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According to Visit Temecula Valley's 2018 economic impact report, in 2018 there was a 26% increase in tourism spending, reaching $1.1 billion spent, up from nearly $900 million spent in 2017. [15] The Temecula Valley is a major tourist destination on weekends. There are over 40 wineries offering public wine tasting. [13]
The Temecula Valley (Spanish: Valle de Temecula) [1] [2] is a graben rift valley in western Riverside County, California. The Temecula Valley is one of the graben valleys making up the Elsinore Trough , created by the Elsinore Fault Zone .
The Temecula Valley Wine Country, whose first commercial winegrapes were planted in 1967, features nearly 50 wineries, [72] many tasting rooms, [73] and more than 3,500 acres (14 km 2) of producing vineyards. The wine country is located east of the Temecula city limits.
The Lake Skinner recreational area includes 1,400 acres (5.7 km 2) of surface water and 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of lakeside parkland, [5] features 158 RV sites and 300 developed campsites, [6] and is the site of the annual Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival [5] and the Solar Cup competition.
California wine has a long and continuing history, and in the late twentieth century became recognized as producing some of the world's finest wine. While wine is made in all fifty U.S. states, up to 90% (by some estimates) of American wine is produced in the state. California would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world if it were ...
The Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival, then known as the Rancho California Balloon and Wine Festival, was started in 1983 by Walt Darren, a commercial airline pilot and avid balloonist and by Evelyn Harker a veteran event organizer and fundraiser. The seed money was provided by Kaiser Development Company and sponsors came from the local ...
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French Valley is a region located in southwestern Riverside County, near the cities and communities of Hemet, Winchester, Murrieta, and Temecula in the state of California, United States. It is part of the Plains of Leon, contiguous with the Perris Plain, that drains into the Temecula Basin by means of tributaries of the Santa Margarita River.