Wiens Family Cellars

I couldn't have asked for a more perfect wedding and it was all because of Wiens. The service that they provided was outstanding. From the begining of the planning process all the way through the wedding day, they took great care of us. I can't say enough great things about Wiens Family Cellars, the whole experience was awesome!!

My husband and I just had our wedding at Wiens on 4/14/12 and it was amazing. We are very familiar with Wiens, since we have been Wine Club members there for about two years. Our coordinator was Brittany Wong, and everything was how I pictured it. The overall price was very decent, compared to other wineries in the area, and included alot. The ceremony was outside in the main arbor, and since the weather was chilly, we quickly decided to change the cocktail hour to inside the barrel room (instead of the outside bar).
They have alot of decoration that you can utilize - all for free. Each table gets a bottle of red, and a bottle of white. They have several different centerpieces that you can use, and they have alot of different options and colors for table linens. Everyone was very impressed with the location and absolutely loved the wine.
We love Wiens and will continue to be Wine Club members and visit Temecula often.

We loved our wedding at Wiens Family Cellars! My husband and I visited several locations in our serach for a wedding venue, but after meeting with Kenna and the rest of the staff at Wiens, we knew this was the place for us. My normally reserved husband actually said, "It's like this pllace was made for us!" The winery grounds are gorgeous with two different wedding sites to choose from Our ceremony site was the new vineyard garden. This location gives you a feeling of being married amongst the vines, and is also a very private setting, which is hard to find in this area.

They have excellent service that went above and beyond our expectations. Throughout our year long engagement, any issues or concerns we had were met with a "no problem, we'll take care of it" attitude. On the day of our wedding Kenna and the rest of the staff went out of their way to ensure us both that we were their first and only priority, and that our only job was to relax and enjoy the day. They have a bride and groom's suite, which was available for use the whole day. They provided snacks, champange, and other beverages for our wedding party, as well.

The wedding day was coordinated excellently by Kenna and the rest of the team at Wiens. At other locations having an on site coordinator provided wouldn't mean much, but at Wiens, it truly alleviated the need for the additional expense of an outside wedding planner.

At our reception the food was excellent, as well as the wine, and the serving staff made all of our guest feel welcomed and relaxed.

At the conclusion of our wedding the staff helped my family pack up all of our belongings, and even assited with loading items into cars for transport. There was a lovely gift basked given to my husband and I, filled with champange, chocolates, wine glasses, a sweet note from Kenna, and other cute newlywed items.

We absolutely loved our whole wedding experience from start to finish at Wiens Family Cellars. Our family and guests our still raving about our wedding, and have all said that it was the best wedding they had ever been too.

I don't have a bad thing to say about Wiens. We booked this location a year and a half out (even though that long of a wait wasn't necessary). They are the most amazing venue! They provide both dressing rooms for the bride and the groom, with snacks and champagne. They have an on site coordinator, ours was Carrie, to help you along every step of they way. They're very willing to work with you and make your special day amazing. We're becoming wine club members and look forward to coming back often!

Weins Family Cellars is the best place to have your wedding, we were so happy not only with the venue and the scenery, but the staff was amazing. You personal wedding coordinator that they assign you is amazing and so helpful! The food is great, everyone was satisfied and happy. The price was amazing for venue, and all of the options that you have for all of the items that they include in the price, from tabel linens, chargers to dress up your plates, centerpieces...and all for free! It saved us a lot of money, and everyone is so helpful! We LOVE Weins! We joined the wine club and are there every month for the wine club party now! Highly recommed using Weins family cellars for your wedding, or parties!

We got married in April at Wiens and had such a positive experience! Our wedding was unforgettable. This venue and team are the best! Their family owned / operated business and values were so refreshing. We really felt a part of their family! My husband and I have now joined their wine club and go back often for tastings and picnics on the patio. I would highly recommend this venue for your wedding!

We love Wiens they were so great to work with. The wedding turned out to be everything we wanted and more. The planners did an amazing job and we feel so fortunate to have worked with them. The food was amazing as well as the wine and atmosphere. Our guests enjoyed themselves and we had a beautiful stress free day!

Wiens was the best place to get married! Service was amazing and just an overall amazing experience.

I live in Palm Springs, so choosing a venue outside of Palm Springs was risky, when i first walked into Wien, i knew that is where i wanted to get married, Using the vendor list Wien provided was so very helpful, was able to schedule the cake tasting and meeting the DJ all in one day, saving me trips back and forth from Palm Springs to Temecula.

Wien's was a very lovely location for a wedding. Great background and layout. The ceremony was held as discussed as well as the reception. Several options on items provided we available. All staff members were helpful and courteous. The landscape lend to good photos and everyone was very comfortable. We had lots of good feedback for attendees.

