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Beef, Wine And A Little Bit of Country

If you like beef, wine and country music, have we got an event for you. The Best Of Country, Beef and Wine Tasting Festival on July 14 in Bridgeport, California offers a country-style feast Paso Robles wines and country entertainment. The event takes place at the Bridgeport Ranch Barns & Terrace, an outdoor entertainment venue. The fare from local restaurants will be paired with wines from the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance and the Hunewill Ranch Bakery will be featuring country style desserts also paired with Paso Robles wines. Tickets are $65 each and include a souvenir Riedel wine glass and "The Best Of" recipe book which features recipes and wine pairing suggestions from the evening's festivities.

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25th Annual Paso Robles Wine Festival

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine, Events

It's time for a spring road trip, Paso Robles is having their 25th Annual Paso Robles Wine Festival May 18-20. When the festival begin in 1983 there were just 17 wineries in Paso Robles. Now there are 170 wineries in Paso Robles and more than 90 producers will be at the festival in the downtown city park. The festival usually sells around 6,500 tickets to wine enthusiasts from all over the nation. The marquee event in the park is on Saturday, May 19. There are two levels of passes, general admission which costs $50 and the Silver Pass admission ticket which sell for $75 and lets you in an hour before general admission so you can taste a bit before things get hectic.

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Hotel Cheval To Open In Paso Robles

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Filed under: Journeys

The Paso Robles area of California is getting increasingly chic. The latest luxury property in the area is the Hotel Cheval which will open in April 2007. Robert and Sherry Gilson spent two and a half years refining the concept and location of Hotel Cheval. The property has just 16 room with details like window seats, fireplaces, outdoor patios, flatscreen televisions and bathroom amenities by Temple Spa. Each rooms is named after a famous racehorse and the horse them continues in the Pony Club, a Parisian inspired horseshoe shaped zinc bar. The hotel will also offer complimentary carriage rides to dinner on Friday and Saturday evenings with Chester, Hotel Cheval's Belgian draft horse. Rates start at $225 but the hotel is offering special introductory rates starting at $195 for weekday stays until June 30.

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Reality TV Show For Winemakers Holds Casting Call

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

I wrote about this a while back for Slashfood, a public television show that will have contestants compete to launch their own wine label. The program, "The Wine Makers" is now casting and and will be filmed this September on the Central Coast. Want in? A casting call is scheduled for the Hospice du Rhone wine celebration in Paso Robles on May 12. Applicants don't have to attend the Hospice du Rhone, there will be a separate entrance and there is no charge to audition. Other casting calls will be held in major cities in the U.S. so if you've ever dreamed of life as a winemaker this is your chance.

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Esprit du Vin

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

The eleven wineries along Highway 46 East in the Paso Robles area of California are holding their Esprit du Vin event this weekend, January 13 -15. The Esprit du Vin grand event is held on Saturday night at the Robert Hall Winery and includes a wine sensory tour, gourmet food, live music by the Big Daddy’s Blues Band and award-winning wines from the wineries of Highway 46 East and costs $60.

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Zin Alley

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Wine

If you like Zinfandel then you should know about Zin Alley, a small winery in Templeton, California. They specialize in Red Zinfandel and Zinfandel port. They do not ship to stores and their wine is only available in restaurants in the Paso Robles area. They are happy to sell to individuals and people who have made the trek to the winery rave about the experience. The Red Zinfandel sells for $42 and the Port costs $40.

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