We loved hearing from Michael about his vision and passion for winemaking, and his philosophy behind why they don’t distribute and only sell directly to consumers who visit the tasting room, and of course their wine club. Due to the current COVID-19 situation, Paso Robles Downtown Main Street Association (Main Street) has been forced to postpone several 2020 events in our Downtown City Park. Their Excursion Tour, awarded Best Vineyard Experience by Sunset Magazine, will take you on a two-hour adventure through the historic ranch in a restored 1984 Land Rover. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. I hope What The Fab inspires you to go a little bolder and live life a little fuller.We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Wine purchases can only be made by wine list members…which can have a two to three-year waitlist.After making wines at another local winery and selling them at a wine shop in town for a few years, Toby scraped together a down payment for a historic piece of land out on Highway 46. 12th Annual Central Coast Lavender Festival Central Coast Lavender Festival ~ Postponed until 2021.
Clearly we learned a lot about Paso Robles during our trip.So let’s get into it!

Enjoy a picnic on their patio, or relax inside in their new tasting room.Scheduling a visit at Saxum is difficult. But that’s ok, you’ll just have to make multiple trips to try as many Paso Robles wines as possible. Vintage Paso: Zinfandel Weekend kicks … Once a year Paso Robles toasts our heritage variety, Zinfandel. Well, it’s in part thanks to its location along California’s central coast and its AVAs’ unique characteristics in climate and soil. And a large diurnal shift leads to grapes with higher acidity and higher quality, more balanced wines. If you’re hungry, their kitchen, La Cucina, offers small plates and pizzas. Celebrate the Paso Robles wine-grape harvest with VDR. Paso Robles’ Zinfandel Festival Posted On: March 7, 2020. Central Coast Food And Wine Blog » Paso Robles’ Zinfandel Festival. Halter Ranch also offers a winery and cave tour, as well as a reserve tasting in the caves. The tasting room itself is warm and inviting, and on a nice day, the patio with beautiful views is definitely where it’s at. Out in the countryside west of San Miguel, this winery is an authentic diamond in the rough, producing outstanding, food-friendly Zinfandel… I think more people are familiar with Santa Barbara as an alternative wine country destination to Napa, but I honestly think that is about to change, so you should definitely visit Paso Robles before it blows up!I think that being based in San Francisco, with Napa, Sonoma, and Healdsburg just an hour’s drive away, we can get a bit stuck in our Northern California wine country.
They also have tons of fun lawn games (giant Jenga, chess, bocce ball, and Connect Four), to keep you or your kiddos entertained. Cabernet Sauvignon is the most widely produced varietal in Paso, but they make so many other awesome reds. Plus we got a really cool grafting demo from him, got to play with the vineyard dogs (how cute is Sadie?? His vision for a “Bordeaux meets Rhône in Paso Robles,” style has earned their wines accolades and high scores by Robert Parker, and Stephan was awarded Winemaker of the Year in San Luis Obispo County in 2007.Larry Turley is a retired surgeon, who started Frog’s Leap Winery with John Williams back in 1981. Which is lovely and I adore our wine country, but it’s good to get out and explore new areas, ya know? A lot of people like this style of zinfandel. But once you start to get outside of that area, people become less and less familiar with Paso Robles. Try to time your visit so you have at least an hour before sunset for some seriously beautiful views. Every March we harken Spring with our appreciation for our heritage grape: ZinfandelZinfandel is one of those grapes which either holds you heart, body and soul, or you dislike with a passion. With the Pacific ocean not far, winds have a large impact and can cause a 50-degree diurnal shift in temperature from day to night (causing some hot-ass days and cold-ass nights!).