Wine

Riboli Family Wines launches new wine brand, Highlands 41

–Riboli Family Wines recently announced the national launch of Highlands 41, its newest estate-based brand within the Riboli Estates Group division, which includes the San […]Full Article

Wine industry affected by wildfires seeks extension of disaster payment program

-With growers and winemakers facing unprecedented losses from the devastating West Coast wildfires, leaders of 10 wine industry groups are seeking help from Congress to […]Full Article

Local church creates wine from surplus and donated grapes to help immigrants in need

–Highlands Church in Paso Robles has manufactured a wine using leftover and donated grapes to benefit local people in need. Over the past two years, […]Full Article

SIP Certified to share survey results, resources for wineries in upcoming webinar

–SIP (Sustainability in Practice) Certified recently surveyed tasting room professionals to better understand the challenges facing tasting rooms in a COVID world as well as […]Full Article

Local wine grape growers host Harvest Celebration ‘Dine Out Downtown’ event

–IGGPRA, the Independent Grape Growers of Paso Robles Area organization, is a grape-growing education organization of 160 grape growers, wineries, and associate members, based in […]Full Article

Wine grape harvest is officially underway in Paso Robles

–Solterra Strategies, a public relations firm representing wineries, shared this wine grape harvest report – and Vintage 2020 outlook – from local winemakers working in […]Full Article

Heisman Trophy winner becomes first Black NFL player wine brand to earn national distribution

–The only defensive player ever to win a Heisman Trophy has just reached another landmark. Super Bowl champion and NFL great Charles Woodson’s Intercept wine […]Full Article

Winemaker Nick Elliott of Nicora Wines joins the ‘100 point club’

–Nick Elliott arrived in Paso Robles in 2001, when he was 19 years old. He came to work on a construction job, as he says […]Full Article

Company testing wines for level of undesirable qualities caused by smoke

–Tastry, a sensory sciences company, is leveraging its state-of-the-art laboratories to assist farmers and winemakers in identifying the level of damage caused by recent wildfires […]Full Article

Obituary for winemaker Sam Balakian, 78

–Sam Balakian, president and winemaster of SVP Winery in Paso Robles, passed away on Aug. 31. With a winemaking career spanning more than 50 years, […]Full Article