Ponte Family Estate Winery

We loved having our wedding at Ponte! We had looked at venues from San Diego, to LA, to Malibu and Orange County. And while they were gorgeous venues, they did not offer the same bells and whistles as Ponte did. Ponte does not charge a cake cutting fee. Chivari chairs and linens are already part of the venue. You get a one year membership to their wine club - we must have already received 8 bottles of wine from them. They have all sorts of other props, wedding items you might need that they don't charge you for.

There are different food choices that are priced at different tiers from affordable to expensive. The setting is beautiful. We had an outdoor ceremony and an indoor reception (we used the Pavillion). The Pavillion is intimate and the dance floor is central so everyone can see what's going on. We had 150 guests. You still have the winery feel with the vineyards as a backdrop, but you also have a resort/tuscany feel as well. It's the best of both worlds. I'd highly recommend them.

Ponte was amazing throughout our entire wedding planning process. Tori and Karon were lifesavers. I could call with any questions that i had and they would get them answered as quickly as possible. They met with us a few times to finalize details and everything came out just as we had planned. Their day of service was great in the cottages and Tori was there running the show just like she had all 16 months of planning.

We picked Ponte Winery for our wedding and reception basically because of the picture of the barrel room on the internet. Our requests were a little out of the norm with the wedding on one day and the reception on the next but Caren worked patiently with us. To say that our dream wedding was achieved is an understatment despite the cold and rain. Our family and friends truely enjoyed the food, servie and the venue. We continue to receive compliments on the quantity and the quality of both the food and service. Thank you Caren and Pone Winery for all of your help.

I dreamed of having my wedding at Ponte Winery ever since I first visited 3 years earlier during a wine tour for a friend’s birthday. So when I got married, Ponte was the first place I visited to get all the wedding information. I also went to other wineries in the area just to make sure Ponte was the best. The PRICE, LANSCAPE, and PERSONAL ATTENTION you get from Ponte is like no other and none of the other wineries could even compare.

I loved loved loved the fact that my bridal party and I could get ready right there at the venue as well as my groom and his boys were able to get ready in their own cottage as well. It made taking “getting ready” pictures super easy since we were all right there!! That was only the start to all the great stuff they provide for no additional charge.

My ceremony was held in the garden over-looking the vineyards and was super romantic, but better yet we had our reception in the barrel room which was why I chose Ponte in the first place. The barrel room is so romantic and perfect for those planning a smaller wedding. We had 75 guests and the barrel room fit everyone perfectly and it felt so intimate and personal with everyone there and all the racks of wine barrels with the tea lights shining through. They even have up-lights that you can use instead of having to rent them!!

The food is amazing as well!!! They have their own smokehouse so food is not catered in and cold by the time your guests eat. The servers are so very sweet and friendly and quick to clean the plates off the table so the area looks clean.

Over all I would get married at Ponte a million times if I could, my wedding was epic and I would never want or wish to have had my wedding anywhere else. The only bummer is that they are now building a B&B addition and I only wish that was there when I got...

First, I have to mention that we researched many many wineries before selecting a few to visit before choosing Ponte Family Estate for our wedding/reception including Thorton, Wiens, Wilson Creek, Faulker, South Coast. After visiting them all, Ponte had the most beautiful grounds and wedding sites, most professional and courteous staff, the best value for the quality. Not to mention that each vendor we interviewed also raved about Ponte.

It is very difficult to express in words how wonderful Ponte Family Estate was. The grounds are stunning. Our wedding was in April and the grounds were in full bloom. The vineyards behind the ceremony site has a good amount of green growth that made an exquisite backdrop for our memorable ceremony. We chose the barrel room for our reception. It was the most romantic, unique, intimate setting that we could have chosen for our special event. The barrel room was beautifully decorated with dozens of candles, nice linens, nice chairs; the rustic charm of the wine barrels made a reception site that our guests say was "the most memorable" that have ever been to. Very romantic.

Ponte has wonderful wines. They offer a discount on wedding for Ponte wine club members. Since their wines are awesome, it is worth getting a membership. Plus wine club members get two cases of wine when booking a wedding. So, you have wine to remember your wedding for some time after the wedding.

The food at our wedding was delicious, perfectly presented and raved over during and after the wedding. We had shrimp and prime rib which was high quality for the cost as compared to other wineries. Combined with tasty wines and champagne, it was the perfect culinary experience for our reception. Also, the staff that worked at the wedding and reception were responsive and professional.