The wedding planner for this location was provided and she was fantastic - Jaime P. She was very helpful and always had a great attitude. Her assistants (Reanna, I'm sorry, can't remember the other!) were also great. Always answered with a smile and had great ideas and suggestions.

As the groom, I just wanted everything taken care of so we wouldn't have to be running things on our wedding day, and Wien's did a great job of that. We hired a second coordinator, and between her and the Wiens people everything just got done, it was wonderful.

The Wiens people were very helpful and friendly, and were genuinely interested in helping us have a nice wedding and save some money - it wasn't cheap to get started, but they didn't nickel and dime us after that, which was great.

My only small issues with them is that their email response time was a little slow, but it wasn't that bad; and that weddings in California are just too expensive! Overall highly recommended, they make great wine and we had an awesome wedding!

I just got marrried at Wiens May 2009 and here is my review, much of my review also reflects on their caterer, The Forge.

I had a beautiful wedding and hopefully all the guests didnt notice these things. It makes me sad to think that everyone noticed these issues, not just the guests that commented to us that they did.

Pros:
-The staff (Jaime, Rhianna and Lillia) is very nice, friendly and accommadating. They have great attitudes.
-They are flexible with access to the location
- Their wines are very good, many comments on how they liked them.
-The vendor they have for food is great tasting food, recieved many comments that the food was delicious.
-Answer questions quickly and accessible.
-One of the male bartenders was very nice, called me by name and ask to help even though never met me before.
-Allowed flexibility with decorations.
-The grounds are pretty and very well maintained.
-Have a bridal and grooms sweet to get dressed in onsite and they give you wine and snacks while you dress.

Cons:
They caused a bit of embarrassement to me and my husband with their caterer's service. I attribute it to inexperience in throwing classy events.
-The caterer was chinzy and don't know how to set a proper/standard table. Did not use bread or butter plates so my guests had to put their buttered bread on the tablecloth and salads were served on butter plates. Not a single person I know has ever been served their salad on a butter sized dish before and people commented on how it was so weird. They didn't tell us the salads would be so tiny even after
we asked numerous times if there would be a lot of food or else we would choose buffet service, and many guests had their salad fall off the sides of the plate onto the table because the plate was so tiny and improper for eating off of.
-They didn't give enough bread for each guest at the table and didnt have any extra to refill the baskets so everyone could have a roll or slice in this case. Guests commented on this after the wedding.
- They were supposed to serve wine during dinner but didnt really ask our guests if they wanted more wine so they could drink it. So for about an hr of the wedding guests didnt really drink like they would have wanted because they didnt want to feel rude to interupt the festivities by getting up to get more.
-Sodas were served in cans but luckily the winery started serving it in glasses when we requested (as I said, they are accommadating).
-Food was skimpy on the sides, my husband only had like 5 mini squares of potatoes (like the size of breakfast o'brien potatoes) when we asked many times about food portions being ample.
-The caterers hurried through the service, picking up full plates of desserts and throwing them out so they could hurry up and leave, as a result, when about 50% of my guests (including me and my mother in law), came back from one dance (dancing started when desserts were available), and our desserts was gone. This was not a slice of cake put on each setting. We had a buffet of desserts and each guest went and choose exactly what they wanted. I had a full plate of desserts with only one bite taken out and when I came back to my seat, it was thrown away!
-Cacy the person who did our food tasting and was the captain at our wedding has a sour attitude in our experiences with her. When my husband and I brought our moms to our food tasting, she gave us attitude because she wasnt expecting them (and I had informed our venue that they would be attending). She was rude, only after
some time did she change her outlook and treat us nicely. But she really didn't explain much or serve us our food in the manner that it would be served to us at our wedding so we know what we are getting. Then all through our wedding she had a sour face, she looked like she hated being there. She gets the job done but needs to learn some better people skills in her job since she is customer service. It would have been nice to be smiled at during our interactions with her.
- They didnt put out some of the details we discussed like candles on the outside patio. Luckily my florist had extra decorations to put out there at the last minute.
-They put out the ceremony chairs late so we could not use the decorations purchased for decorating the isles.

They are again very nice but seem to be used to much more casual events (the coordinators didnt dress the part as an example, got comments from guests as to why they didn't dress to the occassion) and were not able to provide all the service necessary to make our wedding run as we desired. We let them know what we were expecting and the service didnt match it. I think if you want a more casual, let them do it all wedding and dont care about all the details, this would do the job but we wanted more, especially since we paid for it. It was not cheap.

When I expressed my feelings to the venue, at first I got a brush off email from the owner but the coordinator gave me a better apology after I proded her. They basically said there was nothing they would do about it but apologize and try to change for the future. No thank you for your business card or wine as a gift to say I am sorry or much of an attempt to end it as a good experience. I just want to have all the beautiful memories of my gorgeous wedding.

