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Robert Hall Winery Page 10 SERVING SAN LUIS OBISPO, SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA COUNTIES PAGE 12 YOURESSENTIALGUIDETOCALIFORNIACENTRALCOASTWINE,GETAWAYS,THINGSTODO&EVENTS winecountrythisweek.com EASY-TO-FOLLOW WINERY MAPS • JUNE 11, 2009 TALLEY VINEYARDS PAGE 6 ROBERT HALL WINERY PAGE 10 X MIDLIFE CRISIS WINEMAKER PROFILE: PREFERRED TASTING ROOM: WINERY KELSEY SEE CANYON HEARTHSTONE WINERY PAGE 20 PAGE 30 PAGE 35 San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties MILEAGE: WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK: CENTRAL COAST www.WineCountryThisWeek.com 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK 6 SERVING SAN LUIS OBISPO CENTRALCOAST: SANTA BARBARA & VENTURA STORY Talley Vineyards FEATURE PUBLISHINGEVERYOTHERWEEK! JUNE 11, 2009 • ISSUE 9 – VOLUME 3 10 ON THE COVER Robert Hall Winery . 10 WINE COUNTRY NEWS Wine Country Spotlight . 9 Wine Country Premier Dining . 15 Wine Country Calendar . 32-34 COVER PASO ROBLES WINERIES MAP .............................................18 Robert Hall Winery ONTHE SAN LUIS OBISPO/PISMO BEACH WINERIES . 22-23 16 SANTA MARIA VALLEY WINERIES . 24-25 SOLVANG, LOS OLIVOS, SANTA YNEZ WINERIES MAP .....................26 SANTA BARBARA WINERIES MAP .........................................27 VENTURA COUNTY WINERIES . 28-29 WINERY LISTINGS . .36-39 TODO Concert Series at Sylvester Winery ADVERSTISING/MARKETING Sarah Flickinger THINGS DIRECTOR San Luis Obispo, CA Phone 805-252-5440 30 [email protected] PUBLISHER Mike Giangreco Direct 707-938-3734 [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR Chandra Grant P.O. Box 92, El Verano, CA 95433 Phone 707-938-1783 / Fax 707-938-3674 [email protected] PROFILE Harold Osborne CALENDAR EDITOR Laurie Flippen Phone 707-938-1783 / Fax 707-938-3674 Kelsey See Canyon Vineyards [email protected] WINEMAKER OFFICE MANAGER Cathy Gore Phone 707-938-3494 / Fax 707-938-3674 35 Email [email protected] EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Michael Cervin, Len Napolitano, Mark Storer, Dave Wilcox Going to Northern California Wine Country? Look for WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK at wineries, hotels, concierge desks, car rentals, restaurants, high-end grocery stores and more! TASTINGROOM Hearthstone Winery www.winecountrythisweek.com PREFERRED 4 www.WineCountryThisWeek.com WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK: CENTRAL COAST www.WineCountryThisWeek.com 5 WINERY FEATURE | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK TALLEY VINEYARDS by Dave Wilcox food and to age well. growers in California and continues to thrive. “We are really trying to have complete At the urging of Brian Talley’s father, Don, hen the soil is part of your up- control over every aspect of the process,” said the family started purchasing some of the bringing and your first job was Talley, “from the time we put the stick in the farmland in the late 1960s and acquired 270 Wpicking beans in the fields that your ground through to the bottling.” acres in 1974 that now surrounds the Talley grandfather first cultivated 61 years ago, then Talley is particularly enthusiastic about a tasting room and winery. it’s not surprising that Brian Talley talks about pair of 2006 vintage bottlings that he said are Vineyards weren’t exactly part of the orig- the “character and soul” of the wines his vine- just now realizing their potential. inal vision, said Talley. yards produce. One is the 2006 Estate Pinot Noir, the “The purchase included these hillside They are qualities that evoke a wine’s signature varietal of Talley Vineyards. pieces that we really didn’t know what to do history, its bloodlines, qualities that linger “It’s drinking really well right now,” noted with,” he said, gesturing toward what is now long after the final taste. Talley. “When first released it was a little bit the western portion of Rincon Vineyard. Brian Talley has nurtured that appreciation tight, but it has really opened up.” In the early 1970s, though, Edna Valley of quality since he returned from UC Berkeley Made entirely with estate grapes grown in began emerging as a viable viticultural region and became general manager of Talley Vine- the Arroyo Grande Valley – primarily from with the planting of its first sizable vineyards. yards. Now 43, Talley oversees a winery that Rincon Vineyard – the 2006 is a classical-style Don Talley took note and spent the next produces 30,000 cases annually bottled Pinot Noir with an elegance that Talley said several years carefully analyzing the Arroyo under both the Talley Vineyards and Bishop’s expresses the characteristics of the vineyards. Grande Valley’s vineyard potential. Peak labels. Before bottling in February 2008, the wine Convinced that both the soils and climate A fan of French wines since working in a aged 15 months in 30 percent new French suited the cultivation of premium wine wine shop during his college years, Talley and oak. grapes, the Talleys in 1982 planted Riesling, winemaker Leslie Mead meld traditional Talley is also excited about the 2006 Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir