We hadn't been to Denner Vineyards before, but had heard a lot of great things about it - www.dennervineyards.com. We made the stop. There's not a whole lot to say other than that the wines, the scenery, and the facility all speak for themselves! Everything we tasted was … [Read more...]
Out Tasting at Whalebone Vineyard
Venturing out to Whalebone Winery turned out to be a really good idea! http://www.whalebonevineyard.com/. For starters, they're in an absolutely beautiful location up on a hill overlooking vineyards and the rolling green hills of Paso wine country. The name comes from the … [Read more...]
Tasting at Tablas Creek Winery
We adventured off to the "Far Out" side of Paso Robles to taste at Tablas Creek -http://www.tablascreek.com/. This is one of our favorite wineries...they make really tasty wines! Tablas Creek brings the French Rhone area right here to Paso Robles. The owners are from Chateau … [Read more...]
Dessert Wine at the Hoot House
We love some good wine for dessert...this includes ports, dessert wines, and late harvests. Not huge fans of the syrupy sweet wines, but something with some great flavor and smooth consistency will really do the trick. If it happens to pair well with a cigar, well, that's an … [Read more...]
At Home With Silver Horse!
Here we are again...opening wine at home! I mean, why not, right? Tonight, we picked out a 2006 Silver Horse "Big Easy". http://www.silverhorse.com. This is another one of their great red blends, 50% Tempranillo, and 25% each of Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon. Steve … [Read more...]
Monday Night #3 – Random Sampling – J. Lohr
So...we got a grouping of "samples" of wine for our Monday Night Wine Tasting. We normally go with cheap wines on our Monday Nights....but this was something fun and different! SAMPLES! Yay! Lots of variety and a little goofiness (okay, a lot) got us through some side by side … [Read more...]
Bianchi Winery
Our next stop on our wine tasting adventure was Bianchi Winery and Tasting Room. http://www.bianchiwine.com/. This is an absolutely beautiful setting, with a pond and awesome views. Bianchi has a great list to choose form, both reds and whites and even some late harvest wines, … [Read more...]
At Tobin James Tasting Room
Hoot 'n Annie headed East...to the infamous Tobin James Tasting Room. http://tobinjames.com/ This place is known for it's Saloon-like party atmosphere and constantly packed tasting bars. People come from near and far for the opportunity to grab a spot at the bar and go through … [Read more...]
At Home with Tobin James
Well, not actually Toby himself...but one of his wines! http://tobinjames.com. It was a 2007 "Lagrein" Silver Reserve, and we loved it. A big, delicious red, this had a lot of pepper and some smokey BBQ flavors and I pictured us sipping it with a couple of nice grilled steaks. … [Read more...]
Monday Night – #2
It was cheap wine night at Hoot 'n Annie's house again...this time a Redwood Creek Chardonnay. http://www.redwoodcreek.com/. I picked this up for $5 and thought we should give it a try. Not bad! I'll definitely be picking this one up again. It's a medium-bodied Chardonnay … [Read more...]