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Calcareous Vineyard Valentine’s Winemaker Dinner Spend an evening with your sweetie enjoying delicious food & award-winning wine. Limited seating, reserve your seats today! 6:30pm, $115, $95/members Paso Robles, www.calcareous.com, 805-239-0289
FEBRUARY 17
2018 Library Wine Dinner
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Cooking Class – The Brunch Punch with Chef Tim Veatch You Will Learn (and Eat): Perfect Poached Eggs; Insanely Tasty Biscuits; Homemade Gravy, Oh My!; Semolina Pancakes with Blackberry Preserves; Splatter-Free Crispy Bacon. This is a demonstration class; the fee is $110 & includes several mini brunch cocktails courtesy our friends with Yes Cocktail Co. 4pm The Refugio Kitchen, Paso Robles www.refugiopasorobles.com
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Friday Night Live Music: Music by The Martin Paris Band & Food by Templeton Greek Food Bring your friends and join them for a complimentary music night on the first Friday of every month starting in February. Pear Valley wine is available for purchase by the glass or bottle & you are more than welcome to bring a picnic. They have plenty of room inside & outside so even if it’s cold out you can stay warm by the fireplace. Pear Valley Vineyards, Paso Robles, 5:30-8:30pm www.pearvalley.com, 805-237-2861
Join them for a bountiful meal prepared by Chef Brian Collins of Ember Arroyo Grande. This dinner will be featuring wines from Carl & Pam’s personal library FEBRUARY 25 dating all the way back to opening day in 2008! This is Wine Seminar: Ins and Outs of Mourvedre an extremely rare opportunity to taste (and purchase) The perfect educational venue to become an advanced ★ ★MARCH 3 wines from Caliza’s past. Enjoy an evening of wine, taster & wine aficionado. Katie Bay, Certified Specialist CASTORO CELLARS food & fun at Caliza’s production facility in the hip of Wine & Level II Sommelier, guides you through a Live Music: Daimh enclave of Tin City. lively, sensory experience that includes analysis, disGaelic Supergroup & un-challenged champions of Caliza Winery, Paso Robles cussion & tasting of wine. By the end of the session, 5:30-9pm, $160, $140/members straight in the eye Highland music are based around you too will see how discovering the nuances of wine www.calizawinery.com, 805-237-1480 West Lochaber & the Isle of Skye. This is an indoor can be simple & above all fun! Cass Winery, Paso Robles, 1-3pm show. Doors open at 6:30pm, the show starts at FEBRUARY 17 www.casswines.com, 805-239-1730 7:30pm. $20 Roses & Rosé Templeton, www.castorocellars.com, 888-DAM-FINE Paso’s favorite Rosé returns President’s Day weekend! ★ ★FEBRUARY 28 Join them in welcoming the 2017 Indie Rosé of IL CORTILE RISTORANTE ★ ★MARCH 3-4 Tempranillo with tastings, live music & a rose for each guest to take with them. This is a free event. Small bites & wine tastings or by the glass available for purchase. 1-4pm ONX Wines Tasting Room & Winery, Paso Robles www.onxwines.com, 805-434-5607 FEBRUARY 17
Blind Tasting Cabernet Challenge - Vintage 2012 Do you have a favorite high-end Cabernet Sauvignon? They’d like to try it & place it in their blind tasting among other award winning Cabernets. There is no ticket price to this limited seated event, just be sure to bring a Cab that will place you in the winner’s circle once the bottles are unveiled. Call the tasting room for more details. 5-8pm Hansen Vineyards & Winery, Templeton www.hansenwines.com, 805-239-8412 FEBRUARY 17
Estate Angus BBQ
Reverse Wine Dinner: Treana Winery
FEBRUARY 28
Cooking Class – Dos: Two Girls; Two Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc & Grenache in the Old World & in the New World With author/Refugio owner Brigit Binns & Ali Rush Carscaden of 15 Degrees C. You will learn about (and eat and drink): OLD WORLD: Sauvignon Blanc - Snow Pea Salad with Pancetta, Pecorino & Lemon Vinaigrette; NEW WORLD: Sauvignon Blanc - Thai Shrimp and Soba Noodle Soup; OLD WORLD: Grenache - Roast Quail with Fingerlings & Fava Beans; NEW WORLD: Grenache - Braised Short Rib Crostini with Cambozola & Dried Cherries. This is a demonstration class; the fee is $110 & includes generous portions of hand selected wines. 4pm.The Refugio Kitchen, Paso Robles www.refugiopasorobles.com
Their first burger Saturday of the 2018 year. Presidents Day Weekend they will be serving up their Estate Angus Beef Burgers with their award winning wines. A Chef Jeff Scott production. 12-3pm, $15/tasting, $13/burger ★ ★THROUGHOUT MARCH & APRIL Oso Libre Winery, Paso Robles CASTORO CELLARS www.osolibre.com, 805-238-3378
Art Show Featuring Maeve Croghan
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BROKEN EARTH WINERY Paso Robles Rhone Rangers Experience Paso Robles, 10:30am-4pm www.rhonerangers.org FEBRUARY 21
