Rancho Cucamonga‘s last substantial winery has reopened under new ownership and with a new name.
The historic property, established in 1916 as the Regina Winery, is now known as the D’Ellena Winery.
According to the new owners, National CORE, the renamed winery now pays tribute to the property’s original owners, the Ellena brothers.
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Ryan Pedvin, head winemaker at the new D’Ellena Winery in Rancho Cucamonga, picks leftover Zinfandel grapes to taste from the property’s vineyard on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Photo by Anjali Sharif-Paul, The Sun/SCNG)
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The winery found its winemaker in a local, Ryan Pedvin, who has been making wine since 2018, after Rancho Cucamonga City Manager John R. Gillison spotted Pedvin’s wine in a Sierra Madre shop and connected him with National CORE.
Pedvin said all of the grapes used in the D’Ellena wines will be sourced from Rancho Cucamonga and Santa Barbara growers.
“We’re making a zinfandel, a palomino, and a white zinfandel from Cucamonga,” Pedvin said, adding his team is “super proud” to source locally for its wines.
The limited batch of red zinfandel will be made from grapes grown at Lopez Ranch, located just a few miles away from the winery in Rancho Ccuamonga, Pedvin said, and the white zinfandel will be made from grapes grown on the D’Ellena property.
Harvesting, fermentation and barrel maturing takes six to 18 months, Pedvin said, meaning the new wines will be available beginning in early spring 2026.
The winery is National CORE’s first commercial development. The nonprofit has an established portfolio as an affordable housing developer locally, but saw the renovation and takeover of the winery as a way to break into commercial real estate while also preserving a historic location.
From 1922 to 2025, the winery at 12467 Base Line Road operated as the Joseph Filippi Winery. Filippi announced his plans to retire in 2021, and the city began working with community members and developers to find a way to preserve the site.
Since taking over the property lease in February, National CORE has begun updating the winery under terms of its contract with the city since.
Included in the plans for the property are on-site wine making, a new tasting room experience, restoring the vineyards and preserving the architecture, and adding indoor and outdoor venue spaces.
Future plans also call for a pocket park with a wine tasting booth, as well as outdoor space for events that is family- and dog-friendly.
An on-site museum is also said to be in the works, honoring the Cucamonga Valley wine history, according to Jill Van Balen, senior vice president of marketing and communications for National CORE.
In addition to the winery and tasting room, National CORE has moved its work experience program, CORE Academy, to the property.
The free program offers training in property management, marketing, plumbing, electrical and, eventually, hospitality and winemaking, according to Van Balen.
D’Ellena Winery’s tasting room is open 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. See dellenawinery.com for information.
