Weather & Climate

I had to head out to the vineyard early Sunday morning to get my wine for the Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience.  It was, as is not unusual at this time of year, foggy downtown (Salinas Valley fog, come up from the cold waters of the Monterey Bay) but clear

When I left the vineyard today, at the time of day when the sky is lighter than the ground but not so much that it's not photographable, the crescent moon was hanging over the Tablas Creek winery building.  I grabbed the camera, and got a shot I liked.

The winter sunsets in Paso Robles are often spectacular.  The current weather pattern, with a mix of clouds and sun, captures the red glow of the setting sun.  In summertime, when humidity levels are very low and clouds rare, sunsets are long-lasting but usually subtle.  In wintertime, the sunsets move

This morning, you could feel a change in the quality of the air.  After weeks of dry weather, the air feels softer, the sunlight, filtered through the moisture, less intense.  The hillsides around Tablas Creek are almost impressionistic, each range layered more dimly than the next.  It's a