Cooking Class – The Tree of Life: Understanding and Cooking with Olive Oil This is a demonstration class; the fee is $105 and includes a welcome glass of Prosecco and multiple generous tastings of Golden Triangle Wines. 5pm The Refugio Kitchen, Paso Robles www.refugiopasorobles.com
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A winery is featured each week offering 3 selected Zoo to You Safari Weekend varietals. Once your wine varietals have been selected, Templeton, 11am-3pm, $30 Chef Santos with “reverse it” & create a 3-course www.castorocellars.com, 888-DAM-FINE dinner menu based on your chosen wine for the evening. Paso Robles, RSVP, $60 ★ ★MARCH 3 www.ilcortileristorante.com, 805-226-0300
PELLETIERE ESTATE First Saturday of the Month Vintner & Vines Tour
Friday Night Live Music Live music by The Martin Paris band & food by Templeton Greek Food. Pear Valley Winery, Paso Robles, 5:30-8pm www.pearvalley.com, 805-237-2861
He’s one of the most creative, competent “must have” chefs on the Central Coast. Well known by the local wine industry for his talent & skill in preparing amazing dinners with food & wine, Chef Charles Paladin Wayne knows how to use fresh, local & seasonal ingredients to create meals that are amazing. Chef Charlie’s expertise makes him a popular caterer (with events ranging from private parties to Hearst Castle galas), a charismatic guest chef at numerous local events & a sometime-media personality on various food & wine shows. Paso Robles, $150, $120/ Cellar Club, 6:30pm www.eberlewinery.com, 805-238-9607 MARCH 16
Pop-Up Dinner: Spanish Nights These pop-up dinners are designed to be nights where the chefs can show off their creativity with fun menus served family-style. Each night has an entertaining theme, ingredient or dish that drives what they serve & will feature local and seasonal producers paired thoughtfully with two of the estate grown wines. Join them & start with a wine & appetizer reception in the tasting room before taking your seat for dinner. Chat with your table neighbors and enjoy a family-style meal. Includes food, two glasses of wine & gratuity. $65, $55/members Niner Wine Estates, Paso Robles, 6-8pm www.ninerwine.com, 805-226-4886 MARCH 16-17
Vintage Paso Vertical Tasting
Pelletiere Estate Vineyard & Winery, Paso Robles Deep in the willow creek district of Paso Robles, www.pelletiere.com, 805-239-9432, 3pm, $35 discover distinctive Italian wines unique to Pelletiere Estate by walking with the winemaker, Amy Butler & MARCH 16-18 VINTAGE PASO: ZINFANDEL WEEKEND Vintner, Janis Denner as they explain the process involved in making limited production Italian style wines. Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance Once a year Paso Robles toasts their heritage variety, Learn about the heritage of Italian grape growing & Zinfandel. The 3-day celebration features events at origins Pelletiere Estate’s rare Italian varieties, compare more than 100 wineries, a Zin seminar & the Z After old world & new world approaches to winemaking Party, pairing Zin with dessert & live jazz. You’ll find a & discuss Paso Robles’ unique micro-climate. Then Zin lover’s paradise in Paso Robles. www.pasowine. experience these exceptional wines first hand with a com, 805-239-8463 guided tasting. 11am-12pm ★ ★MARCH 17 Pelletiere Estate Vineyard & Winery, Paso Robles EBERLE WINERY www.pelletiere.com, 805-239-9432
BBQ Bites & Live Music
MARCH 3
PELLETIERE ESTATE
Sangiovese Vertical Tasting You may recognize her work from the label of the Experience a private reserve vertical wine tasting. Late Harvest Zinfandel or the backdrop on the stage Pelletiere Estate Vineyard & Winery, Paso Robles at Beaverstock! They are proud to have her work return to the newest release of both the Late Harvest www.pelletiere.com, 805-239-9432, 12pm, $45 Zinfandel & Orange Muscat in addition to the walls of ★ ★MARCH 16 the Events Gallery. Templeton, www.castorocellars.com, 888-DAM-FINE CASTORO CELLARS MARCH 2
EBERLE WINERY Zinfandel Festival Dinner with Chef Charles Paladin Wayne
Zinfest Kick-Off Dinner
The celebration continues with BBQ bites & live music plus Zin Fest library tasting & specials! Paso Robles, www.eberlewinery.com, 805-238-9607 ★ ★MARCH 18
CASTORO CELLARS Yoga, Brunch & Bubbles All levels yoga class in a beautiful setting followed by a delicious brunch. Templeton, $30 www.castorocellars.com, 888-DAM-FINE
Enjoy an intimate evening of food, wine & music APRIL 6 featuring Chef Greg Ehrlick & Jessica Childress Friday Night Live Music a multi-course dinner paired with Castoro Wines. Doors Live music by Noah David & food by The Pairing Knife open at 6pm; dinner at 7pm. $100, $90/members Pear Valley Winery, Paso Robles, 5:30-8pm www.pearvalley.com, 805-237-2861 Templeton, www.castorocellars.com, 888-DAM-FINE
Wine Country This Month: Central Coast