Dilecta was one of our discoveries on our trip to Paso Robles in January. Following the recommendation of Wills and Kath Carter (proprietors and hosts at the fabulous Canyon Villa), we visited the...
When William and Katherine invited us to spend two nights at The Canyon Villa, we jumped at the chance. As always, the food, friendship, and accommodations were superb. We got January off to a good...
USA Today is running a competition for “Best Wine Country Hotel.” We urge everyone to vote for The Canyon Villa in Paso Robles. We have stayed at this lovely place many times over the...
If memory serves, we first visited Jack Creek Cellars in 2006. After tasting their wine, Norma whispered this→ Norma was off by a few years. A few days ago, an e-mail arrived. Buried in a footnote at...
November 7 was the big day. And what a day it was. We’ll have an article up sometime fairly soon. Until then, Norma offers this video to whet your appetite. Enjoy our video preview of Paso...
After two months of ongoing technical difficulties the website seems to have stabilized. We’ll honor this event by reviewing two new wineries we discovered on our July, 2015 trip to Paso Robles:...
Our not-so-recent trip to Paso Robles featured the newly-revitalized Canyon Villa and Field Recordings Winery. In this second review we’ll look at two old favorites (Jack Creek Cellars and...
We spent a long July 10 weekend in Paso Robles. Naturally we spent two afternoons visiting wineries. Our exciting newcomer is Field Recordings. More on those folks in a minute. The Canyon Villa Our...
After exhausting the pinots we made another circuit to taste other reds. We were delighted to discover that many wineries have followed the lead of Roger Nicolas, producing eclectic blends that would...
While exploring our wine-cellar[1] this afternoon, we were pleased to discover two bottles of the RN Estate Solomon Hills Vineyard (Santa Maria Valley). The vintages were 2011 and 2012. Forthwith...
Our earlier review focused on the best two pinot noirs we found at Garagiste: Vinemark Cellars 2012 Paso Robles pinot noir ($29) and Vino Vargas 2012 Rio Ruso Russian River Valley pinot noir ($45)...
We spent the first hour plus at the Saturday Garagiste grand tasting doing a tour of pinot noirs. And we found two to watch: Vinemark Cellars and Vino Vargas. We’ll review each in detail as...
We traveled south for the Paso Roble Garagiste Festival 2014. Full reviews will be forthcoming in the next few months. But for today we’re posting an Excel workbook with the names of the...
During the Saturday Grand Tasting at Windfall Farms, we made two circuits of the wineries. The first iteration was for pinot noir. The second was for GSM and other wines. Thus we have the Paso...
[Updated January 19, 2014 with improved description of the role of the Cal Poly wine program.] The Saturday Grand Tasting was held at Windfall Farms, a venue that appeared to be at least a quasi...