Lorimar Vineyards and Winery

take pictures in the vineyard and also use the orchard next door as well. We got married down at the barrel room and had our reception there afterwards. It easily fit our 126 guests comfortably. The food was amazing! We got a lot of compliments on our food and appetizers. The only bummer was it was really cold once the sun went down! Lorimar does provide 6 heaters, but that wasn’t enough. We ended up renting 10 more for $1,000 and it was perfect! A downside of Lorimar, is they are open to the public until 9:00 pm on Saturdays (the day we got married) and we did have wedding crashers! They didn’t take any gifts or cards, but they did try to break into our honeymoon fund. We’ve been told they were successful in taking some money from us. They also got a free drink at the bar until I recognized them and had them kicked out. There really wasn’t anything stopping random people from walking right into our reception. Overall, we didn’t let that ruin our big day just something to think about. Communication with Lorimar started off a bit shaky. We felt that once we signed the contract that the wedding coordinator we were working with (Kathryn who doesn’t work there anymore) put us on the back burner. It became harder to get answers to our questions. It was frustrating at times. Luckily, Lorimar decided to subcontract their wedding coordinators out to difference wedding coordinator companies. We were blessed to start working with Katlin from Wedding by Katlin about 4 months prior to our wedding. This was a great move on Lorimar’s part! About a month before our wedding we found out that Kathryn didn’t work there anymore. Our new contact with Lorimar was Krystal Aponte. Krystal was AMAZING!! Things immediately turned around. There was better communication. Krystal was so kind and helpful! She pulled some many strings for us to make sure we had the best wedding. We really did! We are so grateful for her. There were some changes during the course from when we signed our contract to the day of our wedding, but they were honestly for the better. We would 100% recommend Lorimar as your wedding venue! Plus the wine is great too :) Becky & Jeremy Artaserse

😯.... Things were a bit rocky until Katlin came on board. Thank God!!! Literally, for her coming to our rescue. She really came through. Above and beyond expectations. As well as Krystal, I don't know what we would have done with out them. The music, food and everything else was superb. Thank you all there at Lorimar for helping make my daughter's dream wedding come true. 💕💕💕

ked that even the parking lot is pretty!). Unlike many other venues, the event space is separated from the tasting room/public space and feels very private. Another thing that impressed us about Lorimar was their willingness to accommodate our ideas and vision. Unlike many other venues, which offered standard packages and had tight restrictions on what could be brought in, Lorimar helped us set up a champagne bar and allowed us to bring in the Dirty Cookie for a late night snack, details which made our wedding so special and unique. Lorimar’s staff were always prompt and responsive in our communication. As we planned our wedding from Chicago, they kindly accommodated our tours and tastings during the brief times we were in town. On the day of our wedding, despite crazy weather (thunderstorms AND a heat wave), the event ran so smoothly and everything turned out just as I had hoped. When my husband and I snuck away for our photos after the ceremony, the catering staff thoughtfully brought us a tray with appetizer selections and glasses of ice water- just what we needed at that time! At the reception, the food was delicious, and the wine was to die for. All in all, we couldn’t be happier with our experience at Lorimar. Thank you Lorimar for making our wedding day such a dream!

eded expectations. Everyone was coming up to us saying it was the most beautiful wedding they'd ever been to. It doesn't matter if you want something smaller and intimate, or large and extravagant, the team will make it happen. They have an incredible variety of spaces for both the ceremony and reception so you have options, and they do work with a range of budgets. Tina Marie, the Wedding & Events Manager is so creative and flexible. She was super sweet and just a dream to work with. Michaela (new to Lorimar and not the same woman referenced in previous reviews) was our Wedding Coordinator and literally a miracle worker. She provided suggestions without being pushy, solved problems she didn't even need to, wrangled our group and literally made my wedding come to life. She is my little wedding angel! I could go on forever about how great this venue and team is but seriously, stop searching and go book this venue (trust me you will get so tired of researching wedding things just move on to the honeymoon plans already!) 10 stars for Lorimar!!!!!

