Central Coast Food & Wine Journal
Learn about the latest food and wine happenings, as well as our recommendations for dining, wine-tasting, and relaxing.
Here we are in Paso Robles, and wine tasting occur in all sorts of places. On our private tours, we often enjoy a stop at the LXV Barn. We’re talking a rustic undertaking on Willow Creek Road in Templeton. The barn is over 100 years old with rose vines growing through cracks in the barn opening. The owners are Neeta and Kunal Mittal – a wonderfully warm and storied couple.
I encourage the higher tier of food and wine lovers to try our private wine tour! By higher tier, I mean those folks for whom exquisite food and wine are a hallowed experience. You know, the people who live to experience verses those who live to merely exist.
We are so very fortunate to work with our Chef, Mary Ann, who is able to concoct most anything that will best serve your culinary dreams. Mary Ann worked for years in the L.A. Area catering to friends and corporate clients alike. Though presumably retiring to the Paso Robles area to be close to her daughter (Me!) she is now doing catering for our private wine tours.
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 is having their annual “Harvest on the Coast” the weekend of November 2 – 4th, 2018!
The weekend kicks off Friday,
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.
Central Coast Food Tours has a vacation rental to offer for short-term stays in the Paso Robles Wine Country.
This beautiful home is 4 bedrooms and three baths, with a large open kitchen that looks out on the dining room and great room. There is almost 1500 sq feet of decking for enjoying the sunsets and family time around the BBQ.
Bedrooms consist of 3 with queen beds and the master with a King Bed and ensuite master bath. There is a fireplace in the master suite and in the dining/great room.
I am a huge fan of Paso Robles wine, and my favorite event is the annual 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.
Here are 7 tips for successfully pairing wine with chocolate.
Are you an avid chocolate and wine lover? Since you are reading this article, I would assume your answer is yes. But, have you ever thought about mixing these two excellent foods? I know many people can’t even imagine this but trust me once you do mix them you will think it’s a match made in heaven.
What can anyone possibly say about Anthony Bourdin’s death.
He was a light amongst all us foodies, and dared to go into the quarters that no one else had. We know he was a tormented soul, having overcome heroine addiction in his 20’s and cocaine, amongst other addictions. God, this man had so much to offer the rest of us.
A Food Tour for graduation is a wonderful way to celebrate the graduate! It’s always hard to find an activity that keeps the celebrating group together, and enjoying one another’s company after the diploma is bestowed. Consider a Food Tour for graduation!
We can accommodate most size family groups with enough notice and are happy to customize the tour to your group. Consider a private tour for your family through the downtown streets of San Luis Obispo, or do a food and wine tour in the downtown district of Paso Robles.
We are excited to announce the Olive Oil Festival in Paso Robles for Saturday, May 5th, 2018. All our friends who have taken our wine and food tours know that we are passionate about our local olive oil.
Dare I say, there is none better to be found?! Even the traditionally robust oils of Italy, Greece, Spain and France pale in comparison to our fresh, earthy and incredibly delicious locally grown olives and it’s oil.
If you are an olive oil lover, like I am, then make a weekend out of this festival on May 5th. Come to Paso Robles, spend a few days to enjoy the festival, taste our lovely wines and enjoy or laid-back lifestyle.
