After leaving so many empty bottles behind us we felt we owed it to the wine industry to continue learning about what it takes to put all that alcohol laced juice in those clever glass carrying cases. Pruning is the name of this game! … [Read more...]
Windrose Farm Stars at Artisan Monday Night Supper
Artisan is this great Paso Robles restaurant that does Monday Night Suppers each Monday from January through March where they pair a winery with a local food provider of some sort. That food provider may be a farm, a cheese shop, a dairy, and so on; all this paired with a Paso … [Read more...]
New Year’s Eve, Halter Ranch Victorian, If Those Walls Could Talk!
We got to spend New Year's Eve, 2011 in style this year at a swanky restored victorian, thanks to the amazing people of Halter Ranch Winery and the Cork Dorks. Adam Montiel and Jeremy West are the "Dorks" that do a weekly radio broadcast on 92.5 The Krush that features local … [Read more...]
Cass Winery Chef, Jacob Lovejoy at Garagiste Festival
Back at the Garagiste Festival we chatted with Jacob Lovejoy, the amazing chef at Cass Winery and Cass Catering. It was a beautiful day at Windfall Farms in Paso Robles for this wine event and to end the day outside eating some of the grub prepared by Jacob and his crew, it was … [Read more...]
Christian Tietje…"This is Where the Funk Happens!"
We ran into another heroic Paso Robles winemaker while at the 2011 Garagiste Festival...Christian Tietje of Cypher Winery told us about what he's up to these days, along with some of the unique "toys" that winemakers are working with this year. He's got a big personality that you … [Read more...]
Bar Bites at Thomas Hill Organics
Our most recent food adventure took us to what's locally known as "THO" which is short for Thomas Hill Organics. This restaurant is the product of a local farming family that wanted to bring fresh food from farm to table in a unique atmosphere in the downtown Paso Robles … [Read more...]
Wine Marketing; We've Got Something on Our Minds…
After much conversation, we will be starting to discuss wine marketing as a whole on this here blog. What that means to us is talking about what we think wineries can do to improve their brand image, customer relationships, and thereby increasing sales. After visiting over 200 … [Read more...]
Ranchero Cellars at the Paso Robles Garagiste Festival
We caught up with Amy Butler of Ranchero Cellars at the first-ever Paso Robles Garagiste Festival. This festival is geared towards those small production wine gigs that maybe don't have a tasting room or just don't get the recognition that they deserve. They're the ones in the … [Read more...]
Merlot: The SLO Pourers Have it Handled!
We've all heard the negative under-the-breath comments and seen the eye rolls when somebody mentions "Merlot". Why is this? Maybe it started in the movie "Sideways", where on a quest for good Pinot Noir on the Central Coast, the main characters put down Merlot at every turn. … [Read more...]
Paso Garagiste, The First Ever…Starring Doug Minnick
How many wine events can one person go to before they all start looking and feeling the same?? We’re not sure what the answer is to that, but we do know that we went to the first Paso Robles Garagiste Festival and for a first time event we were absolutely blown away. The … [Read more...]
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