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Paso Robles

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Limestone in Paso Robles

Yesterday, I was over for a Paso Robles Rhone Rangers meeting at Halter Ranch. Halter is a beautiful property just across Adelaida Road from Tablas Creek, and both were parts of the old Macgillivray Ranch through most of the 20th century. After our meeting, Ranch Manager Mitch Wyss took me

Some nice recognition for my Dad

A few months back, I got a phone call from Stacie Jacob, the Executive Director of the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance, letting me know that their board of directors had decided to honor my dad as their 2007 Wine Industry Person of the Year. It was a secret, so

Rainfall microclimates in Paso Robles

Appellations are by nature generalizations. You do your best in defining one to understand macro-level differences in soils, climate and rainfall (the three components which together give a place its signature). And, practically speaking, you won't ever be able to delineate an area that is absolutely uniform.

The TTB's new AVA rules: a well-meaning step in the wrong direction

I was surprised with how quickly the TTB published new draft rules to resolve the issues surrounding the approval of new AVAs that might conflict with existing brand names, or that are nested within other existing AVAs. [I wrote about this a few weeks back at some length.] A first

Winemaker Neil Collins Discusses Harvest 2007 with winerychannel.tv

If you haven't checked out winerychannel.tv yet, you should. It's online television, dedicated to the world of wine. Like many members of the new media, they're fans of what's going on in the Central Coast, and we welcomed them up here

The TTB's Reevaluation of its AVA Approval Process: a Retreat from the "Common Good"?

[Editor's Note: with the publication in late November of the TTB's proposed new rules for AVA approval, the questions under debate have been clarified. I have posted an updated analysis of the new rules, as well as a discussion of some of the responses of local

Harvest rain in Paso Robles

After several big harvest days this week (mostly Grenache, as well as the rest of the Syrah and the beginnings of the Mourvedre) we're taking a break for the first significant rain of the year to pass through. As of Friday afternoon, we'd already received about

Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience

Back in January, we helped organize the Paso Robles Rhone producers into a regional chapter of the Rhone Rangers. I wrote about the importance of Rhones in Paso Robles an few months back, and it's been gratifying to see how the member wineries have jumped in to contribute.

Rhone Rangers in Seattle... and Paso Robles

I'm making plans to head up to Seattle in a couple of weeks to go to the Pacific Northwest tasting of the Rhone Rangers organization. We've been involved (as a winery) for several years, back from when we were the only winery pouring a Rose at