle. The view is awesome, but unfortunately there’s only one table where you can overlook the vineyard. We will definitely be coming back.

Wow,
Super Friendly, the wine was Excellent and THE best wine club membership ever!
Relaxing atmosphere, beautiful property!

Great winery, with an incredible view.
The setting that you get to drink their delicious wines in is just amazing.
You feel like you are sitting, on your best friend’s patio, overlooking vineyards and avocado trees and mountains.
The furniture you get to use is very comfortable and beautiful.
The owner was very attentive and informative, but also gave us private time, to enjoy the wines and the surrounding.
A big plus was that the wines were very good and there were complimentary oyster crackers and chocolates.

Very cute when we pulled up. Not much parking and in the courtyard of a lady’s house. They have 6 wines to taste and only 1 is white. They do give you crackers and chocolate to go with the tastings. Can’t see the view of the vines from most of the seating areas.

What a find! What a great afternoon. Four of us were headed off Sunday afternoon to visit North County wineries, including a new one we just learned about — Altipiano Vinyard. How common is it to taste all the wines, enjoy some and but not others? We enjoyed them all and took home our favorites. Add to this the patio fireplaces and a view from the ‘Point’ that reaches out to the Pacific. The owners/​winemakers Denise and Peter were as gracious as talented; they’ve created ambrosia and ambiance. There is now a local end-​destination winery that welcomes us as family, gracing us with craft and artistry. Thank you.

Love trying new wine and meeting new people. If you are looking for something new definitely check out this sweet winery. Denise & Peter were so lovely and Debbie our wine tasting extraordinaire was on point!!!

Fantastic!
Loved it so much here we joined the absolutely easiest wine club ever, the outdoor seating is great, the atmosphere and wine delightful!

Immediately after I said yes, my new fiancé and I went here for our first bottle as a bonafide couple. Peter and Denise were so lovely to us and treated us to a special bottle and chocolates to celebrate. The wine and views were spectacular. This was over a year ago, and we plan to pay another visit for our first anniversary. See you soon! Xoxo

I visited this winery on my own after departing from Cordiano with friends. What a nice treat! I got a brief tour of the vineyard with others that were visiting at that time. Really nice little talk! Then I did the 6 wine tasting. I bought a bottle of the Carignane and wasn’t sure if I’d feel the same way about it the next day (after tasting wine at both wineries with a «nose» that might have been tired); but I love it! It is a Spanish/​French wine where most of Altipiano wines seem to be Italian. I didn’t know that when I bought it but the women who owns the vineyard used a French pronunciation (and sort of sadly made it seem as though I’d chosen a second-​rate wine and it’s true the reputation is not stellar). But it’s a delicious wine! Visit this winery — nice setting, hard-​working owners, good wine!

Denise and peter have a beautiful estate. Everything from the outdoor seating, to the staff, and of course the wine is incredible.
I tend to drink whites more often, but that may have just changed after trying the Sangiovese blends on their tasting menu. The due barili and brunello were my two favorites. Had the opportunity to taste some of the upcoming creations, and certainly expect a few more awards for this winery down the road.
You will certainly appreciate the dedication that Denise and Peter have to this craft. Make sure you visit!

We became wine club members after our first visit to Altipiano. Their tasting room and patio area are outside their own Spanish style hacienda. Many patio seatings offer beautiful and tranquil views over their estate vineyard. Denise (winemaker, owner) and Peter (owner) are always friendly and welcoming. Tastings include chocolates and crackers also.
Denise is very humble, always striving to make better and better wines. The focus is on Italian varietals, mostly reds. They are all very rich and delicious.
Wonderful hospitality, and even better wine quality.

