Going Coastal
A California Central Coast Wine Blog
The California Central Coast - there's no place quite like it. This area is the real California - the California that all people, regardless of where they come from, picture in their minds and carry in their hearts. Stretching from Monterey County on the northern tip, down to Santa Barbara County on the south, in between there are over four hundred different wineries.
The California Central Coast covers a big area with different terrain and weather influences. The French term Terroir, in wine parlance is used to denote the special characteristics that the immediate geography bestows upon grapes. It can be very loosely translated as "a sense of place" which is embodied in certain qualities, and the sum of the effects that the local environment has on the final expression of the characteristics of a particular wine varietal.
All in all, you’re looking at nearly one hundred thousand acres of vineyards in the California Central Coast of remarkably different terroirs, from cool Pacific Ocean influenced coastal vineyards to hot almost desert like inland vineyards. The result is California Central Coast Wines are a diverse and exciting as the landscape that produces them.
Paso Robles Wine Region -The State of Zin
2010-02-08 16:23:19 ID=591:0
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Year 2009 on the California Central Coast will go down in the books as one of the more challenging years: not enough rain to start and too much rain to finish. In Paso Robles we stared out with a cool Spring and a serious drought, then finished with a record deluge. Sometimes you wish Mother Nature would get her act together. Depending upon where in the region you farm Zinfandel, you got very different results.
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Paso Robles Wine Region on a Roll
2009-10-17 16:54:22 ID=533:0
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Harvest is mostly completed in Paso Robles. The grapes are now in the hands of the wine makers who will probably not be getting much sleep for the next few weeks as vintage 2009 goes into the bins for fermentation.
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The 2009 Grape Harvest is Wrapping up.
2009-10-10 17:04:25 ID=523:0
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The 2009 Harvest is wrapping up just in time to beat the first rains. The total yield is down again this year, but quality looks really good, much better than last year.
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California Central Coast Wine Value Pick | Edward Sellers 2006 Paso Robles Syrah
2009-10-01 15:58:31 ID=511:1
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In this California Central Coast Wine Value Review we take a look at Edward Sellers 2006 Paso Robles Syrah
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Harvest underway on the Central Coast
2009-09-26 17:57:16 ID=507:0
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It's in the 100's on the Central Coast and the wine harvest is underway. Despite the drought, the quality looks pretty good.
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California Central Coast Wine Value Pick | Norman Pinot Grigio 2006
2009-09-21 22:35:44 ID=491:1
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In this California Central Coast Wine Value Review we take a look at Norman Pinot Grigio 2006
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