Longtime Temecula Valley Winery Closes Restaurant, Relocates Tasting Room: What To Know

TEMECULA, CA — It's been a long run for the Baily family of Baily Vineyard & Winery. They have spent the past 40 years in the Temecula Valley growing grapes, producing and bottling award-winning wine, and serving visitors at their La Serena Way tasting room and restaurant. Now, the owners have decided to return to their roots, drawing in operations to the original facility and closing the tasting room and Carol's Restaurant.

The winery was founded in 1986 and is among Temecula’s oldest continuously family-owned wineries. Owners Phil and Carol Baily have decided to return to their roots by consolidating operations at their original winery on Pauba Road, just above the De Portola Wine Trail, they told Patch.

The tasting room, located at La Serena Way and Rancho California Road, will be open until September 30, as it changes hands to new owners. The future of that property has yet to be disclosed. Starting Oct. 1, all wine tasting operations will begin at the Pauba facility, where they once held only private vertical wine tastings. They are changing their name to coincide with the move to Baily Family Vineyards.

“We are making enhancements to our facility on Pauba to showcase the winemaking operations, the beautiful view, and to elevate the tasting experience for our visitors," Baily said. "Our entire tasting room staff will be moving to Pauba so that they can continue to serve our customers in the same exceptional manner."

Carol's Restaurant is closing its doors after 25 years. The restaurant will remain open until Sept. 21, when it hosts a "final lunch." Though the pair is closing the restaurant, they are not retiring, according to Phil Baily.

"As owners of Temecula’s oldest winery, we are excited to be working with our sons and grandson to enter this next phase of the long history of the winery," he said. "And to better reflect the family involvement, we are changing our name from Baily Vineyard & Winery to Baily Family Vineyards."

Carol Baily, for whom the restaurant is named, discussed that change.

"We’ve had 25 great years serving you at Carol’s Restaurant, and we will miss all the friends we’ve made," she said. "We’ve helped you celebrate your anniversaries, first dates, weddings, receptions, memorials, and hundreds of holidays, and we’ve loved your dogs almost as much as you love them. It’s going to be hard to lose the place we’ve built from the ground up, but we’re looking forward to the next chapter in our lives. Please come to see us before our final lunch on September 21."

This move for the Baily family coincides with the family's 40th harvest in Temecula Valley Wine Country.

"The renovated location on Pauba will provide visitors a front row seat to the winemaking process and the chance to mingle with members of the Baily family while tasting fantastic wines and taking in one of Wine Country’s best views," Phil Baily said.

From four generations of the Baily Family: Carol and Phil; Patrick; Chris and Kim; Alex and July, and one-year-old baby, Christopher; Hayley and Brian; Nolan and Rachel, and one-year-old baby, Cedar.