The staff was professional and courteous at all phases of planning and during the event. Caren was a wonderful coordinator. She responded quickly and efficiently to all of our requests; they were able to accommodate most of our requests including a different table configuration, linens, food, prices. We communicated mostly with Caren during most of the planning. During the wedding preparation, wedding and reception, there were so many people catering to our needs and wants; honestly, I cannot remember all of their names but our event would not have been the same without them. Every person at Ponte is professional at all times.

Some awesome perks for bride and grooms choosing Ponte for their wedding and reception venue include a one year anniversary luncheon, free one year wine club membership for the bride and groom. Bride and groom cottages to prepare for the wedding. These really make you feel like Ponte cares about their bride and grooms.

By the way, South Coast Winery is next door and the bride/groom and guests can get a romantic villa for after the wedding so you don't have to drive far after the reception and lots of tasty wine at Ponte. They include a bottle of wine and breakfast with the room if you don't have to rush off to the airport in the morning. A romantic place for your wedding night.

Because of the beautiful grounds, the wedding pictures were exquisite.

The one thing I would recommend is bringing a flashlight for getting everything out of the cottages after the reception. It was very dark at 10 PM.

My wedding coordinator was awesome (C.Gomez)!!! She was very responsive and professional. Ponte is very beautiful and peaceful. If you are looking for a winery site in Temecula that only caters to one couple per day and one that is gorgeous...then look no further than Ponte Family Estates. My family and guests kept saying how beautiful the place was and that they would have to come back and visit...Ponte Family Estates made my wedding day very special!!!!

During our wedding planning the special events team got a whole new staff. I have to admitt that I was very nervous about this, but they did such an amazing job. Our guests have not stopped mentioning how wonderful the location, service, food, etc.. We were so pleased that we went with Ponte!

We could not have asked for a more amazing location to have my wedding. The facilities at Ponte are beautiful and well designed. They have welcoming cottages for both the bride and groom to spend the day there in peace and quiet. The backdrop of the vineyards is second to none. We had our reception in the extremely unique barrel room. The wedding coordination staff pays attention to every detail. The best part of the wedding had to be the food. The chef's at the Smokehouse restaurant put out a stunning array of menu options and the food tastes fantastic.

You cannot go wrong with a wedding at Ponte.

The staff was awesome...everything turned out perfect...and we have the pictures to prove it.

pnte is so beautiful,I decided that I will amrry here the first time I went there.great staff and beutiful vineyard background made my wedding special.

We loved Ponte! Tori was our coordinator and she was extremly efficient. It rained on our wedding day, so we did not have the vineyard view as we dreamed. However, we were moved into the Barrel Room which was even more lovely and romantic. Everybody at Ponte wanted to ensure that we had a glorious day and that we did! Thank you!

Our Ponte wedding was absolutely perfect! The whole staff was so easy to work with and I had a relatively easy time communicating on weekdays despite planning my wedding from across the country. The venue was simply beautiful, the food was delicious, and I received so many compliments about the venue! Caren Gomez was great, and the catering staff who handled our rehearsal dinner and wedding were incredibly helpful, friendly, and warm!

This place was amazing. When we got married in 2009, I looked at ALL the wineries. Ponte was actually the fist one we looked at. They offered so much more, for so much less. They had there stuff together, and were coming up with so many upgrades in time for my wedding, I didn't have to pay for anything extra. Caren was the best. The food was amazing and everyone loves the view and atmosphere. I cant say enough good things about ponte. I was so excited to see the new wedding pavilion that was constructed last year, it is so beautiful. This place will really take care of you and spoil you on your big day. so many truly professional details makes this the BEST place to say I DO :)

The staff at Ponte was super easy to work with. We loved the vibe and atmosphere at Ponte. Plus now we are wine club members since we got married there and we can continue to enjoy the place we got married at for years to come. The staff made the day run seemless, my bridesmaids were able to enjoy the wedding with me and not have to worry about last minute details. Everything was perfect!! I enjoyed every minute of my wedding at Ponte Winery!!

