I thought I would give another little round up of things that struck me as important to bring up. As many of you may have heard, breaking the Paso Robles AVA up into smaller groups is in the news again, although I don’t think it ever really left the news. It’s been an ongoing … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
Paso Robles Wine Country: What’s Your Favorite?
What are your favorite wineries, restaurants, and bars in the Paso Robles wine country? I’d really like your help on this one…let me fill you in. As I’ve stated in recent blog posts, we will be adding more tabs to our blog in the hopes of adding useful information for folks … [Read more...]
Rhone Rangers of Paso Robles: Grenache Day
This past Friday night we found ourselves at Cypher Winery celebrating Grenache Day. I think I’m noticing a pattern amongst wine lovers…let’s make every single day a “_____ Day” so we can celebrate and oh, let’s see…drink wine. Gosh I love wine folks, brilliant plan. … [Read more...]
Paso Robles Wine Trails
I had no idea it would be so much work to find out what the “wine trails” were in Paso Robles…actually it wasn’t much work at all. I posted a question on Facebook and got some great responses too, so I feel like I might now have a complete list of Paso Robles wine trails, and … [Read more...]
Does the California Wine Industry Need A “Leader”?
An interesting question that, to be honest, I have never thought about the California wine industry needing a leader before nor really cared about whether they do or not. After reading this blog post by Tom Wark I found myself pondering the question. You may or may not know me … [Read more...]
Paso Robles Wineries: Tablas Creek Is Doing It Right
This is not going to be a story about the wines of Tablas Creek because there’s no need to tell that story. We all know their wines are absolutely fabulous and if you don’t think they are it’s probably because you’ve never had it or you prefer drinking motor oil or some other … [Read more...]
Paso Robles Wine: Social Media and ROI
Yep, here I am back at it. Talking social media and ROI only because I know you Paso Robles wine people LOVE it. As a social media junkie and lover of connecting I want to tell you a story. In my almost five years using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter I have not … [Read more...]
Mixed Emotions on 9/11
I don’t have mixed emotions over what happened that day but I do have very mixed emotions about what has gone on since 9/11/01. … [Read more...]
Paso Robles: Crush and Roll West 2013
The 5th annual Crush and Roll West took place this past weekend and it seems to have been another big success. We did not attend the Friday night event this year but did go to the Saturday event. The cigar vendors were impressive as usual but this year I was really impressed with … [Read more...]
A Typical Weekend in Paso Robles
There’s always something going on in Paso Robles. For any of you that are familiar with this blog you’ve heard me say that time and time again…it’s true! It might be the opening of a new shop or restaurant, a wine industry party, a wine event, a new tasting room, or a car show … [Read more...]