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Pretty Smith Winery

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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...]

Wine Festival Part Deux

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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!

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...]

First Crush Shoot Thinning

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You know how they say that you learn something new every day?  Well, it's true!  We headed out to Silver Horse Winery where they hosted the First Crush Winemaking crew doing a shoot thinning seminar.  http://www.firstcrushwinemaking.com/.  What First Crush does is give their … [Read more...]