Paso Robles is a great city for the entire family to enjoy! We originally ventured there to camp at a high end RV park and play at the water slide park across the street. At the last minute we rented a van and had a friend in their extra cab truck follow behind. (We had to have a place to store all the wine we purchased.) There is nothing better than wine tasting with 14 friends as the nanny watches all the kids back at the campground. We headed east on Highway 46 stopping at EOS where we bought some of their lighter Chardonnays. We then turned around and headed west on 46 stopping at Lone Wolf, an excellent boutique winery where the blends were smooth. We ramped it up a bit as we took over the small tasting room at the Four Wines Vineyards as they were undergoing major construction. The construction is complete and we cannot wait to go back for their Anarchy (a bold blend) and the Naked Chardonnay. We bought some cool stemless glasses with great logos engraved on them. We spent hours there partaking in their exceptional wines, fun tattoos, learning their untraditional wine making methods and name of their wines. We were beginning to float by now and desperately needed to picnic with the cheeses, prosciutto, olives, bread and other morsels that compliment wine tasting. We stopped at winery with a large outdoor patio and sold our friends on how a really good Rose can compliment the food we were eating. Our next stop and last on the list was Tobin James Winery. What a hoot. The atmosphere was fun and very conducive to drinking (a large saloon style tasting room). The wines were fantastic and it is a very good club to join.
Someone from our group joined a wine club at each winery we visited. They all had relatively reasonable prices. We filled the truck front and back, floor to ceiling with numerous cases purchased throughout the day. There was only room for the driver. Truly a successful adventure!
As we were driving our motor home back we realized that keeping all of our newly purchased wines at the appropriate temperature was going to be tough. We saw the purchase of a wine refrigerator in our near future.
