Longshadow Ranch

The ONLY reason this is getting 2 stars was the music and the staff. I took my kid here on their family Saturday nite summer event. I called ahead regarding their catering/​food and they told me there were several dishes available by their caterers so we would have a lot to choose from for dinner.
1– only glorified nachos which, no exaggeration, tasted like dog food. My 6 yr old kept on insisting that we tell someone how awful the food was.
2– the bull ride was taken over for over an hour by a wedding party during peak time. I understand a wedding party doing it, but we’re buying tix at $ 5/​each and didn’t even get to use it!
3– their snack shack guy was awesome but they had no real snacks.
The band was really good, and the staff was extremely nice. It’s just a shame how bad their catering is.
We may go back with a picnic basket, chairs and table, but not totally sure.

Fantastic winery! It is very laid back and the wines are fantastic, especially the white merlot and feather chardonnay. They have a few horses on the property including 2 Clydesdale’s.

Cool spot to hang out. The horses made for a great atmosphere :) Our pourers were pretty friendly, but there was a wedding going on so we didn’t get to see the entire indoor area… maybe next time. The wine was tasty too, and I hear they have some fun little concerts out there. I look forward to coming back

I got to pet some Billy Goats and did a staring contest with the Horses. I washed my hands before I went inside.
Yes, this is a winery, a real rustic hoe-​down of a winery. Had a blast talking to the bartender dude — we agreed women are more beautiful than men, e.g., it makes sense that lesbians are lesbians but it doesn’t make sense why any guy would want a guy. We laughed because he has a gay cousin he’s cool with.
The wonderfully blithe White Merlot tasted like a muscat, and I usually don’t like muscats.
I almost went home with the stirringly evocative Tempranillo; I imagine myself doing the flamenco dance while drinkin’ it.
But I actually did go home with the Ponderosa Port dessert wine; only the third port I’ve ever taken home from a winery; and I’m a connoisseur. It has a subtle whiskey-​like aftertaste.
Buzz-​happy music and «Young Frankenstein» with subtitles on the telly.

Unfortunately this was my last stop on my families tour of wineries, so I didn’t get to try the wine, except their Port, which was fantastic and ended up purchasing a mini bottle of it (who knew!)
I loved the atmosphere at this winery though. We pulled up and there are horses on two different ends of the property and they ran right up to us to touch. We learned that the horses are all rescued horses, which I love. The inside of the winery was a little boring, they could do some more decorating but thats besides the point. The guy helping us, I didn’t catch his name but he was very polite and made sure we were well taken care of while still assisting other parties.
They have a very cute gift shop and an outdoor seating area. Very nice winery to come and relax. I would definitely come again for lunch and maybe first before I go to other vineyards.
It could be good for kids because of the horses, I know I would’ve loved it as a little kid and I still do.

Did this tasting right after Lorimar in downtown Temecula (which was very good). Not impressed. Did not likes the wines, any of them … service was really bad, as the young man behind the tasting counter was also serving food, taking food orders in the restaurant. He was stretched way too thin and really had no time for us, and … we were the only ones tasting!

Decent atmosphere, The Live band, One Too Many” was really good. The wine is good and the beer is good. So you’re thinking why the one star rating? The food is that bad… My wife researched their menu online which showed entrees like chicken breasts filets and rice as well as Seared Ahi with a glaze, Filet Mignon medallions with twice baked potato. We found NONE of these items on the menu and when we asked the waiter about it his reply was «Ha, I didn’t even know we had an online menu?» We went there for a birthday celebration and walked away thinking we had just been mugged for $ 153.00. We are locals and we know Longshadow Ranch we’ve been out there many times and had a great time. I think this is why we were so disappointed in their new Cowboy Bistro located in the center if Old Town. This place has a lot of potential but canned soup in a styrofoam bowl and cold tacos with fatty Carne Asada doesn’t cut it. The Fondue Plate was not that great. It’s hard to mess up cheese, crackers and fruit so that plate was good. I understand they don’t have a full kitchen and the many microwaves in the back should’ve been an indication not to eat there but we wanted this place to be good. Oh did I mention the chicken nuggets on the kids menu were «Dino Nuggets,» cold and flimsy. Unfortunately a total overhaul of the kitchen and food is in order here and quickly. I would not want my name associated with this place at this point. A simple bowl of Tex Mex white chili with turkey and we would’ve been happy!

The WORST winery I have ever been to!
As soon as I got there a woman asked me if I wanted to «start shit» because she felt that I cut in line for the restroom! Classy! The whole area smelled like manure. I know it’s a ranch but you couldn’t even smell the wine selections they offered it was so pungent. One of the guys pouring wine lifted his shirt up for an extra tip a woman offered! No one introduced what was being poured nor could you ask because they were running around as if they were bartenders at a club. Then a fight broke out! Probably 20 people were fist fighting! I couldn’t believe it! Women and men physically fighting! It started because a man said to another man that he took too long in the restroom! Needless to say they had a bad restroom set up! If you don’t care about the wine experience and rather get your «buck worth» to get drunk then I would reccomend the LongShadow!

Unfortunately we did not have a good experience here. We came in with a group of 12 celebrating a 50^th birthday. This was the first stop on our wine tasting schedule in Old Town so needless to say we were all excited to get the party started (AND ready to spend, I might add).
First off, it was HOT in there. Now, this could be waved away with the fact that it’s been super cold lately and this past Saturday we got a random heat wave. So maybe not prepared for that? But we were all sweating bullets in there! We could’ve lived with that had it not gotten worse from there.
We had 4 people at the table order beers and we ordered a bottle of White Merlot and Chardonnay to start off. The people who ordered their beers waited FOREVER to get their drinks. It was as if the girls there forgot about them. And NO, they were not busy. There was only 1 or 2 other people in the whole place.
They brought out the white merlot and it was good but definitely not chilled to the correct serving temp. It was way too warm!. Then they come out with an already opened, half empty bottle of chardonnay and said that was their only chilled bottle and would we accept this while they chilled another bottle to give us the other half? REALLY? You are a winery and do not have any chilled chardonnay to serve? And you bring a table that orders a bottle something already used? WOW!
The third strike for us was the fact that we ordered a fruit and cheese plate, and a cheese fondue platter to munch. They did not have the ingredients to make the fondue plate (on their menu) so brought us 2 fruit and cheese plates instead.
Overall, this place really disappointed us. Had they been prepared for customers with actual food, chilled wine, and better service, I can promise you we would have spent alot more time and money here. Instead we quickly moved on to the next place. The only reason they got the 2^nd star from me is because the white merlot, although warm, was a very good wine and maybe the actual vineyard is better then this place. But we will not be back to Longshadow Ranch.

LongShadow Ranch Winery in Old Town Temecula is great… you can go there for wine tasting, lunch/​dinner or to listen to some live music… they even have a little gift shop that has some cute local items.
I had the ½ Pastrami sandwich with a cup of Chicken Tortilla soup and the Vineyard salad. all were excellent… and highly recommend.
Daniel who was working the day we went, was very courteous and extremely helpful with all questions…
We will definitely go back soon for the wine tasting… I hear the White Merlot is the wine to try there…