Paso Robles Zin Festival 2010 – Day One, Friday

As always during festival weekends, there was a plethora of food including grilled sausages and bacon wrapped dates which we enjoyed at a picnic table in the sunshine.

As always during festival weekends, there was a plethora of food including grilled sausages and bacon wrapped dates which we enjoyed at a picnic table in the sunshine.
It’s been a hell of a year. Until early May, I was selling real estate, or at least attempting to. In March, my then fiancée, now bride, Laura and I spent the weekend in Paso Robles with our dear friends Denny and Jodi Jones. If memory serves me correctly, it was the 5th visit there [...]

After two wonderful days in the Santa Ynez Valley, we found ourselves back in one of our very favorite spots… Paso Robles. It’s beginning to feel like a home away from home. I’ve said before we always discover one or two amazing places we haven’t visited before and we added two to the list on [...]

Every time we visit Paso Robles, we discover at least one new treasure. This past visit was no exception. Carmody McKnight was one of the first wineries we stopped at on our first visit to Paso last year. We have developed a nice friendship with winemaker Greg Cropper, and when we read they we doing [...]
On Saturday morning, Laura and I joined our new friend DeAnna Morrison for breakfast at the Cowgirl Cafe downtown. We had a full day of wine tasting ahead of us, so a hearty breakfast was in order. We had our handy bible with us, so while we were enjoying our breakfast, we mapped out our [...]
Laura and I have visited Paso Robles seven times in just over a year. Each visit has been unique, and I have to say this was one of the best visits yet. The wineries we visited were superb, and we made a new friend, DeAnna Morrison. On our first afternoon, we visited Villicana Winery for [...]
It’s no secret that Laura and I love Paso Robles. We paid our first visit here last May and are back in town for our seventh visit. Someone just asked me why I like Paso so much. There are several reasons. Obviously, there’s some incredible wine here. More than that, there’s magic. There’s a unique [...]