It’s a great honor to have a winery owner make an appointment to hand deliver his latest wine to me at my home. Now, lest you begin to think, what a fancy schmancy winery it is let me explain: Rebel Coast Winery is run by, well, rebels in the wine industry, including Kate Sieberlich, and…
Paso Robles, CA— Vina Robles Vineyards & Winery will soon debut its new Signature Club Lounge at their Hospitality Center off Highway 46 East in Paso Robles, California. The Club Lounge will be an addition within the winery’s existing 14,000 square foot Hospitality Center that opened in July of 2007 and features a tasting room,…
One of the first wine fests I attended as press was the LA Wine Fest. Founder Joel Fisher was very kind in extending passes and personally welcoming us at the event. Since then I’ve covered the 500+ winery/brew/spirit event in photos, as my hands are always too full with a wine glass and program to…
Clos Solene I was now ready for my final tasting at Paso Underground: the wines of Clos Solene http://www.clossolene.com/. Winemaker Guillaume Fabre came from France to Paso Robles. While building Clos Solene, which he has named after his wife, he worked as assistant winemaker at L’Aventure. He has recently left L’Aventure and is devoting himself…
The tasting room at Hammersky Vineyards and Inn is currently sharing samples from their all Estate 2010 vintage: four reds, and then a second line called Naughty Princess. Right away I was wondering about that second label, and owner/wine blender Doug Hauck said that he designed the line for his dental office staff that wanted…
Ana T: havin a glass of vino and I thought of you, lol, hope you’ve enjoyed one tonight as well! 🙂 This message from a Facebook friend prompted this return: It’s funny you said that Ana, I do find myself thinking of other people that might be enjoying wine, somewhere else, while I’m doing the…
For our latest trip to Paso Robles, my wife Karen told me that we really need to go to some new places. She opined that my readers were probably getting tired of reading about the same wineries over and over. Admittedly, I am a creature of habit, but I suspect her admonition was inspired as…
It’s been hit or miss for me to meet with L’Aventure winemaker/owner Stephan Asseo. Met him at a tasting event once and then missed him at his winery the next time. So when day #3 of the Paso Cab Collective ended and I got a text from writer Michael Cervin inviting me to come along…
Hundreds flock to Solvang to taste over 60 SYV/SB garagiste wines at expanded Southern Exposure Festival; first-ever Los Angeles Garagiste Festival announced for July 12th; fourth annual Paso Robles Garagiste Festival announced for November 6th – 9th Garagiste Events, producers of The Garagiste Festivals, today announced the dates for the first-ever Los Angeles-based Garagiste Festival…