It was Saturday afternoon, and we were wrapping up our visit to Paso Robles. The previous day, we had spent much of the afternoon with Neil Roberts of Clavo Cellars, tasting through the wines he had in barrel. It was now time for our last stop of the weekend, visiting the Clavo tasting room…
Mourvèdre The Grape of the Night for the month of May was fantastic. Everyone pulled out all of the stops and brought some terrific examples of a very unique wine known as Mourvèdre. This wine originated in Spain and is also called mataro or monastrell. It is the principal black grape of the five appellations…
Big news hit my inbox last week. Rumors of All Corked Up wine club members being shuffled over to Vino 100…prompted a whirlwind of rumors on my Facebook page when I posted the news. I contacted Lil Lepore, owner of Vino 100, and found out that… …There was an e-mail notification sent out by All…
It’s getting a little confusing in Paso Robles. When I tell people we are going to Cypher Winery, I get blank stares until I tell them it used to be Four Vines. Then everyone nods. Four Vines always kind of seemed to me like two wineries anyway. First, there were the Four Vines wines, very…
Edward Sellers Vineyards & Wines www.edwardsellers.com As I mentioned in my previous article, for some time I’ve been a fan of the Rhone varietals coming out of Paso Robles, along with the Zinfandels. These days, the big focus is the Rhone varietals, which may prove to be what Paso becomes primarily known for, although I…