Palumbo Family Vineyard & Winery offers a quaint and quiet wine tasting experience in Temecula's wine country. Valley News/Shane Gibson photo
The Mystery WinoSpecial to Valley NewsSalute from wine country! I hope you survived “Dry January,” a pernicious invention likely foisted upon us by the soft drink industry. Here’s to a wet February.Previously in this space, I wrote about Wilson Creek Winery, one of a handful of resort-style wineries in the valley.On this trip, I headed south on Monte de Oro Road to a “micro winery,” Palumbo Family Vineyards and Winery. Both Wilson Creek and Palumbo wineries were established in 1998, but most similarities end there. While Wilson Creek Winery went big with 90 acres and more than 100,000 cases a year, Palumbo Family Vineyards and Winery stayed small with 13 acres and 1,500 cases a year.The backgroundNick Palumbo is one of the few local winemakers whose previo
