There's a co-op wine lounge and bistro that's relatively new right in the downtown of Paso Robles. The fun thing is, there's 10 wineries pouring in the lounge...from all over the Paso Robles wine AVA. Maybe they don't have a tasting room, or maybe they just wanted a location in … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
Cleavage Creek Chardonnay
This post is dedicated to Olive Browne, Matt's paternal Grandmother, 1922 - 2010. As we filmed this on Thursday, May 27, at 5:30 pm, we had no idea that Olive had lost her battle with cancer at 5:00 pm. It's so funny how life works; we enjoyed a glass of Cleavage Creek's 2007 … [Read more...]
Pretty Smith Winery
Just North of Paso Robles and just East of San Miguel sits a beautiful winery and tasting room called Pretty Smith. Lisa Pretty is in charge of this place...and when I say in charge, I mean she does everything! From driving a tractor through the grapes to crushing, barreling … [Read more...]
Pony Club – Behind the Vines with Edward Sellers
There's an awesome wine bar alongside this quaint and very beautiful B&B right off the square in downtown Paso Robles. The hotel is called Hotel Cheval, and the wine bar is called The Pony Club. http://www.hotelcheval.com/. They have a winemaker night during Spring and … [Read more...]
Wine Festival Part Deux
We're continuing the saga...if you didn't see the first post, yesterday, on Wine Fest check it out! Here comes a few more windows in to the incredible event that Paso Robles has been putting on for 28 years now. This is the first time we've attended, and we had a blast! … [Read more...]
Here we are on the RADIO!
We got a bit on a local station here, Q104.5! Adam Montiel interviewed us about the Paso Robles Wine Festival..and about our blog. Adam has a great morning show, "Up and ADAM in the morning!" Here we go..... 052110 - MATT AND ANNIE BROWNE And here's Hoot...in his Post Wine … [Read more...]
Wine Festival
This was the 28th annual Paso Robles Wine Festival. They hold the event in the downtown park and it draws a huge crowd! Funny thing is, the weather gods usually decide to jack the temp up to 100 or more in honor of the festival so we've never gone. I mean...who wants to go … [Read more...]
Ortman Family Vineyards
Located in downtown Paso Robles, just a couple of blocks off the main square, is Ortman Family Vineyards' Tasting Room. http://www.ortmanvineyards.com/. This is a family run operation, Dad Chuck and son Matt make the wines and bring a lot of experience to the table. Chuck has … [Read more...]
Opolo Vineyards
Opolo Vineyards is one of those places around the Paso Robles area that you hear a lot about. https://www.opolo.com/. They have a reputation for being a fun place, great wines, and they throw a good party. We needed to be sure and get in on all this...so we went! It's a … [Read more...]
Cleavage Creek Shiraz-Merlot
We're into a new and remarkable series here at Hoot 'n Annie; it's the Cleavage Creek series. http://cleavagecreek.com/. There's quite a story here...Budge and Arlene Brown were married for 48 years when she lost her 7 year battle to breast cancer in 2005. Budge went through … [Read more...]