As we welcome 2012, we decided to look back at some of our favorite wines from 2011 as well as invite wineries to submit their own favorites. Bottles were divided into categories based on their type and/or varietal compositions. (A minimum of 10 submissions were required to create a category.) Based on the wines submitted, ...
The Paso Robles wine industry came together in 2011, raising a record amount of dollars during the Wine Country Auctions featured at Zinfandel Festival and Wine Festival. The Zin Tasting & Wine Country Auction showcased “bottles, bottles and more bottles” for enthusiastic wine collectors. The Wine Country Auction & Dinner hosted 271 guests for ...
Paso Garagiste announced today that Victor Abascal of Vines on the Marycrest has won the first annual “Spirit of Garagiste” Award presented as part of the inaugural Paso Garagiste Festival on November 12th. The award is dedicated to a winemaker who best exemplifies the do-whatever-it-takes spirit of the small-lot winemaker (or garagiste*), while also ...
Winery: Hunt Cellars Grape(s): Syrah, Cabernet, Petite Sirah,Merlot, Zinfandel & Cabernet Franc Region: Paso Robles Year: 2007 Special Designation: Thriller Price: 45-50 Review: Layered aromas of cherries, pomegranate, plums, and pepper rise from a glass. With a sip, flavors of cherry, plum, and pomegranate emerge, with accents of dusty earth, vanilla, and spice. A ...
Winery: Hunt Cellars Grape(s): Syrah Region: Paso Robles Year: 2007 Special Designation: Hilltop Serenade Price: 75-80 Review: Aromatics of plums, blackberries, and cherries meld with notes of chocolate, coffee, and white pepper on the nose. The palate offers delightful flavors flavors of plum, cherry, and pomegranate, complicated by suggestions of spice, coffee, dark-chocolate, clove, ...
Winery: Hunt Cellars Grape(s): Petite Sirah Region: Paso Robles Year: 2006 Special Designation: “Irresistible” Price: 35-40 Review: The bouquet on this wine of cherries, boysenberries, plums, sweet spices, and chocolate is simply divine. Flavors of black cherry, boysenberry, and plum are rounded out by suggestions of clove, nutmeg, and anise on the palate. Supple, ...
Winery: Hunt Cellars Grape(s): Pinot Noir Region: Santa Barbara County Year: 2009 Special Designation: Imagine Price: 60-65 Review: Aromas of cherries, plums, and raspberries are complicated by floral suggestions, hints of cola, chocolate, and sweet spice. A lovely tapestry of cherry, strawberry, and plum unfolds into nuances of chocolate, cola, and clove. A very ...
Harvest in Paso Robles Wine Country is a sensation that can only be experienced among the vines. Although a photograph or stained glass window can paint a picture, you cannot feel the depth, warmth and camaraderie that flourish without a trip to Paso Robles during the most idyllic time of year. Scents of ripened ...
September is California Wine Month and the San Luis Obispo County wine community’s more than 250 wineries and 36,000 vineyard acres are raising a toast to this proclamation made by Governor Jerry Brown and the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors, shepherded by the Wine Institute. San Luis Obispo County is made up ...
PasoGaragiste.com announced today that the influential, but under-recognized, garagiste winemaking community will converge for the first Paso Garagiste Festival: Celebrating the Artisan Winemaker, November 11-12 at the beautiful 724-acre Windfall Farms in the heart of Californias Central Coast, one of the worlds most exciting wine regions. This festival is produced by PasoGaragiste.com, the first ...
The Beverly Hills Wine Festival™ 2012 is the most prestigious wine festival in all of the united states....
On 2/18/12, meet the winemakers and taste Alsace-style white wines from around the world, including Riesling, Gewurztraminer,...
