How to Decant your Paso Wine
We all know that “opening up” a bottle prior to pouring will bring out more flavor and aroma, but it all seems like so much extra bother, doesn’t it? Who has the time or expertise to properly decant each bottle?…
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Écluse Wines Rated One of the Top 25 Vineyards in the U.S.
Exciting News from Écluse Wines! The boutique winery, located just minutes from downtown Paso Robles, has been named one of the top 25 vineyards in the U.S. by Travel and Leisure Magazine! This is just the latest in a string of glittering accolades…
5 Tips for Judging a Wine by its Label
Walking through any wine shop is enough to make your head spin. Each label, it seems, is calling out for your undivided attention. They’re all so beautiful, and—at a glance—there’s no easy way to tell the fakers from the fabulous.…
5 Wine County Picnic Hacks
A memorable and marvelous wine country picnic doesn’t have to look and feel like a spread in Sunset Magazine to be awesome. In fact, with these five ingenious tips and tricks, you’ll be set for a gourmet wine country foodie…
5 Weird Wine Facts You Never Knew
Did you know that Italy has a free, 24-hour wine drinking fountain? It’s true! This odd attraction opened this year, much to the excitement of wine lovers across the land. This magical offering can be found along the Cammino di…
5 Reasons Paso Robles Albariño Should Be Your Summer Jam
We’re not dumping on go-to summer sippers like Chardonnay or Rosé, but sometimes you just need something a little different to refresh your palate and cool your head. Not only is Albariño a crisp and refreshing twist for hot nights…
4 Tips to Save Money, Save the Planet in Paso Wine Country
We are all looking for ways to save a buck as well as save the planet, right? Well, what if you could do both while wine tasting? Sounds appealing, no? Modern times call for modern measures, like digital coupons, interactive…
How to Purchase the Right Bottle
So, you’re out wine tasting and having a grand old time. Everything tastes delicious—in fact, most of the wines you taste are starting to blur into an unmanageable haze. Was it the first white you liked or the fourth? Or…
Why Wine Doesn’t Taste the Same Year After Year
Why is it that you can drink the same varietal from the same winery grown on the same piece of land, and it tastes so different from year to year? What makes a particular winery’s 2009 Tempranillo so vastly different…
5 No Brainers for Better Paso Wine Tasting
When it comes to wine tasting, are you really in it to win it? Do you have a game plan? Are you armed with the right info? If not, you may find yourself not quite getting the full Paso Wine…
5 Paso Wines that Shine with that Elusive “Minerality”
Some wine descriptors have a way of making us giggle, at least internally: “Worn leather,” “decomposed earth,” and “forest floor” are big ones that always make me crack a playful smile. Not to say that these terms are BS, because…
Which Paso Wine Beach Body are You?
Wanna know if you have a beach body? Quick, check your pulse. Yup—if you have a living, breathing human body, congrats! You’re the proud owner of an ultra fabulous, totally tabloid-worthy #1 beach body. Not quite convinced? This is 2017,…
Take a Chill Pill With These 5 Barbecue Worthy Reds
Never wear white after Labor Day. Always send hand-written thank you notes immediately following the receiving of a gift. You cannot start a sentence with a prepositional phrase. WHO SAYS? And, for that matter, who says that you can’t enjoy…
5 Wildflower Wine Excursions
Did you know that John Steinbeck was a huge fan of the Central Coast’s vivid wildflower display each spring? Here’s proof, from his book, East of Eden, where he describes the region’s bounty of petals: “The spring flowers in a…
Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day the Paso Way
Guinness? We’ll pass. Here in Paso Robles Wine Country, there isn’t a celebration that doesn’t call for a little (or a lot) of world class vino! This St.Patrick’s Day, Friday, March 17, skip the crowded pub (and beer bloat) and…
4 Rainy Day Activities for Paso Wine Lovers
After years of intense drought, California is finally raining. And raining, and raining (and raining some more). Heavy downpours and storm clouds may sound like a gloomy forecast to some, but here in Paso Wine Country, we say bring it…
5 Facts About Oak Aging for Wine Novices
Oak. It’s what your coffee table or bed frame might be made out of. You may have recently eaten a steak grilled to perfection over smoldering oak chips. The log you threw on the fire last evening to chase away…
How They Landed in Paso Wine Country
Claiming your spot in Paso Robles Wine country is a unique and singular adventure. No two tales are alike, although each path has, more or less, led to the same vineyard view. No one knows quite sure why, but Wine…
3 Paso Robles Wineries Making Green Wines that Taste Great
We’re not talking about vinho verde here, people. Two decades after Captain Planet told us to be good to the earth, it seems that most industries in the U.S. are finally listening. Being eco-conscious is a big deal these days,…
Paso Wine Presents Political Rehab in a Glass
Congrats! You survived the 2016 presidential race. Regardless of where you stand politically, there is one thing we can all agree on. This election has been louder, zanier, and more stressful than most. Whether victorious or saddened by the results,…