Just about 4 miles West of Paso Robles, in the Santa Lucia Mountains lies the Nadeau Family Vineyards proper. This is definitely the small family winery story - husband and wife do it all...they farm their grapes, crush them and make the wines, all right on their property. They … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2010
It's all about Crush and Roll West!
That's right...Crush and Roll West - an event that combines the art of cigars, wine, food and lifestyle, all held at the beautiful River Oaks Pavilion venue in Paso Robles. The event takes place the weekend of September 10-11 this year...we went last year, their first year, and … [Read more...]
The Winemaker's Cookoff with Sharp's Hill
One of our favorite events each year is the Winemaker's Cookoff! The event is put on by our local Rotary Club and the proceeds go towards scholarships for local High School kids...which we think is a really important way to support our Community. The event goes like this: the … [Read more...]
Paso Wine Centre-Tasting Downtown
We got the opportunity to hang out with Kevin Rankin, new owner of the Paso Wine Centre. It's a modern, yet comfortable tasting "room" in the downtown area with over 200 local Paso Robles wines open for your tasting pleasure, and even more wines available for purchase. We'll … [Read more...]
D'Anbino Vineyards and Cellars
Considered one of the "Downtown" tasting rooms...this is a super cool place! They're in the train station center, about 3 blocks south of the square and the tasting room is one of those places that you'd just want to hang out and relax in. The best part about that is, you'll … [Read more...]
Our Anniversary at the Sea Venture
We have a cheesy yet sweet story and we'd love to share it with you! The Sea Venture in Pismo Beach is "our place"...it's where we first met, where we got engaged and where we got married! It's a hotel right on the beach with a great restaurant that has the best views of the … [Read more...]
Cracked Crab!
I don't know about you...but we LOVE crab! Well, and seafood in general. But there's this place in Pismo Beach that's called Cracked Crab and they let you eat crab right off the table, while wearing a bib and using crab tools, it's a good time! One of the standout things about … [Read more...]
Albeno Munari & Q104.5 Adam Montiel
We ran right down to the newest downtown tasting room in Paso Robles - Albeno Munari! They were celebrating their grand opening and had the infamous Adam Montiel from Q104.5's morning show "Up and Adam in the Morning"! We got to interview Adam and get his take on the place, … [Read more...]
Revisit to Blackhand Cellars
We ran into Tom at a wine event (go figure that we'd be at a wine event...) and he let us in in the news that he's now pouring his Viognier in the tasting room! Well, if you know us, which you do, you know that we love us some Viognier!!! We made the 20 minute drive out to … [Read more...]
Tastes of the Valleys – Pismo Beach
So, last year we had stayed down in Solvang and stumbled on to a place called Tastes of the Valleys. While there Lissa, co-owner along with her husband Ash, told us that they were looking in to opening a spot in Pismo Beach. This past weekend we ended up in Pismo for our two … [Read more...]