er, was the BEST experience we had out of MANY other venues we were in contact with. Most appreciated was her responsiveness and attention to detail. She consistently provided timely responses, even outside work hours; was patient with the many, many questions we had and provided enough detail to each one such that we didn't need to follow-up with her on any answers; was super nice when we met her in person and talked over the phone; and was really patient and understanding with us as we were evaluating Lorimar and other options. We wish we could continue working with her!

awn and had our reception at the Barrel Room lawn. It was nice to have both options. As another reviewer mentioned about the prior wedding coordinator leaving, Tina Marie jumped in and took care of business! I felt so confident in her and she radiated such a wonderful air of confidence and support, as we navigated the days up to the wedding. She was so responsive to questions, that I had zero concerns. (Thank you Tina Marie!!) The rest of the staff also received high praise from family and friends for how friendly they were. The food from Temecula Catering was perfect, and we had people commenting on how surprising it was to have delicious wedding food. Their wines were delicious too, and guests loved the champagne greeting. I originally wanted to get married in the mountains, but Lorimar was an amazing next choice and we couldn't be happier with how our wedding turned out.

roves. It's a perfect location for a private celebration under the market lights! We had a fantastic experience with our coordinator at Lorimar, Tina Marie, who jumped in days before our wedding after our original coordinator left the company. It seems that there has been some changes at Lorimar, but Tina Marie took time to sit down with us to review all of our details and made us feel like we were in great hands. Our wedding day was a dream and her team was on the ball from beginning to end. They went above and beyond making sure that each detail was perfect and that we were taken care of the whole day. We can't thank them enough for making our wedding day everything we hoped for! You guys are the best!

bring to make this venue even better & we said yes to getting married here on June 3 2017! We started off with Mikaela as our wedding coordinator until she resigned in January! I was a little sad/worried until I met Joelle! Joelle made the rest of this process not only easy but enjoyable! She is someone who is so easy to get along with & offers great opinions without being pushy! She is someone who knows how to get things done but is not rude! Thanks to her & the incredible staff at Lorimar we had a wonderful wedding & it was even better then I could have ever imagined! The pictures are beautiful because of the scenery, you don't even have to decorate the vineyards are more than enough! Not to mention this is an extremely affordable venue & is all inclusive minus Dj, photography, & flowers! The caters from Temecula crown royal catering were also sweet people & sure know how to make killer Mexican food! I can't rave about this place & the experience we had here enough! It's worth looking into for sure!

as been such a joy to work with. I know this is just the beginning, but I feel confident in our choice.

ous! I couldn't imagine having my dream wedding anywhere else. Oh and the wine ... the best in wine country!!!

ith in making the space gorgeous! Joelle was such a joy to work with throughout the planning process and worked with us on creating a custom menu as well. Her fun personality, responsiveness, and professionalism were a key part in the event being such a great success. Lorimar also has the best wines of all wineries in Temecula. HANDS DOWN. We will be returning for the wine, and to say hi to the gorgeous space and the event team at Lorimar!

for us from day one. We fell in love with the beautiful scenery and luscious wines but our first meeting with Linda made us feel like we were home. She had such a personal interest and invested so much time into our wedding. Picking this venue was the easiest decision. We met Joelle and our dreams became alive! Joelle went over every detail with us. Most people asked me "are you non stop on the phone with your coordinator?" I relied no I because Joelle saw what we were looking for and made it happen. She made this wedding a living beautiful dream. She was supportive of everything and all ideas and all of her suggestions were spot on. The day of, right before I walked down the aisle, I found out I had between 4-7 uninvited guests me did not have the seats to accommodate them, Joelle handled the situation with the utmost class and style. Joelle, Linda, how can I ever thank you? Please, future brides consider Lorimar for your wedded bliss to have the most special experience !!!

ream wedding into reality. Not only was she patient, she catered to what we wanted and went beyond expectation. She contacted all the vendors and made sure that I was stress-free. Our wedding at Lorimar Winery turned out so fun and beautiful!! The venue itself is to die for! I have family and friends telling me it's the best wedding they've ever been to. I'd like to thank each and every staff at Lorimar for helping me create a night I will never forget.