Ponte is a beautiful place to get married in many ways. The venue is gorgeous. The staff was very attentive during the planning stages and equally helpful in executing a beautiful reception. We had our reception in the Barrel Room. I think it is unparalleled in uniqueness, as opposed to the big tent outside, but I had a small wedding (80 people) so we were within the limits for that room. The food was fantastic. I recieved many complements that the food was the best people had ever had at a wedding. Specifically, we had filet mignon as a menu option and they were cooked quite nicely to medium rare. Best of all, they take care of all of the catering, equipment, and bar. It made planning much easier for us. The only down fall is the cost (about $115/person), but thats going rate for a winery wedding.

Everything was so amazing at my wedding at Ponte!! They staff were amazing and everything went soooo smoothly without me having to lift a finger the day of the wedding! I highly reccommend having your wedding here!!

As soon as my fiance' and I looked at Ponte Winery to hold our wedding, we knew it was the place for us. The grounds are beautiful, the wedding coordinators are very friendly & attentive, and the place takes away of a lot of the planning! Our guests still rave about the stunning scenery of the ceremony and the excellent food & wine. This is a place that my husband and I will continue to visit for many years to relive wonderful memories.

We knew we wanted to get married at Ponte, so we booked our wedding the day we got engaged. The wedding coordinators were wonderful, and were always available to answer any question we had, no matter what it was in regards to. The timeline provided by the winery was especially helpful with planning our big day. The day of, it rained, so we had to do a lot of last minute revisions, including moving our ceremony from an outdoor location to indoors in the Barrel Room. Everyone was terrific, and did everything they could to make our wedding the most incredible day and evening possible! I would not hesitate to recommend this venue for a wedding and reception!!

I wanted an outdoor wedding and still something close to home. The staff was great during our wedding day, they attended to my wedding party while we took pictures. To this day, I have guests remind me how much they had enjoyed our wedding. Every year, we still return to the venue to reminisce. They've made a lot of improvements from the time we were married, which makes us want to renew our vows in the same location! The food was excellent along with having the entire location open to my guests. By the time your wedding begins, all customers are off the premise and the entire place is left to you and your guests. We truly loved this venue!

Excellent wedding planned by the wonderful people at Ponte. We didn't even have our own wedding coordinator, they took care of making sure that everything went smoothly on the day of the event. We would recommend Ponte to anyone interested in holding their wedding in Temecula. And as a bonus, they even give you a subscription to their wine club after your wedding! We'll be enjoying their wines all year long and remembering the fantastic wedding we had there.

Gorgeous venue. Great place for a wedding! Many of our friends also got married here!

Besides a few hiccups with communication...it was absolutely amazing!!!! I had the best day of my life and it was absolutely beautiful. We got married in front of the vineyards and our reception was in the tent. It was a dream. The day of staff was absolutely amazing and were there for every need we had. They carried everything off perfectly. The site, food and drinks are awesomea and all of our guests still compliment us on everything. I would ABSOLUTELY recommend this site for your wedding in a heartbeat!

This is a great place to get married. The vineyards are beautiful and the barrel room is a gorgeous place for the reception. By far it is the best venue in the Temecula, California wine country. Furthermore, the event staff is amazing and so very detail oriented.

Lovely Venue.

Ponte was an amazing venue. The food, service, and atmosphere were superb!

Very good on wedding day, but the planner was hard to get a hold of prior to the day

BEAUTIFUL location! The staff was super helpful setting up the reception! And the bridal suite was gorgeous and had plenty of room. They treated us so great there. Made the day go by even easier.

WARNING: DO NOT BOOK YOUR WEDDING AT PONTE WINERY!!! It is not the so-called "family" run business it claims to be. All Ponte cares about is making money. My husband and I booked our wedding at Ponte last year but a few months after booking, my seemingly very healthy and relatively young mother was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer and had very little time to live (our wedding was still 6 months away at this point). We had already paid close to $7k as our deposit. I notified Ponte of our situation and they told me I could change the date if I wanted but they couldn't refund our money. With my mom being so ill we decided it would be best to get married ASAP since she desperately wanted to see me get married and I knew I couldn't handle a wedding without my mom, who I considered to be my best friend. I tried to rebook with Ponte but they didn't have any weekend dates available for us, which we needed since all of my husband's family would be coming in from NY. I pleaded with Ponte to please refund our money...they finally said they would if they were able to book our date (a Saturday in April, which should have been easily booked). As the day approached, we finally got a call from Ponte a few weeks before our April date saying that although they booked our date, they had to book it for less and they could not refund us any of our money...they kept it all! They could have offered us a partial refund, free wine club for a few years, free dinner party, but they offered NOTHING! I always had a feeling that something like this would happen even though they were fully aware of the situation and knew that we could have really used the money towards her funeral expenses. Luckily we ended up getting married a month after my mom was diagnosed at a country club in Newport Beach and we were so happy we didn't chance our original April date with Ponte since she had already passed away by that time. There were plenty of other locations and vendors that were able to work with us and give us the flexibility we needed to book our wedding in light of our situation. I ended up having a beautiful wedding in November with my mom by my side. I'm actually crying while I write this because it still hurts so much to relive how unsympathetic Ponte was while I was dealing with my mom dying. All I can say is that the owners/management at Ponte Winery are HEARTLESS!