Hope this helps someone when booking or dealing with them so you dont have this happen to you. Now I know what to address for my sister's wedding next year!

I just got marrried at Wiens May 2009 and here is my review, much of my review also reflects on their caterer, The Forge.

I had a beautiful wedding and hopefully all the guests didnt notice these things. It makes me sad to think that everyone noticed these issues, not just the guests that commented to us that they did.

Pros:
-The staff is very nice, friendly and accommadating. Jaime, Rhianna and Lilia are very nice and easy to work with.
-They are flexible with access to the location
- Their wines are very good, got many comments on how they liked them.
-The vendor they have for food, the Forge, has great tasting food, recieved many comments that the food was delicious
-Answer questions quickly and accessible
-One of the male bartenders was very nice, called me by name and ask to help even though never met me before.
-Allowed flexibility with decorations.
-The grounds are pretty and very well maintained.
-Have a bridal and grooms suite to get dressed in onsite and they give you wine and snacks while you dress.

Cons:
They caused a bit of embarrassement to me and my husband with their caterer's service. I attribute it to inexperience in throwing more upscale events because I don't think they would do these things purposefully.
-The caterer was chinzy and don't know how to set a proper/standard table. Did not use bread or butter plates so my guests had to put their buttered bread on the tablecloth and salads were served on butter plates. Not a single person I know has ever been served their salad on a butter sized dish before and people commented on how it was so weird. They didn't tell us the salads would be so tiny even after
we asked numerous times if there would be a lot of food or else we would choose buffet service, and many guests had their salad fall off the sides of the plate onto the table because the plate was so tiny and improper for eating off of.
-They didn't give enough bread for each guest at the table and didnt have any extra to refill the baskets so everyone could have a roll or slice in this case. Guests commented on this after the wedding.
- They were supposed to serve wine during dinner but didnt really ask our guests if they wanted more wine so they could drink it. So for about an hr of the wedding guests didnt really drink like they would have wanted because they didnt want to feel rude to interupt the festivities by getting up to get more.
-Sodas were served in cans but luckily the winery started serving it in glasses when we requested (as I said, they are accommadating).
-Food was skimpy on the sides, my husband only had like 5 mini squares of potatoes (like the size of breakfast o'brien potatoes) when we asked many times about food portions being ample.
-The caterers hurried through the service, picking up full plates of desserts and throwing them out so they could hurry up and leave, as a result, when about 50% of my guests (including me), came back from one dance (dancing started when desserts were available), our dessert was gone. This was not a slice of cake put on each setting. We had a buffet of desserts and each guest went and choose exactly what they wanted. I had a full plate of desserts with only one bite taken out and when I came back to my seat, it was thrown away!
-Cacy the person who did our food tasting and was the captain at our wedding has a sour attitude in our experiences with her. When my husband and I brought our moms to our food tasting, she gave us attitude because she wasnt expecting them (and I had informed our venue that they would be attending). She was rude, only after
some time did she change her outlook and treat us nicely. But she really didn't explain much or serve us our food in the manner that it would be served to us at our wedding so we know what we are getting. Then all through our wedding she had a sour face, she looked like she hated being there. She gets the job done but needs to learn some better people skills in her job since she is customer service. It would have been nice to be smiled at during our interactions with her.
- They didnt put out some of the details we discussed like candles on the outside patio. Luckily my florist had extra decorations to put out there at the last minute.
-They put out the ceremony chairs late so we could not use the decorations purchased for decorating the isles.

They are again very nice but seem to be used to much more casual events (the coordinators didnt dress the part as an example, got comments from guests as to why they didnt dress the part) and were not able to provide all the service necessary to make our wedding run as we were had discussed with them. We let them know what we were expecting and the service didnt match our expectations. If they want to run more upscale events, they have some work to do.

When I complained to the venue, at first I got a brush off email from the owner but the coordinator gave me a better apology. They basically said there was nothing they would do about it but apologize and try to change for the future. No thank you for your business or attempt to end it as a good experience or some wine as a gift to say I am sorry.

Hope this helps someone when booking or dealing with them so you dont have this happen to you. Now I know what to address for my sister's wedding next year!

Wiens is an awesome place to host your wedding or special event! The staff is amazing from the tasting room, to the event staff, and everyone in between. As a vendor at many local Temecula wineries, Wiens is by far our favorite!

I've photographed more than a dozen weddings and events and Wiens, and I can honestly say that they do a fabulous job. The thing that makes Wiens really stand out is their people. The staff is so attentive to the brides, and foster a caring friendship that makes the wedding party and the vendors feel so welcome and at ease. That's not something you can get at every venue. It makes the entire event more pleasurable and memorable. Thanks to a top notch staff (and splendid Big Reds), Wiens is one of my favorite wineries in Temecula.

Weins is a beautiful location with a very friendly and professional staff.