Tri-county bars, restaurants and wineries feel pain of pandemic
Central Coast, Health Care & Life Science, middle, Restaurants, Tourism, Tri-County Economy, Wine & ViticultureBars and tap rooms empty on St. Patrick’s Day. Wine tasting on hiatus. Major viticulture industry events canceled or rescheduled. Restaurants cutting their occupancy by half and later switching to take-out only. The COVID-19 virus continues to upend life as usual and blast its way through the economy. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued guidelines on March Read More →
New craft beer rooms bring life to lower State Street area
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Tri-county grape growers crushed as demand hits all-time low
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Checking in with wine at the Hotel Californian
Destinations, South Coast, Top Stories, Top Story, Wine & ViticultureSanta Barbara’s downtown shopping district is struggling, but there’s plenty of vitality at the Hotel Californian, where the owners of three wineries have located tasting rooms. Wes Hagen, winemaker and spokesman for the hotel’s newest wine tenant, J. Wilkes Wines, said the location is one of the most beautiful spots he’s ever seen for a Read More →
Hope Family cabernet is No. 10 on list of world’s top 100 wines
Central Coast, Destinations, left, South Coast, Wine & ViticultureFor the first time in Wine Enthusiast magazine’s 30 years of ranking the World’s Top 100 wines, a wine from Paso Robles made the Top 10. Austin Hope 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon is No. 10 in the magazine’s 2019 ratings. Hope Family Wines president and winemaker Austin Hope said when I met him at the winery’s Read More →
Tri-county Rhones make Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list
Central Coast, Destinations, Latest newsFive wines from tri-county vintners have been ranked among the world’s Top 100 by Wine Spectator magazine. Tensley Wines’ 2017 Colson Canyon Vineyard syrah from Santa Barbara County is the highest rated from the area at No. 14 in the 2019 list. Three other wines, also Rhones, are in the top 22. They are Denner Read More →
Film portrays legacy of Paso Robles wine ‘godfather’ Eberle
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