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Central Coast Food & Wine Journal

Learn about the latest food and wine happenings, as well as our recommendations for dining, wine-tasting, and relaxing.


Category: Harvest

Harvest is one of the best seasons on the Central Coast. Enjoy many different festivals, cool weather, and vineyards in brilliant oranges, reds and yellows.

Harvest is Over and We are Happy!

Paso Robles Harvest is over and we are happy!

Winery
Winery

Wow, what a year! Rain, no rain, hot temps for only a week or so prior to harvest, and coolness again. What the heck is going on? I’m hearing that this season will produce wonderful grapes. I’m hearing the long hang-time on the vines at the end of the season will produce extraordinary fruit characteristics, and it seems we are not chasing the heat and potential alcohol content to tone it down. Listen to me: I just listen, observe and have yet to taste these wines. Though, don’t get me wrong: harvest is over and we are happy! and I’m looking forward to learning more about the wines and tasting them.

It was a sad event that our beloved Sonoma neighbor had such devastation with the fires. There are reasons why North of us and South of us, we are at risk of horrible fires. Anyone remember the Chimney Rock Fire? That was here in Paso Robles about 3 years ago.

With a very late harvest at our belt, we are busy getting into the final throws of a full harvest. With a Sub-Appellation of 11 different areas, you can imagine each area is different. At this late date we’ve had a freeze or two and several inches of rain – so anything still hanging on the vines will go back to the earth for fertilization.

Alas, our food and wine tours do not stop. We love the whole process of the circle of harvest.

fun Food and wine tour
fun food and wine tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harvest is over and we are happy! Be sure to check in with us for one or the other of our tours! And know that with Central Coast Food and Wine Tours you’ll always have the insider access and attention to detail you’ve come to expect!

Cheers!

Laura

Olive Growth Looks Phenomenal for 2019 Harvest!

On our property one never knows what the olive growth will bring, with changing weather, windy storms and the 2 year on/off production of the olive trees.

Olive Tree in Full Blossom
Olive Tree in Full Blossom

But this year the olive growth looks to be phenomenal for the 2019 harvest! Yule and I are so excited by all the blooms we see in our small orchard that we are considering gathering the product and bottling our own estate olive oil.What a dream of ours to bottle our own lovingly grown, pruned and picked olives! We have several varietals, primarily Tuscan.

Paso Robles Wine Harvest

Wine Grapes
Wine Grapes

If anyone were to ask me what my favorite season was, without a blink, I would say “Spring”. Renewal, greenery and new beginnings. But, living in Paso Robles, our lives tend to ebb and flow with the seasons and nature.

Over the last few years, I’ve come to look forward to our harvest season.

SLO Wine Country – Harvest on the Coast

SLO Wine Country is having their annual “Harvest on the Coast” the weekend of  November 2 – 4th, 2018!

The weekend kicks off Friday,

Harvest On The Coast Festival
Harvest Festival

November 2nd with “Crafted on the Coast” a collaborative winemaker dinner featuring Executive Chef Heidi Hornikle of Flora + Fauna Catering, hosted at the beautiful Casitas Estate in Arroyo Grande. This promises to be a delicious experience at a most beautiful location.

Paso Robles Wine – Harvest Weekend

I am a huge fan of Paso Robles wine, and my favorite event is the annual Harvest Weekend.

Paso Robles Harvest Weekend
Harvest Weekend

This year Paso Robles’ Harvest Weekend falls on the third weekend of October, October 19 -21st 2018. The perfect time of year to enjoy the mild weather and Paso Robles wine.

What’s so special about Harvest Weekend? Imagine a year of tending wine vines, the culmination of which, results in 24 hour round-the-clock work to get the fruit off the vine at the perfect time to reveal the best of the grape.