s that the winery would close at 4;30pm, as opposed to 5:00pm (their regular business hours). Furthermore, she included this in our contract so that we would get the "private" wedding that we wanted. We also included in our contract that our reception would take place on the covered patio and that our ceremony would take place on the vineyard lawn. Fast forward to January, when my fiance and I set up a meeting with the new wedding coordinator, Joelle. At our first meeting, Joelle told us that not only will the winery not close at 4:30pm as specified in our contract, but they will remain open until 9pm with LIVE MUSIC. This was absolutely appalling to my fiance and myself. Furthermore, she stated they would not allow us to have our reception on the patio, as that is where they have their live music. She offered the barrel room as an alternative. My fiance and I decided to attempt to comprise and took a tour of the barrel room, however it was very small and absolutely not how we envisioned our wedding. We reiterated that our reception was to be on the covered patio, as our contract specified, as well as the winery needed to close at 4:30pm. Joelle was able to talk to Tina, the wedding and events manager who decided we would in fact be able to have our reception on the patio, as originally specified. However, Lorimar still refused to honor their end of the contract regarding closing times and stated if we paid $35,000 they would close the winery for us. Their attempt at a compromise was to move tasting patrons from the tasting room down to the barrel room for live music and wine tasting at 4:30pm..which is right when our guests would be arriving. What if you could hear live music during our vows? What if our wedding guests had to park far away because guests that had come for live music arrived before our guests? What if we had random people around our wedding? Joelle and Tina were both very pleasant, however firm in the fact that the owner would absolutely not cancel the live music. I am not sure how my fiance and I spending over $20,000 does not take priority over live music for one night. Lorimar absolutely did the wrong thing by refusing to honor our contract. Yes, we could have taken them to small claims court, but at the end of the day we could not see our self getting married at a venue that did not treat us like a priority. They refunded us a full refund, as well as our "nonrefundable" deposit. It truly shocks me that the owner of the winery would not reschedule live music with over 9 months notice... I would not recommend this venue to anyone, we will be cancelling our wine club membership and have advised our friends and family to do so as well.

offered some services to help us with our budget and the entire wedding was better than I imagined! The vineyard lawn with the string lights made the al fresco dining experience more beautiful than ever!

d up with three different sites for our wedding, making us feel so special. Mikaela and her team went above and beyond to take care of us. The food and wine were amazing and we received many compliments on it. They were even able to accommodate a vegetarian dish for one of our guests. We definitely be visiting the winery again!

and I met with Tina, the new coordinator and went over all of the details in person and did a wine tasting to select our wines. In the weeks leading up to my wedding Tina would not return my phone calls or emails. She asked me to make any changes and sign off on the final event order and plans. I did so and sent them back to her. I never got a response. A week before the wedding she asked me for them again. I told her I had sent them weeks prior but I sent them again. When we showed up for our rehearsal, Tina told me how nice it was to meet me, she didn't remember that we had in fact met before in person. She handed the controls over to her assistant and then was not involved for the remainder of the rehearsal. We walked through and they were all set to send me on my way without reviewing the details for the day of. We insisted on going over the event order and found that they hadn't made any of my changes and had my wine selections wrong. When I pointed out that the wine was wrong, they told me that they were sold out of Chardonnay which was my selection. I asked why that hadn't been communicated to me and they couldn't provide a response. I agreed to choose another wine and while doing so, the girl informed me that they were also out of their sparkling wine which was my other white wine selection. She told me they would use the sparkling rose instead. At this point I was furious. Why was I paying thousands of dollars to get married at a winery if they couldn't even provide the wine. I was stressed and in tears in the middle of the tasting room the day before my wedding while my bridal party, parents, and in-laws watched. My dad stepped in because I had other things to prepare for the next day. He came back in the afternoon and met in person with both the GM and owner. The owner did step up and pull cases of Chardonnay out of his personal reserve and was able to source the sparkling wine from another winery. The day of went smoothly for the most part. Tina was there for the beginning of the day while we were getting ready in the bridal suite. Where she had the nerve to bring me bottles of the wrong wine. Thankfully she was gone by the time my event began and her assistant took over. We had a few complaints about the day of. They did not direct guests to park in the back as we were told they would so guests began to arrive while we were taking pictures and saw us before the ceremony. They insisted on putting our gift table by the main entrance of the winery where winery guests were leaving but they didn't have an attendant so we had to have someone stay by the table. The assistant had to ask the live music at the winery to stop 3 times even though it was after 5 which was when the winery was supposed to close and my ceremony was to begin. We had to start late because they wouldn't stop playing and there were still winery guests milling around. They didn't bother to clean the restrooms so when I had to go to the bathroom in my wedding dress, there was toilet paper all over the floor and several dirty stalls. The caterer didn't have the vegetarian or gluten free meals we had arranged for. when we went to cut the cake there were ants around the base. The wedding was beautiful but not quite perfect.

