Medella Vina Ranch

Grey Verlin is a joint owner of this stunning marvelously beautiful facility. The ranch is situated on a large horse property with multiple acres. But the best part is the internal gardens. This is the perfect venue for a wedding or a retreat such as the retreat that I attended. There are fountains, benches, green grass.... Yes you Native Tucsonian's you heard me right: GREEN GRASS! and the birds are constantly singing songs and prancing around through the numerous water fountain features. It is so peaceful and I felt as if I were in the mountains isolated away from the city.If I were planning a wedding, I would certainly come back to this place. The owners are gracious and very accommodating. They even have a special dressing room for the bride to be. Also, there are two kitchen areas, one for serving and the other for preparing any food items. When our retreat was over, several of us were actually invited to go back down a dirt road and look at the horse stables. One of the employees said they might be planning to provide some horseback riding adventures in the near future. You may want to call and check out all this lovely facility has to offer. I certainly will when I'm thinking of something special for my friends and family!

My guy and I decided to try the drive in movie experience here.The location is nice however this place uses an inflatable screen. The bad part is that it doesn't sit high enough for you to enjoy the complete screen. My guy was not happy trying to watch the movie when the cars parked in front of us blocked 25% of the screen.The parking situation could be better if they staggered the cars a bit and didn't over crowd the area. Social distancing was not done here. I will say this, they have air conditioned restrooms which were a most welcome site! A nice surprise. Overall, it was ok. My guy says we will not be back.2 stars for air conditioned bathrooms.

Wow they have cleaned up and eye sore and doing lots of funa and interesting things FOR the community. I have take. A horse clinic there, had a glass of wine, and been to antique fair! They have a wonderful horse obstacle course that is quite fun !

Gorgeous venue. They have a farmers and crafts market on Sundays. We were able to have a free wine tasting and see many different vendors. There is lots for everyone and also have pony rides. The venu has really pretty grounds.

This space is absolutely gorgeous! I'm here for Easter Sunday and also a vintage farmers market. It is completely free to come and hang out and the space is a beautiful garden. Not to mention what a wonderful person the owner is to create such a beautiful space for families to come and spend time together without cost. Easter egg hunt and an Easter Hunny for the kiddos. Free mimosas for parents with kids too! Fantastic space and an even more wonderful female owner.

I went for a "working interview". I showed up, and literally no one told me what I was supposed to be doing. For five hours I sat there alone at the desk with no one around! And then left at the end of my "shift" and never heard a word. I called for two weeks so I can get paid and it was such a hassle! very unorganized. Even the guy at the front desk had said "sorry it's been crazy and unorganized lately". It's not worth it.

The other reviews are right about this place being beautifully remodeled. The stalls are nice and big and everything is in good repair and clean, a vast difference from the state it was in as Pantano Stables. Grey has put in an immense amount of hard work and has demonstrated amazing style in her redesign. Grey is also very kind and accommodating. That is the reason they receive any stars at all. I called 3 or 4 months ago asking about boarding prices and availability. I left a message and got no response. I tried again a couple of weeks later and still got no response. I was in no hurry so I let it alone. When it became more pressing to move my horse, I recontacted the facility and wound up speaking to Grey. She was immediately available and showed me around the facility, including the wedding park which is absolutely stunning. I told her I would call back in about 2-3 weeks about moving my horse. I called on a Thursday about mid day and an answering service took the call and said they would pass on the message. No response. I called again at the end of the day and left another message. No response. I called again on Saturday, again, the answering service took a message. It's now Sunday afternoon and no response. I had to find another place to board my horse. In some ways, I'm disappointed because the facility and people are so nice. In other ways I'm thinking this is a good thing to know now. What if there were a problem while my horse was there, or something dangerous or broken or malfunctioning? Is this how they respond (or don't respond) when there are issues on property, too? Or even more concerning, what if there were something wrong with a horse? Do they ignore every phone call? I would say it is just the barn manager that can't seem to answer, but the last time I left a message, the service said that since it was my 3rd call with no response, they would send the message out to everyone including the owner. That was yesterday before noon. No response. Really disappointing. Great facility with great potential, but everyone that has client responsibility seems to be completely flaky.Update: The owner and the barn manager both called me the day after I posted this review. I added a star for the fact that they finally did return my phone calls, the 5th day after I started trying to reach them. One message said they tried to call and the number said it was out of service. No one else had any issues reaching me, and I had provided an email address on the 3rd day, at the request of the answering service, so there were options for contacting me, assuming the disconnected phone statement was true. I'm still extremely disappointed. Very poor customer service, and yet so much to offer at this facility after an unimaginable amount of work was put in to make the place so beautiful.

Got married here a few weeks ago, and I wanted to leave a review so any potential couples have a real rundown of how this place is as a wedding venue. Pros:It is beautiful and big enough to accommodate a reasonably large wedding. You can bring in whatever caterer/staff/cake/planner. Completely outdoors with contingency plan for if it is cold/rainy. Bride/Groom suite so you can get ready on site Cons:Grae asked me the same questions over and over again both at in person meetings and via email, which was frustrating. Hard to get in touch with staff.Sometimes I got mixed messages and I was always a little worried the owner would suddenly change her mind about something. ( on the day of the wedding she decided that we had to get our own limes for the bar when she previously said we didn't) The owner did not do several things on the day of the wedding such as: -Turn on the garden lights (it was pitch black, and why am I paying for a garden I can't even see?) -Open the gate for guests to come in the correct entrance. My dad had to do it. Overall, the venue is beautiful and the owner is willing to help out a lot, but there was a lot of miscommunication and some aspects of planning my wedding were frustrating. If you are wanting to have a customizable wedding, this is great. If you have a low frustration threshold, this is not the place for you.

Great place for Antique fair and farmers market. Do NOT board your horses here.No actual understanding of horses, horse care, and managing a horse facility. Constant changing of staff, operations, rules upon rules. We didn't last one year, and couldn't wait to get away. Like I said the property is beautiful but that's about it. From one horse owner to another trust me... Look me up on messenger and ask me anything you like. Sometimes the truth hurts....

I contacted this place several times about boarding at the facility and was never able to get a call or email returned to me. I am now going with a different stable.