Paso Robles
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Sat – Thurs | 10am – 6pm
Fri | 10am – 8pm
“Rather than battle nature, we bottled it – fighting tooth and nail to create wines we could be proud of. Wines that embrace the elements in the pursuit of excellence. Wines for people who simply love wine.”
Travel through time and ignite your senses with a wine tasting at the Tooth & Nail castle. Nowhere else can you taste the terrain of Paso underneath twinkling string lights and surrounded by a moat.
Tooth & Nail offers tasting tours, a wine-paired food menu, and live music events all summer long.
J Dusi Wines, a female-owned and operated winery, is led by head winemaker Janell Dusi. With a deep-rooted family history in Paso Robles Wine Country, Janell combines old world Italian winemaking traditions taught by her grandfather with sustainable farming practices passed down by her great-grandparents. Janell’s hands-on approach and unwavering passion result in unique, handcrafted wines that blend tradition with progress, with a particular focus on the family’s true passion, Zinfandel.
Sustainability, stained glass, and sensational wines.
Shale Oak invites you to celebrate with family and friends in their beautiful dog-friendly outdoor patio. Enjoy local musicians and taste award-winning, SIP certified, blends and varietals, handcrafted by winemaker, Curtis Hascall.
Four Lanterns Winery is a family owned and operated boutique winery that produces estate Rhône, Bordeaux, & Spanish style wines.
After years of visiting Paso Robles and developing a love for its wines, Steve and Jackie Gleason took a leap of faith, left their corporate careers, and opened Four Lanterns Winery in 2014.
Come for a wine tasting and maybe stay the night at their quaint vacation rental home located on property.
Barton Family Estate is home to Grey Wolf, Grey, and Barton Wines, The Barton Kitchen, and Grain + Vine Craft Distillery.
“In 1994, the Barton Family established Grey Wolf Cellars with sights of running a boutique, craft winery focusing on small lot, high quality wines. Winemaker, Joe Barton has been doing just that ever since. Keeping with tradition, the GREY WOLF wines still entail small lot, creatively blended wines made from high quality grapes grown locally. In 2011 Joe released two new and exciting brands. One being the BARTON label which entails a line of white wines and reserve reds.
Joe’s philosophy with the Barton brand is clean, dry, acidic, and floral whites and best of the best red wines.”
Cordant Winery is boutique wine producer in the Tin City area of Paso Robles. They specialize in both Pinot Noir and Rhone-style wines. When you taste Cordant, you taste California as they source their fruit from 17 premium vineyard sources from Monterey County to San Luis Obispo County to Santa Barbara County.
“Our wines are available for purchase in our tasting room and from our website, but our hope is that you will visit us in our tasting room so we better get to know one another! We look forward to seeing you… Cheers!”
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Thurs | 11am – 4pm
Fri – Mon | 11am – 5pm
Seven Oxen was born out of a long overdue reunion with old friends. Over the course of the evening the friends recognized a common love of wine, respect for this beautiful planet, and desire to create something tangible and unforgettable with their hands from it’s soils.
Founding winemaker and vigneron, Bastien Leduc, practices organic and biodynamic farming techniques to ensure the health and longevity of the vines. The vineyard is farmed using innovative as well as tried and true old-world techniques to minimize the impact on the natural environment and to maximize the quality of the estate and the fruit grown on it.
Anglim Winery is a small, family-owned label producing vineyard-designate Rhone varietals and blends plus limited-release family favorites, including Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.
“We realize that stellar wines begin in the vineyard and are passionate about sourcing the finest fruit for Anglim wines. Our limited case production of 3,500 cases a year allows us to handcraft our wines in small lots with a combination of tradition and innovation. We use 100 percent French oak, but manage the new oak percentages to create wines with a balanced style and enough character to be cellared, but enough elegance to be enjoyed now.”
For five years, proprietors Katherine and Josh Morris, along with their three children, have owned and operated Ella’s Vineyard with a very personal approach. You’ll find the whole family in the tasting room and the vineyard, their labor one of tenacity that they can’t wait to share with each visitor.
Since taking ownership, the gorgeous farmhouse, rustic barn, ancient oak trees and sun drenched vineyards have provided a space for memories to be made, stories shared and families to unite in love and laughter.
MCV Wines opened its doors in 2011 with the purchase of four and a half tons of some of the highest quality Petite Sirah to be found in the Paso Robles AVA.
“We eagerly jumped on the opportunity for these grapes and swiftly discovered an incredible winemaking facility where we could in turn create our wines. This wonderfully dark and rich grape is smooth, elegant and delicious yet bold, powerful and age-able.”
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Thurs, Sun, Mon | 10am – 4pm
Fri – Sat | 10am – 7pm
Emercy Wines was born out of a passion for the art and science of winemaking and the bonds of friendship such an endeavor can create. Co-founders Orion Stang and Richard Crockett came from different backgrounds, but found their partnership in a Paso tasting room, leading to the Emercy label.
Two winemakers with a shared love of the vineyard and the vine created a welcoming place for a wine novice and the oenophile alike. “Our staff looks forward to making your trip to Emercy Wines one you will not forget.”
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Natalie is co-founder and editor of The Grapevine Magazine where she helps winemakers big and small tell their stories. She lives in Manhattan, New York City.
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