orations. Gloria, who works at Lorimar, got us a free candy buffet simply because the package we purchased was later updated to include one and she felt it was only fair we got one too. It turned out beautiful. The staff was fun loving and helpful. Not only was this my dream wedding but im not in debt over it. It came with soooo much and it was worth every penny. Brides looking to spend between 10,000.00*-20,000.00 this is your spot. It includes the ceremony, reception, bartenders, food, coordinators, beautiful venue and so much more. Thank you Lorimar!

very nice, the day was a mess because the wedding coordinator and general manager were extremely incompetent. For one, Lorimar was supposed to put signs up for the guests to park in the back parking lot. They did not do this so the guests started arriving and saw us with the bride taking pictures. Some guests even saw the private 'first look' which was so sad for them. We couldn't get the pictures in that we needed to. Also, the wedding coordinator was no where to be found so the bridesmaids had no idea when we were supposed to leave the room to walk down the aisle. And then, once we figured it out on our own, the bride and her father were left alone in the room for so long they had no idea what was going on. Besides the idiocy of the wedding coordinator, Lorimar allowed a hard metal band to play trough the entire ceremony and reception. I personally saw the bride pleading with the general manager and wedding coordinator to turn the music down so they could do their first dances and cake cutting and the general manager was so rude to her. They had discussed this before signing a contract and promised that they would have quiet music that would be entirely cut during special moments. The general manager is a disgrace and the fact that Lorimar employs him is horrendous. As a member of a bridal party that experienced this venue, I highly advice you to choose one of the other beautiful wineries for your wedding

to the owners attention after the wedding so that we could receive a refund for the meals we paid for that were not received but after providing the proof that we were promised these meals, the owner stopped responding to our emails. Apparently he doesn’t know how to respond once you prove that they were wrong and owed money. One of the most concerning issues that we had was the music playing at Lorimar during our ceremony and reception. This was one of my biggest concerns before signing a contract with Lorimar because they are one of the only wineries open to the public during weddings. I made my concerns clear with the wedding coordinator and she assured me that if they book live music on the date of your wedding, it will only be acoustic and it will be down at the barrel room only. I went over this with her numerous times and felt confident that she was telling the truth. However, Lorimar ended up booking a heavy metal band on the day of my wedding that they actually allowed to play during my ceremony and throughout my entire reception. I had to beg them to turn it down for certain events like the father/daughter dance and cake cutting. Even after the begging, they never turned the music down or off and my special events were drowned out by heavy metal. As the bride, I spent about 1 hour of my 3.5 hour reception begging the general manager and my coordinator to turn down the music. That’s when I was even able to locate the wedding coordinator. I was very upset and disappointed. Additionally, we were promised signs and a security guard to indicate that our event was private. Neither were there the day of the wedding and we had Lorimar guests intruding on our private space. Also, there was supposed to be signs telling the guests to park in the back parking lot so the entrance of Lorimar would be reserved for the bridal party while we took pictures at the vineyard. They failed to put up these signs so most of my guests saw me in my dress before the ceremony which was also very upsetting. If this hadn’t been made clear during the planning process, I would understand but when plans are made, you expect them to have the competency to follow through. If you choose to have a wedding here despite this review, please be aware that nothing they say verbally or through emails will have any weight and you cannot rely on them to come through with what they promise you.