Ponte Winery is a beautiful venue but that's the only nice thing I can say about it. The wedding coordinating staff was nice only in the very beginning but after signing the contract, everything went downhill. They made me feel very bad every time I had a question or needed help. It was like I owe them big time. I didn't experience anything like it before, all my vendors were so nice but this place, they were really hard to work with. There was a breakdown of communication on their part. Every time I emailed or called, they didn't respond until way later and usually it's after my 2nd attempt to communicate with them. When I complained to the manager abut the delayed in communication with the assigned planner, service became even worse. It felt like she was holding a grudge. Since they continued to be really unprofessional, I decided to get my own outside wedding coordinator. This place is really strict with all the vendors having 1 million dollar liability insurance. My florist had gotten in touch with them from the very beginning and I thought they had communicated to her what she needed. But very last minute before the wedding, they told her for the first time that she didn't have the right insurance. So I ended up having the cover the cost of that one day policy. The Ponte wedding planning service also had some surprises for me. There were 2 choices of color of chairs to pick out from and I submitted the order 4 months before my wedding day and I assumed everything was going okay except 2 weeks before my wedding day, they called me in to say guess what the color choice I chose for the chairs are not in good working condition anymore and I had to pay extra for the ceremony chairs and also get a outside chair rental vendor for the reception ones. Also they offered a cases of free wine as part of the package but again the wedding planner didn't care much and we went in to pick them out, she was busy and didn't come out. So we ended picking it with the wine tasting associate. He said he will ship it to us. We never got it. Then we find out weeks later, there was restrictions and we picked out wrong ones that were too expensive so we had to repick them. After I submitted my new order, still didn't receive it. Then a day after our wedding, my husband went to talk to the lady and finally we were able to get it. This venue really gave me a lot of unnecessary grief that a bride doesn't need when she's planning a wedding. They also made me paid an extra $5000-$6000 for last minute surprises. If it wasn't for my wonderful vendors and my outside coordinator, it wouldn't never came together. Ponte lacks the professionalism and basic customer service that wedding venues should have. I don't recommend this venue for any bride.

Besides their fabulous wine and menu, Ponte is also a wonderful venue for winery weddings. Nestled in the hills of Temecula's wine county, Ponte features a ton of great photo opportunities, from their spacious barrel room to the rolling vineyards and mountain backdrops. The receptions are always conducted professionally with close attention to guests. One of my top 5 wedding venues in Temecula.

What can I say about Ponte Winery. The venue and staff are simply amazing. The secret to their success is a combination of several components: Attention to detail, their ability to work as a team, a gorgeous backdrop and food that is absolutely out of this world.

We've worked with Ponte since January of 2006. I look forward to performing events at their venue because I know it will be amazing. The combination of our Entertainment and Music Programming combined with a venue that cares so much about their clients and you've got a bullet proof event. Check out the many pictures we've captured from our events at Ponte. You can see this is a Venue where fun times will be had. I cannot say enough about them. You will have a blast and be well taken care of if you have your special event at Ponte Winery!

Ponte Winery is the most amazing venue to have your event or wedding at. You will feel at home with the warmth that this venue gives you as soon as you step your foot on the grounds. The staff will make you feel like a price or princess. Service is top notch from the beginning to end and the view go forever !! Yes, this is the place to pick for the memories for years to come.

Ponte Family Estate Winery is a beautiful location with the vineyard as your back drop. They have 3 lovely reception areas depending on the size of your wedding. The barrel room is very romantic, the tent is great for a large group and the new reserve room is warm and inviting. The staff is very accommodating and great to work with.