WINE | ART | MOTO
The MotoBarrel Room at Doffo Winery has quickly grown into one of the premier riding destinations in Southern California. With its unique blend of vintage motorcycles from the MotoDoffo Collection and aging barrels of delicious Doffo wines, this space is never more alive than when a special event brings together people from different worlds for a common cause.
Last month, our family and staff were once again honored to host the Kurt Caselli Foundation’s annual fundraising event at our winery. From all of us, THANK YOU to the more than 500 attendees, sponsors and volunteers that came out to help the Foundation in their mission to improve the safety of off-road riders and racers. If you missed the event, there are still ways to support the cause!
Marcelo Doffo brings together his two greatest loves : motorcycles and wine! This month, Doffo Winery released it’s 2013 Moto Doffo Art Series, a propriety red blend that delivers big flavor and easy drinkability. To celebrate this release, Marcelo and Doffo Winery created a series of bottles that display like works of art.
Now that’s how you make an entrance! On November 18th, nineteen of our most unique bikes made their debut at the Progressive International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach. As luck would have it, the Moto Doffo Collection was on display right next to the Ducati exhibit, giving on lookers a chance to see the evolution of these incredible machines. After a successful opening day for the press and media, the show opened to the public at 3 p.m and despite the rain, the crowds poured in!
As many of you know, Doffo Winery is home to Marcelo Doffo’s personal collection of over 100 vintage motorcycles. Marcelo has been collecting these rare and unique bikes for over 40 years and this year he will bring 19 of some of his favorite pieces to the International Motorcycle Show in Long Beach, giving attendees a chance to see them up close and personal.
This past weekend we welcomed Eduardo Generali, one of the riders on Ducati’s Globetrotter 90th project. Eduardo is a moto-adventure guide from Brazil (check out Moto Atacama for more info) and is riding the Ducati Multistrada 1200 Enduro on the fourth leg of this round-the-world relay, handling duties from San Francisco to Indianapolis. On Sunday, October 9th Eduardo and his father stopped by to check out Doffo Winery and the MotoDoffo Vintage Motorcycle Collection. We also invited out some local Ducati riders and our friend Drew from SBK Corse for a meet and greet, and everyone was excited to meet Eduardo and hear about the bike and the project. Later that night we threw a traditional Argentine BBQ for Eduardo and his father, and exchanged stories over some glasses of Doffo wine.
I didn’t expect much when I heard Honda had arranged for a wine tasting. Imagine my surprise when I found out this is where the wine tasting took place, inside the barrel room of Temecula’s Doffo Winery.
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 |Posted by Tom Plant
My first few visits to Doffo Winery weren’t so memorable. The first time the fruit flies were out in full force. The second visit was better, but we still were not that impressed. Thanks goodness we kept hearing good things about Doffo, because the third time was a charm! I recently wrote about that visit (Exploring Temecula’s Boutique Wineries (Plus One Giant)) and after spending time with Marcelo Doffo and his son Damian, I decided I needed to go back and find out more about this special place. This past Saturday, I sat and drank coffee on their patio while Marcelo and Damian shared a mug of yerba mate.