The peaks are the first thing you see as you approach Margarita Vineyard, a looming testament to the tectonic forces that created the coastal Santa Lucia mountain range. These peaks frame the southwest border of the vineyard just outside the historic town of Santa Margarita.We are the southernmost vineyard on the Paso Robles wine map.

While the peaks are the most conspicuous evidence of the area’s geologic history, Margarita Vineyard is rich with other sights that exemplify the diversity of its terroir, including rolling hills, dramatic outcroppings and petrified oyster shells.

Margarita Vineyard could be viewed as a hybrid of the cooler Edna Valley to the south and warmer climate of the Paso Robles vineyards to the North. It enjoys inland sheltering from the surrounding mountains yet resides just 14 miles as the crow flies from the Pacific Ocean. Here, our Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and other varietals enjoy a climate slightly different from other Paso Robles Wineries as the Margarita Vineyards get just enough warmth to fully ripen, but the growing season is magnificently tempered by cooling marine breezes, resulting in grapes of exceptional depth, balance and varietal character.

The wineries of Paso Robles boast a uniqueness based on it's very special terroir. The diversity of our vineyard is also evident in its variety of microclimates, enabling us to successfully grow a wide range of varietals, in addition to yielding our own estate wines, Margarita Vineyard also supplies fruit to some of the most notable wineries in California, including Domaine Alfred, Four Vines and Rosenblum.

The surrounding Santa Margarita Ranch boasts a rich and exciting history, one that includes Native Americans, Franciscan missionaries and Mexican rancheros. This history also includes wine grapes, which were first grown on the ranch in 1774.