44249 Reidel Street, Temecula CA 92592 | $1,175,000

This highly appointed Italianate villa in the desirable Morgan Hill area of the Temecula wine country, could easily win the award for "prettiest girl on the block" ... apparent from the moment you drive by the gorgeous exterior. The captivating front yard is terraced with a combination of brick and natural stone creating a meandering entry, a darling front patio with stone bench and a rich brick driveway imbued with a central stone mosaic. Immediately you KNOW you're in the wine country, and you FEEL transported to a well loved European countryside home. Inside, gleaming dark wood plank flooring greets guests in a formal entry. Just to the right is a downstairs ensuite bedroom and an elegant guest powder room graced with damask walls and furniture style vanity. To the left is a spacious & elegant formal living room. Next!: a formal dining room graced with walls of rubblestone offers a warm wine country dining experience. (All that's missing is the Italian sommalier to describe the bold reds you'll taste in this rich, charming room!) Just outside the dining room the owners have built on a custom & open "California Room," where a large outdoor stone fireplace warms you and your guests while you sit n talk in cozy semi outdoor seating. Adding to the Indoor-Outdoor flow of this home, the next "semi outdoor" room is another Lanai dining area where you have your grilled entree fresh off the outdoor BBQ/kitchen. While you sip, read, chat, dine or relax in either of these outdoor rooms, you will hear a trickling stone waterfall & you will look upon the verdent backyard oasis as lig