Orfila produces award-winning Rhone-style wines from grapes grown on our hillside estate located approximately 15 miles from the Pacific Ocean and from other renowned grape-growing regions in coastal California. Since its opening in 1994, Orfila Vineyards has been the recipient of more than 1,300 medals in major national and international competitions - a testament to the complexity, grace and opulence of its wines. The winery has been adopted by San Diego as a favorite venue for celebrations. It has beautiful facilities for weddings, anniversary parties, corporate events, fundraisers and all types of community revelry.
Orfila Vineyards Day in San Diego County
September 19, 2006, was proclaimed Orfila Vineyards & Winery Day in San Diego County by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The proclamation applauds award-winning wines, history of innovation and sustainable agriculture, and success in putting San Diego on the international wine map!
An Important Part of Our Integrated Pest Management Program
Animals are on nearly everyone's mind when they drive to the San Pasqual Valley, home to Orfila Vineyards and the famed San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Most visitors are focused on the lions, tigers and bears in the park, but the local falcons, bats and barn owls are more important to the local environment. This trio of winged critters are natural and voracious predators and a key part of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. They help keep grape marauders, such as starlings, rodents and insects in check.
Visitors often notice the “owl boxes” that are strategically positioned in the vineyard. Each barn owl box provides a place for the barn owls to roost in the fall and a safe place to nest and raise a family of owlets (5-7 per box) in the spring. The IPM program is part of our efforts to support sustainable watershed management and be both good neighbors and good caretakers of the land. Winemaker and GM Leon Santoro was a member of the Wine Institute’s first committee on sustainable agriculture.
Orfila Vineyards Day in San Diego County
September 19, 2006, was proclaimed Orfila Vineyards & Winery Day in San Diego County by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. The proclamation applauds award-winning wines, history of innovation and sustainable agriculture, and success in putting San Diego on the international wine map!
An Important Part of Our Integrated Pest Management Program
Animals are on nearly everyone's mind when they drive to the San Pasqual Valley, home to Orfila Vineyards and the famed San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Most visitors are focused on the lions, tigers and bears in the park, but the local falcons, bats and barn owls are more important to the local environment. This trio of winged critters are natural and voracious predators and a key part of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. They help keep grape marauders, such as starlings, rodents and insects in check.
Visitors often notice the “owl boxes” that are strategically positioned in the vineyard. Each barn owl box provides a place for the barn owls to roost in the fall and a safe place to nest and raise a family of owlets (5-7 per box) in the spring. The IPM program is part of our efforts to support sustainable watershed management and be both good neighbors and good caretakers of the land. Winemaker and GM Leon Santoro was a member of the Wine Institute’s first committee on sustainable agriculture.
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