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Bathed in graceful mountain breezes and Pacific Ocean mists, surrounded by lush flora under SoCal’s fabled turquoise skies, Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa, in Rancho Santa Fe north of San Diego, is a place to rejuvenate and relax, please your palate, be at rest or be playful.
A wine bar, surely, should be a drinking establishment where excellent wine leads the charge. The wine list needn’t have hundreds of bottles, but it should be smart and varied, with a decent range by the glass. And the wine should be served well: in good glasses, at the right temperature, and by informed servers.
Had one thing not gone according to plan—or, if only some of it had—it is entirely possible that none of this would be here. After all, nearly everything that exists in Coronado is thanks to a series of fortuitous circumstances, generous patrons, and dedicated dreamers.
