JANUARY 2013 In This Issue... Toys 4 Tots Paso Robles Wine Tour ...

Winding Roads & Wine: (Continued from Page 17)
Eat my dust
and 4 acres of grenache. Their pinots are
dynamite!
With that tasting completed the
group departed for the hotel, with prudent
stops to gas up, as the afternoon wound
down.
Dinner was at Eberle, about five
minutes west of the hotel. Palpable
excitement charged the air as we
realized that this was the night we all
set our clocks back an hour and got an
extra hours’ sleep. The mood was, “let’s
party!” After the tasting room, where
you must try the 2009 sangiovese, oh
my! Bottles tucked under our arms, we
descended to the wine cave where tables
were laid out with linens and candles.
Dinner consisted of tri-tip, salmon or a
vegetarian selection.
What would the Saturday night
dinner be without a round of joke telling?
You have not lived until you have heard
Bob’s joke about the bear hunt. Bob and
Judy thanked everyone for attending
the weekend, and then they recognized
those folks who have helped them make
the trip such a success, including the
Hollanders and the Douglas’s. Bob also
mentioned that we would not be leaving
until 9:30 the next morning, and so that,
coupled with setting the clocks back, lent
a promise of plenty of rest and relaxation
for the Sunday events.
Margaret and I followed our usual
tradition of heading home after breakfast,
better rested to face a busy Monday, but
those who stayed for the Sunday activities
raved about Tobin James, always a fun
tasting in a setting reminiscent of a stage
coach stop. It is less a mere tasting, and
more of a party.
Our sources filled in the day’s events:
Pear Valley was next, and that is the
winery that sent over a tasting on Friday
in the hotel lobby. Another beautiful
hilltop setting with ambiance abundant.
Wild Coyote is a fan favorite and treated
us to a scrumptious BBQ lunch. Giovanni
gave us a talk on the fine points of being
a small winemaker and the changes in
California winegrowing with the influx
of corporations buying vineyards. After
a quick stop for port and cigars at Paso
Port, the remaining few made their way
to Bob & Judy’s new digs for a tour and
a hearty Hungarian goulash.
Most of you know Bob had a heart
attack and bypass surgery shortly after
the tour. We wish him a speedy recovery,
as it wouldn’t be the same in Paso Robles
with out sheriff Bob and his Lady, the
beautiful Judy.
Right - The
die hards had
a true treat of
Judy’s famous
Hungarian
Goulash at Bob’s
new home
First timers included Sean & Laura Taeger and
Joel & Patti Sheiner
Tobin James is a favorite with the ladies
The wine caves provided a perfect backdrop for
our Saturday night meal
Left - tobin
James poured
some of their
private reserve
at our special
morning tasting
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