French techniques with California grapes to Oliver’s Vineyard Chardonnay, a vineyard and Cabernet Sauvignon. produce elegant, subtle wines ideally suited planted in 1991 by the Talley family in the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir emerged as for pairing with food. cooler Edna Valley. The wine was 100 percent the winery’s stars, while Talley now grows “We use an approach that is more expres- barrel fermented and aged sur lie 16 months Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and sive of the vineyard,” said Talley, “so that a in French oak. Syrah on a vineyard the family owns in Paso wine’s personality comes from the vineyard, Oliver’s Vineyard is named for Talley’s Robles. as opposed to anything that we do in the grandfather, who founded the family farming Talley also introduced a second label, winery.” business in 1948 on land he leased and Bishop’s Peak, with a more casual and relaxed The result are wines that shy away from rented after moving from Santa Maria. Talley feel than the elegance of the Talley Vineyards being overly fruity, tending to go better with Farms evolved into one of the top vegetable wines. Many of the Bishop’s Peak wines are 6 www.WineCountryThisWeek.com WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINERY FEATURE Continued bottled under screwcaps. Wines bottled under the Bishop’s Peak label, said Talley, “deliver great values using winemaking techniques we’ve developed here with grapes that are less expensive.” While Talley Vineyards wines focus on the Arroyo Grande and Edna valleys, the Bishop’s Peak label reflects more of the Central Coast region, using grapes grown from Santa Barbara County to Monterey County. No matter what the label, Talley said the winery is focused on quality, from using sustainable farming practices, to the winemaking and the tasting room and including how employees are treated. Indeed, Brian Talley and his wife, Johnine, established in 2004 The Fund for Vineyard and Farm Workers, an endowment providing grants to San Luis Obispo County organizations that assist agricultural workers with health care, housing and educational services. The program’s main fundraiser is the Mano Tinta (“red hand” in Spanish) project. Mano Tinta wines are made using grapes, materials and services that are all donated and 100 percent of the proceeds from their sales benefit the fund. As Talley says, “it’s all about quality.” Talley Vineyards is a little more than five miles from the historic Village of Arroyo Grande at 3031 Lopez Drive. The tasting room is open daily and current releases of both Talley Vineyards and Bishop’s Peak wines are part of the tasting menu. The tasting fee is $6. More information is available by calling (805) 489-0446, or visiting the website www.talleyvineyards.com. www.WineCountryThisWeek.com 7 WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK: CENTRAL COAST 21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival It’s the 21st Annual Live Oak Music Festival, a three-day concert and camping event held every year on Father’s Day weekend at the Live Oak Camp Grounds, in the beautiful and peaceful hills off Hwy 154, above Santa Barbara. This year’s festival will be held on June 19, 20 and 21, 2009. 100% of Live Oak proceeds go to support San Luis Obispo’s KCBX Public Radio, a non-profit organization. also encourages an interest in and website at www.liveoakfest.org. Live Oak Festival host Joe appreciation of fine arts and If ordered from the website ticket Craven offers a line-up that issue-oriented news for the prices are: full festival adult includes Grammy-winning Jim people of the community. tickets are $115, teen tickets $75 Lauderdale Bluegrass Band, The To see the complete three-day and children’s tickets $35. Day Subdudes and Rodney Crowell concert line-up, and to order tickets are $35 for adults and for a colorful mix of traditional, your tickets for the 2009 Live teens and $15 for children. For folk, bluegrass, gospel, blues, Oak Music Festival, visit the details, call (805) 781-3030. jazz, classical and world music. Hone your rowdy barn dancing skills Friday and Saturday evening or partake in a music workshop while the kids enjoy supervised starlight story-time. Live Oak, as it has become affectionately known, is more than just a music festival – it is an experience rooted in music and community. These two elements together create a three-day journey into a timeless place that is far removed from work and schedules. The festival features an aural collage of live music ranging from traditional, folk, bluegrass and gospel, to blues, jazz, classical and world music. KCBX Public Radio was founded in 1975 and is a listener supported, non-profit organiza- tion, serving the counties of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara with interests in classical music, jazz, alternative musical arts and public affairs programs. KCBX 8 www.WineCountryThisWeek.com WINECOUNTRYTHISWEEK ’ S WINECOUNTRYSPOTLIGHT The Casitas of Arroyo Grande You don’t have to go back east to see fall Casitas and see a different world that is close colors.
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