Planning your trip: part 4

Yesterday I talked about the golf opportunities...today we'll talk about wine tasting.

Most of you know that I'm involved in making home made wine. I don't do the chemistry...that's done by my Geyserville friend Kurt Kaufman, whom you can meet if you come to the party. I just buy the fruit. We make Sonoma County wine. But there is wine being made in the Central Coast area as well...very good wine.

I've already talked about this a bit, but if you are travelling north to south along 101, stopping in the Paso/Templeton area will be worth your while if you like wine. Here's a link to the overview site. Some of my favorites up there are Bishop's Peak, Rotta, and especially Dover Canyon.

If you are travelling south to north along 101, stopping in the Los Olivos (Sideways) area is also very worthwhile.

But you probably want to know about what is closer at hand. The primary area near us is Edna Valley, and there is a good site for all the SLO wineries. Edna Valley is known for great Chardonnay and Pinot.

Specifically I would visit...
Within 5 minutes of the house is Laetitia (pinot & champagne). A little further away (20 minutes) in Edna Valley there is Tolosa (chardonnay), Talley (pinot), Edna Valley (my favorite chardonnay), Wolff (Teroldego), and Saucelito Canyon (zins and rhone style wines).

Cheers!