Jason Melvin is the Director of Vineyard Management for Estancia Vineyards and Estates. Don't underestimate Jason's duties; Estancia produces over 850,000 cases a year, so this is no small task! Jason has been in the industry for a while, in fact, he's been with Estancia for 11 … [Read more...]
Sippin' Wine at the Castle
That’s right, we have our own little castle here in Paso Robles, Eagle Castle Winery. It’s definitely a stop to make just for the novelty of it. As you walk in there’s the moat and bridge. The really bright color of the water reminded us of rides at Disneyland. When you go … [Read more...]
J. Lohr Winery and Vineyards
Let's just start this off by saying that J. Lohr has long been one of our favorite tasting rooms to stop in at. We first went there right after we started dating; about 4 years ago. We considered it our neighborhood bar, but don't tell them that! They have a long list of wine … [Read more...]
Estancia Estates (Part 3) Endless Tanks of Pinot Noir
As we learned about how Estancia's Pinot Noir is made from Winemaker, Scott Kelley, he took us up on the catwalks between the open top fermentation tanks to see the punch down process. Some of the Pinot Noir tanks are punched down, and some are pumped over. The point of both … [Read more...]
Dark Star Cellars – All Kinds of Good Wine
Just off 46 West on Anderson Road sits Dark Star Cellars. They've been making wine in the Paso Robles area for a long time, well since 1994 that is. They produce about 4,000 cases a year of "stellar reds", or dark stars. This is a family run joint, with Norm Benson at the … [Read more...]
Booker Wines and Vineyard
So, we've heard about Booker and have tried to get in to taste there in the past, but they've been closed. Not closed for silly reasons, closed because they're out of wine! They make 1500 cases of 100% Estate wine a year, and due to the high demand for it, they sell out quickly … [Read more...]
Throwback Thursday – Cass Winery
Cass is one of those wineries in the Paso Robles area that has a cult following. Not cult in a bad way...just meaning that they have a strong army of loyal aficionados that come from near and far just for their wines! We've witnessed the adoration for the Rhone styled-wines … [Read more...]
CRAVE – Need We Say More?
CRAVE is an event put on by the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance with the sole goal of getting the "Millenials" more into wine. They gathered over 40 wineries, 20 restaurants, a cool band, a radio station, and a bunch of "young" wine drinkers and put it all together in a hall … [Read more...]
Pasta and Pianetta "Tuscan Nights"
Time to try another food and wine pairing at the HnA Headquarters. While some of you may think that making a perfect match when it comes to wine and food is an easy or straightforward thing to do, you're WRONG! Now, don't take that the wrong way or anything, just sayin' that it … [Read more...]
Estancia Estates (Part 2) Processing the Grapes!
While on our Central Coast Wine Tour, we spent some quality time at Estancia Estates and Winery in Soledad, CA. Winemaker, Scott Kelley introduced us to many of their winemaking processes and since we were there during harvest, we got to see a lot of the action! Estancia is a … [Read more...]
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