Evans Ranch Tasting Room, located in downtown Los Olivos, is pretty unique in that it has stools up at the tasting bar…which you don’t see all that often. It's like hanging out at a bar (which is our second favorite thing to do after wine tasting). It really is a cool tasting … [Read more...]
Earth Day Food & Wine Festival; Our Farewell Video
We recently posted a video from Chamisal Vineyards Tasting Room in San Luis Obispo…now we have an exclusive and exciting interview we did with Brette Womack, the Assistant Manager at Chamisal, while we were at Earth Day Food & Wine Festival. As we said in the previous … [Read more...]
Tensley Wines: A Los Olivos Easter Day Wine Stop
On our recent weekend in Los Olivos, CA., we hit Tensley Wines to do a little wine tasting on Easter Sunday before heading to Annie’s dad's for Easter. Joey Tensley makes this wine under his own label, along with being the wine maker for Carina Cellars that both share space in … [Read more...]
Chamisal: Wine from the Happiest Place on Earth
We stopped to check out Chamisal Vineyards in Edna Valley (on Orcutt Rd. in the San Luis Obispo area) and were definitely not disappointed. A gorgeous spot located amongst the rolling hills of vineyards in the “Happiest place on Earth” (Oprah said so). This place has a … [Read more...]
A Spontaneous Wine Moment
Last night we got a text from a good friend, we’ll call him Jeff (cuz that's his name), to go over to his place and look at the results of some conversations he and Hoot had about floor moldings and paint. Jeff put down new wood floors in the common areas and chatted with Hoot … [Read more...]
Life and Wine in Downtown Paso Robles
Two of our favorite things happened tonight…Vinoteca Wine Bar and, um, WINE!! This is something that, before moving, we would have hopped in the car and headed to the downtown, early, of course to look for a good parking spot. But, as you might have guessed, tonight we walked … [Read more...]
How to Enjoy Wine…Among Other Things
Certain situations call for certain wines. Not in the mood for wine? No problem, some situations call for other "stuff". The moral of the story is to sit back, enjoy life, appreciate the ones your with, and make the most of every moment! Here we go...in no particular … [Read more...]
Hey…What's Your Favorite Wine?
We've been talking a lot about specific wines lately. More specifically, what our current favorite varieties of wine are. For Annie, it's anything big, juicy, and red! A big, fruity Petite Sirah that brings about thoughts of baked blueberry cobbler or warm cinnamon bread. … [Read more...]
World of Pinot Noir Closing Thoughts
We showed up, we drank Pinot Noir, and we left! Isn't that what you're supposed to do at an Event like this? An event where you have a huge outdoor tent filled with some of the best Pinot Noir producers from our area and beyond, brunch snacks, and a bunch of pinot-philes like … [Read more...]