New Paso Winery Receives Awards on ALL New Releases And Vintner Joel Cox, Academy Award Winning Editor, Nominated Again for American Sniper Paso Robles, CA – After receiving 6,417 entries from more than 25 states, the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition 2015 has once again successfully narrowed thousands of wines down to an exclusive few….
As you get out of your car and walk toward the Vina Robles tasting room in Paso Robles you enter under a beautiful vine laden trellis and just beyond a large fountain. This patio area has many shaded tables where one can purchase a bottle of wine and relax in the serenity of the courtyard…
Starting out in the World O’Wine it’s normal to look for shortcuts to get your wine into your gullet sooner. In fact, as soon as we have our wine epiphany/moment the sooner we feed our new hobby the better for all concerned. 🙂 For me, a couple of decades ago, I started with wine classes…
I’m not a mixologist by any stretch of the imagination, but I do have a Level Two Certification in Wine and Spirits. Part of my studies were devoted to spirits, and I have found that though not equal to my wine interests, I do appreciate a good cocktail as well as a straight libation. Discovering…
Bordeaux Under One Roof, an event sponsored by http://www.bordeaux.com, is a public walk around tasting of white and red wines only from the Bordeaux region of France. This year I was able to attend a short lecture and tasting that I thought wine 101ers could learn from as well. Our speaker, Shelby Ledgerwood, “teaches about…
This Sunday, November the 8th from 3-6pm, (was) the one place to find many, if not all, members of the Santa Clarita Valley Vintners and Growers Association sharing their wines and knowledge with a very thirsty crowd all to benefit our local Assistance League. We’ll be there, will you have your your tickets in time?…
FLAMINGO CONFERENCE RESORT AND SPA http://www.flamingoresort.com How do you pick where to stay in wine country? For us, it’s a combination of things, and checking out the reviews of a place definitely factor into the equation. The decision is based a lot on location, since we like to be in the general area of where…
The first stop of the day isn’t always the best, but at Rocca Family Vineyards it proved to be. Though we (traveling with pal Claudia Sheridan) thought we may have taken a wrong turn as the quaint home didn’t have a tasting room sign, it was the right address and once through the front doors…
To provide a little change during this trip to Paso we decided to visit new wineries that we had not tried. One winery that we visited just outside of Creston was Chateau Margene. I have had many Paso residents that know the types of wines that I enjoy recommend this winery; lucky for me we…
The beauty of Paso Robles lies deep within its roots. Most people think that it is a community for wine lovers but it goes much deeper than that. This adventure was shared with Larry and Gloria Stahly, Robert Schwemmer, Desiree Thatch and of course my lovely wife and birthday girl, Tracy. This trip was planned…