Twin Oaks Valley Winery — Attraction in San Marcos

Twin Oaks Valley Winery wines are second to none. Malcom, the owner and wine maker, has done a fantastic job on focusing on what is important in a winery which is the wine. He emphasizes on non-sweet wines and specially reds. He has around 10 different red varieties of which I found almost all of them excellent. That is rare for me. He has a bordeaux awaiting bottling that is absolutely killer. Both tastings and bottles are very reasonable priced compared to most of the competition. Imagine $10 for 5 tastings with heavy pours and bottles in the $25 range even for non-members. That would be hard to find in San Diego. As a special add for fellow San Diegans almost all of the vineyards used are San Diego based. This winery reminds me of Napa and Temecula before large organizations had taken over with a huge emphasis on maximizing profits rather than maximizing the quality of the wine. If you want to experience a true gem of North County this is the...

This place, on paper, shouldn't work. An ex Nvidia engineer decides to move to San Diego and buys a small, local winery off the internet... 6 years later this place is a treasure of San Marcos. Every single wine we've tasted is very good. Every one is different. So it's about what you like, not what's good. We took home the Malbec and the 2013 Cabernet Franc. We'll be...

The wine maker Malcom was in the tasting room when we were there. He is fantastic very personable telling us all about the winery. The tasting was great all of the wines we tasted were top of the line. We did the reds. Price was good about $25 per bottle and well worth the price. I have done wine tasting all over the US and this was one...