Niven Family Wine Estates

San Luis Obispo


Samples from six different labels inside an early-20th-century wooden schoolhouse, with two bocce ball courts outside.


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1. Edna Valley Vineyard

0.85 MILES

Sip Paragon Vineyard estate Chardonnay by panoramic windows overlooking fields of grapes.

2. Tolosa Winery

1.44 MILES

No-oak Chardonnay, barrel-selected Pinot Noir and bold estate Syrah, with artisanal cheese, charcuterie and chocolate pairings on weekends.

3. Sextant Wines

1.87 MILES

Boisterous tasting room pours different varietals from Edna Valley and Paso Robles, with a tiny gourmet deli.

4. Chamisal Vineyards

2.49 MILES

In a rust-colored barn tasting room, tipple hand-crafted, small-lot wines grown mostly organically.

5. Kynsi Winery

2.78 MILES

Small, family-run vineyard pours cult-worthy Pinot Noir inside a cozy brick tasting room.

6. Bubblegum Alley

5.07 MILES

SLO’s weirdest sight is colorfully plastered with thousands of wads of ABC (‘already been chewed’) gum. Watch where you step!

7. San Luis Obispo Museum of Art

5.16 MILES

By the creek, this small gallery showcases the work of local painters, sculptors, printmakers and fine-art photographers, as well as traveling California…

8. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

5.17 MILES

Those reverberatory bells heard around downtown emanate from this fifth California mission, founded by Padre Junípero Serra in 1772 and named for a 13th…