People in San Diego think they have to go to Temecula to enjoy the experience of visiting and winery and don’t even realize all of the great wineries right here in San Diego County. Rather than drive an hour or so up to Temecula, just take a short drive up towards Escondido and start your wine tasting tour right here at Altipiano. Only a few minutes of the I-​15 freeway in the Highland Valley is this amazing winery serving award wining wines.
As you drive up, although they are just minutes from the freeway, with it’s scenic views, you’ll feel as though you have traveled miles away from the city. There is a sign on the roadway so they are easy to find and parking is never a problem. There is an indoor tasting room and an outdoor patio. The outdoor patio is by far the favorite of all who visit as you will experience an unobstructed view of the Highland Valley and taking in the view while enjoying some incredible wine makes for a perfect day.
But at least stop in and see the tasting room. It’s beautifully decorated and there’s a nice bar with stools and you can enjoy your wine while chatting with the owners of Altipiano, Denise and Peter Clark. My first time there I started talking to Denise and Peter and they have been great friends ever since.
Bear in mind this is a «boutique» winery and smaller than your typical winery in Temecula. But don’t think for a second because they are little smaller that they don’t produce exceptional wine! And moreover, it’s far more of a personal experience here than if you were to head up to Temecula. Here you will meet the wine makers and any possible question you have about what wine to try, what goes with what food, and anything else you’ll get answered because you’re talking to the people who make it and their passion for wine making shows. These aren’t people who are doing this for a hobby. They studied the industry and you can tell they put their whole heart into each bottle.
So treat yourself to some of the most amazing wines you’ll ever have and save yourself from a long trip up north and enjoy great wine right here in San Diego County.

The music of wine played a symphony in my soul at Altipiano Vineyard & Winery. It was like traveling to Italy, and yet I only travelled as far as Escondido! Red wine highlights included the Altipiano Estate 2012 Brunello Sangiovese, an award winning wine, as well as the Altipiano 2013 Estate Due Barili, which is a black and red Sangiovese blend. Also outstanding in taste was the Altipiano 2013 Carignane, with hints of chocolate and cherry, and a pleasantly smooth shelf of taste on the tongue. These reds are all created on the estate.
Vineyards are traditionally planted north to south facing for the best sun, but at sunny Altipiano they are planted east to west facing to take advantage of the prevailing winds for natural pest controls.
Very comfortable patio furniture is placed on shady patios, with pleasing colors. Complimentary chocolates and oyster crackers were on the table to enjoy with our wine. Food isn’t available, other than the crackers and chocolate.
We were fortunate to hear fascinating stories told by the owner, who poured our wine. He credited his wife with having an exceptionally rare and discerning palate for wine.
This is the very best winery I have visited in the USA! I’m planning to join their wine club.

Very nice option for a local winery. Beautiful views.
We enjoyed our afternoon there.
A nice place to bring visitors or meet friends.

Lovely place, the owner and his wife are incredibly awesome. You step in to their property and feel like a family. My fiancé and I learned so much about wine from the owner and walked away with a richness in our taste buds. I didn’t want to leave as it felt like a wine retreat :) so far it was my favorite

Suuuper cute place! My friend and I were looking for a nearby wine tasting place just to relax on a weekend, and discovered this amazing find on Unilocal!$ 10 for 6 tastings, but you also get ghiradelli chocolate squares with your tasting! As many as you want! That was the best surprise. ever. Oh, you also get oyster crackers, but who wants those when there’s chocolate? Their little tasting patio is also super cute. There’s a bunch of tables you can sit at, and they will come outside and pour the wine for you. The whole place has Spanish-​looking decorations with arches and fountains and cute table pieces as well. It’s very homey, but nice. And as others have mentioned, Peter was a great host. He was cheerful, friendly, and just very lovable (: Oh, and when we went, we got an extra tasting too! Not sure if that’s normal for them, but we hadn’t realized it until the very end haha. Overall, I loved loved this place and will definitely come back! As should you!

You don’t have to drive too far to find a vineyard in the back of your San Diego neighborhood.
It you enjoy red wines, this is a place you can check out. There aren’t any sweet wines.
Found off of the 15 north. The location is hidden, and beautiful. The owners are sweet and personable.
Good scenery, cute location for couples. They have pet lamas in the backyard so you can watch them as your sipping away.
They offer complimentary crackers and chocolate with the tasting.
$ 10.00 for 6 tastings.

We were lucky enough to visit this beautiful winery after it was recommended to us. We sat on the point and tasted wine. Although the day was cold, the winery provided us with blankets to warm our laps and wine and chocolate to warm our souls. Great day to be alive. Plus Andrew is amazing.