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Seal Yoga at Elephant Seal Rookery
Blog: Vagabond3 - 13 October 2011
Some seals have all the fun… look how flexible that seal is! When Bob and I were looking for things to do along our California road trip, I stumbled upon the Elephant Seal Rookery just south of Big Sur. Immediately I was reminded of our experience at Seal Beach on Kangaroo Island and I knew it was somthing I wanted to add to our itinerary. After resurfacing from near extinction,...
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A New Beer Destination – California’s Central Coast
Blog: thebeergeek.com - 3 December 2009
We took the opportunity on Thanksgiving weekend to make another road trip to the southern portion of California’s Central Coast [see SLO Saturday and What is a Beer Geek?]. Quickly, our brethren to the south are building quite a beer community, something that makes us both happy and jealous. Early Saturday morning we were heading [...]
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Veraison in Paso Robles
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 18 July 2009
Friday morning we visited Alta Colina’s beautiful vineyards where we were treated to the first signs of veraison, the change in color of the grapes berries. The Mourvedre blocks were well on their way and the Syrah was just beginning. It was too beautiful to keep to ourselves. [geo_mashup_map] Related posts:Paso Winos Go To: Alta Colina Paso Winos Go To: Paso Wine Center & Wine for Water Paso Winos Go To: August Ridge Vineyards
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Paso Winos Go To: Clautiere Vineyard
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 16 July 2009
It was a Twitter message that did it. 140 little characters about a crazy big sale on delicious 2005 Viognier and Roussanne that worked out to less than $100 a case. Huh? We read that post at 3:45 and still managed to get to the Clautiere Vineyard tasting room (a 30 minute drive away) before it closed at 5. When we walked in we told the woman behind the bar that we were there because we’d just read a Tweet about the blow-out sale on cases of white. Her reaction “No way!” Way.
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Paso Winos Go To: Alta Colina
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 14 July 2009
Sharing. Sharing a bottle. Sharing advice. Even sharing wine making facilities and space. Sharing is a huge part of how wine gets made and why it’s so enjoyable to drink. Heck, Alta Colina wouldn’t even have a tasting room except for the generous and sharing nature of their neighbors at Villacana (awesome women’s t-shirts in their tasting room, btw). Earlier this year Villacana owners Alex and Monica offered to let first-time winemaker Bob Tillman use their equipment and rented them an unused portion of their building so they could turn it into a cozy upstairs tasting room.
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Paso Winos Go To: Paso Wine Center & Wine for Water
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 13 July 2009
The name is awesome: Wine for Water. The idea is pretty awesome too–make money serving world-class wines made in Paso Robles, California (or at least made from grapes grown in Paso Robles) in a chic new downtown wine bar (rather dryly named the Paso Wine Center) and give ALL profits to Wine for Water. The charity then turns that wine money into water by using it to drill wells and install tough-as-nails pumps that supply fresh, clean water to some of the most water-starved people on the planet.
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Paso Winos Go To: August Ridge Vineyards
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 11 July 2009
Yesterday we shut the computers down, put on our Paso Winos caps (figuratively speaking) and embarked on what we hope will be the first in an ongoing series of wine adventures in tasting rooms, vineyards, hotels, backyards, restaurants, bars and barns throughout Paso Robles, California. The Paso Winos Tasting Team made its first stop at August Ridge Vineyards, a winery that was brand new to us but already a winery-to-watch to Karen’s parents who live in Paso and embody and inspire the Paso Robles Wine Country Lifestyle.
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