Giovanni's Pizza - Mon, 11 Nov 2019, 6:30pm

I'm mostly home from my wine tasting trip to Paso Robles (previous blog). Mostly, as I'm currently about 3 miles from home, waiting to meet Hawk at a favorite local restaurant of ours for dinner. I made good time on the drive up here from the south, while she's in traffic coming from work and an ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Mon, 11 Nov 2019, 3:30pm

My plan to visit two wineries this afternoon in Paso Robles (after visiting one before lunch - see previous blog) got stretched into visiting three.
Eberle
First up in the afternoon was Eberle Winery. At only 40 years old it's one of the first wineries in the region, and its founder Gary Eberle an elder ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Mon, 11 Nov 2019, 12pm

It's a new day in Paso Robles and a new set of wineries to visit. It occurred to me shortly after writing my previous blog about taking it easy this morning that I didn't have to wait until afternoon to visit wineries; several of them open at 10. Thus I started Day 2 of my Paso Robles adventure before lunch ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Mon, 11 Nov 2019, 9:30am

I've been taking it easy in and around the hotel since finishing Day 1 of my wine tasting trip yesterday around 5:30pm. That's when I got back from the last of 4 wineries I visited Sunday. Later in the evening I walked to a nearby pizzeria and enjoyed a large beer with a pizza, then came back to the hotel ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Sun, 10 Nov 2019, 6pm

After visiting two wineries this afternoon, Daou and Halter Ranch (links to previous blogs), I started thinking I should check in to my hotel and hire a ride with Lyft instead of driving. On the drive back to town from Halter Ranch I passed Bodega de Edgar, one of the other wineries that was recommended to ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Sun, 10 Nov 2019, 6pm

Continued from previous entry.

When I visit a tasting room I like to ask the servers, "If you had friends in from out of town, where would you send them to taste wine? After here, of course. 😉" The gal pouring wines for me at Dauo suggested a few places, among them Halter Ranch. It was another 5 miles ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Sun, 10 Nov 2019, 6pm

Continued from previous entry. The first winery I visited in Paso Robles today was Daou. I picked it as a level setter because I've seen its products on the shelves of my wine store back home. It's well regarded for its Cabernet Sauvignon wines, which I'm curious about tasting in Paso Robles. Cabs are ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Sun, 10 Nov 2019, 6pm

This afternoon I visited 4 wineries in and around Paso Robles. You might be asking, "Paso Where?" especially as I mentioned this morning that there are dozens of wineries here (actually the count is over 200 per the local winemakers' association) in an area that few people outside of California have even ( Read more... )

Paso Robles, CA - Sun, 10 Nov 2019, 11:30amThis morning I set off on a road trip to Paso Robles. The drive was fairly simple: basically a straight shot on US-101 for 165 miles from Sunnyvale to, well, Paso Robles. By leaving home around 8:45am on a Sunday I was able to complete the trip with only minor slowdowns due to construction work near Paso ( Read more... )

Saturday, 11 Mar 2017, 6:30pm.

It's 6:30 now and we're back to civilization after a day in Carrizo Plain National Monument. For dinner we've picked out a promising looking sushi restaurant in... drumroll, please... Paso Robles. While I relax with a Kirin and prepare to kill some fish I'm jotting down notes about how we finished up the afternoon ( Read more... )