act was quite clear. They ultimately relented, but it was an unwanted stress right before our wedding. Perhaps they hoped that we would pay additional money without thinking about it because we had so many things on our mind, I don’t know. All I know is that the contract was clear and they tried to get more money from us. Second, Lorimar staff threw away many small gifts and items we had personally made for our guests. They did this while the wedding reception was still taking place. They told us we could pick up everything the next day so by the time we found out they had thrown things away and not saved them like we thought, it was too late. No one asked us if they should throw the items away, they just did it. We still have guests asking if we have those items because they wanted to keep them. Third, Lorimar failed to coordinate with our florist, despite their assurances otherwise. In one instance they moved flowers that were placed correctly. They told they would put them back before the reception but never did. In hindsight we should have double-checked, we should not have believed them when they told us it would be taken care of. Feedback from guests was that the Lorimar staff were not very willing to help or serve them, and that feedback did not surprise us given that throughout the evening we, as the bride and groom, were not taken care of very well (for example, 30 minutes into the reception I had to track down a server just to get our first glasses of wine). We had a wonderful wedding, but had Lorimar prepared a bit better, or simply followed through on what they told us they would beforehand, it might have been even better.

– I wish I could relive the day over again. Jessica was our coordinator and made the entire process as easy as possible. Throughout planning she was extremely helpful and had a million great ideas including where to place decorations, ideas from previous weddings (and pictures!), and a beautiful idea for how to display the cake. One of the great things about Lorimar is that they were extremely helpful with decorations – they saved tons of wine bottles and corks for me and offered for us to use any wedding decorations they had on site (barrels with glass tops, candle holders, shepherd’s hooks, and tons more). They also made the planning easy because they took care of the tables, chairs, linens, catering, bar, set-up and cleanup, and staff (all included in the price per person!). It seriously made wedding planning so much easier not having to coordinate with so many extra vendors. Oh! And they only hold one wedding each day – ours was on a Sunday so they closed the tasting room early that day and we had the entire venue to ourselves! It was amazing! On the day of the wedding Jessica took care of all the details so I was able to just enjoy it. She made sure everything came together like I had pictured it, worked with all the vendors, and kept us on track and where we needed to be. Our wedding was more than we could have ever imagined and I sincerely believe that it was because of Jessica and all the Lorimar staff. It has honestly become one of my favorite places – every time I visited for a planning meeting, to show friends or parents the site, or just to go wine tasting the staff was extremely nice and just made it an all around fun experience. Plus their wine is all amazing! I’m already a wine club member. :)

ating for easy payment of the venue and assisted us in every way we can went it came to making a decision and preparation. Approximately 6 months before my wedding I get a call from Lorimar telling me there is a new wedding lawn being built and that we can switch our wedding there if we would like or keep it in the original spot. They invited us over to check out the new wedding lawn. The new wedding lawn is amazing. It is situated IN the VINES! Giving a very special, private, and beautiful layout. Lorimar was not only professional and courteous during a busy time, they were also very accommodating and patient. Be sure to check out their Coach House Property adjacent to the winery. With a lake and beautiful landscaping it provided an amazing background for photos. Thanks for everything!

ng property as a wedding venue they have an incredible onsite wedding coordinator that is included in the price of their wedding packages. Their coordinator, Jessica, was great to work with and made sure that everything went smoothly on the day of so that I could sit back and relax. I HIGHLY recommend this venue to brides looking for their fairytale winery wedding!

time I visited the venue. I left it two weeks ago still feeling that way after a great wedding. All of my guests had an amazing time and enjoyed the winery; it also offered one of the best packages I saw across LA and Temecula – especially considering its beauty and well priced catering and bar packages. Not only do the grounds provide a striking backdrop, but the staff is friendly and helpful, and the vendor list is amazing. There is not a vendor we worked with who I didn't like! My only issue throughout the entire experience was that we were mislead about a few things in the beginning process while working on the contract, but since then, event coordinators/wedding sales team have changed and are fantastic! Overall, I'd recommend this venue to anyone looking for a beautiful winery wedding!