The title for this cooking night at Refugio was actually, "Two Girls, Two Grills, and Two Paellas". The two girls were Ali Rush Carscaden from 15C Wine Shop in Templeton and Brigit Binns from…you guessed it, Refugio Kitchen! … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Where to Eat: Il Cortile Ristorante
A while back when Sammy was with Annie’s mom for an overnight we decided to stop into Il Cortile on our way home from the coast. This is one of those Paso Robles restaurants where we’ve literally never had a bad bite of food. I can also report that we’ve always had good service … [Read more...]
Wine Tasting: Baileyana in San Luis Obispo
Hey look, another late blog post. So it goes. On Mother’s Day this year we (Annie, Sammy, and I) decided to meet Annie’s mom along with Annie’s brother and his wife (and their two kids) at Baileyana for some wine, a picnic of sorts, and of course…good times. … [Read more...]
A Vineyard Tour at Adelaida Vineyards & Winery
Our friend Lisa had won a vineyard tour of Adelaida Vineyards so she invited Annie and I, along with another friend Amy, to join her on this little adventure. One cool aspect about this was that our friend Glenn Mitton who works for Adelaida, was the one giving us the tour. So, … [Read more...]
Q&A with Dan Smith of Villa San Juliette Winery
We recently got the chance to do a Q&A with Dan Smith, winemaker at Villa San Juliette Winery. He's an interesting dude, doing interesting things with wine. You should go taste at VSJ and see what you think! Thank you to our friends at Parker Sanpei for the interview … [Read more...]
Wine Tasting: Fableist Wine Co.
Here’s another recent stop we made with friends. The Fableist Wine Co. is located in Tin City between Barrelhouse Brewing and Tin City Cider Co. A few things that stood out about this one: 1) the labels, in my opinion, are very cool, 2) every wine is $20.00 straight up, and 3) … [Read more...]
Wine Tasting: Levo Wines
If you look at our last blog post, you’ll see we went wine tasting with our winemaker friends, Amy and Lisa. Well, Levo Wines was our second stop on this adventurous day of imbibing. As many of you know, Levo is located in Tin City, the newest hot spot in Paso Robles. … [Read more...]
Wine Tasting: Bella Luna & ZANOLI Wines
Here’s another blog post that is better late than never. We recently decided to take a mid-week day to do a little wine tasting with our friends Lisa from P.S. Cellars and Amy from Ranchero Cellars. To clarify, we didn’t go taste their wines this day, instead we had a few others … [Read more...]
Blending Wine & Good Times with Record Family Wines
We were recently invited to go out to a blending seminar and dinner out at Record Family Wines. We’ve definitely heard of them before and I feel like I’ve tried their wines somewhere before but I’m a parent, therefore life’s a blur. … [Read more...]
Central Coast Cider Festival
Around every corner, we’re seeing things happen in this beautiful area that show we are really growing, expanding, and exploring new things. When I moved to Paso Robles in 2003 there was no Cider Festival. Hell, I don’t even recall there being any place making cider (I could be … [Read more...]