2014 July PASO Magazine

BUSINESS
Rockin’ The Vine - Summer Music Concerts at Poalillo
By Chuck Desmond
It’s Summer! At last, after a lousy,
dry and crummy winter, the music
scene has started! POALILLO
VINEYARDS is where it’s at this
year, my friends! Po-lil-o is how
it’s pronounced.
Located on the Rodeo Drive
of Paso’s wine trails (where there
are 11 wunnerful wineries located
within a five minute drive) ya just
wouldn’t expect anything less in
terms of a great experience for
wine and music at a vineyard. The
business was started by Charlie and
Joyce Poalillo. Charlie had been a
professional photographer for his
career based in Southern California
(see June PRM).
Lore has it that it took almost
7 seconds for Joyce to say, “Yes!”
when Charlie asked her if they
should pack up everything and
everyone and move to El Paso
de Robles and grow grapes in the
very early 70s. By the mid 1990s
Tobin James told Charlie, “I’m
not going to buy your grapes anymore!
They are too good, so, go
start your own winery!”
“I don’t know how
to do that,” Charlie
said. “You will,” Toby
told him! He did
and in ‘95, the first
tasting room opened
at Willow Creek. An
early photo of Charlie
and Joyce is the
basis for the label on
the wine bottles. Now, since 2010,
Poalillo is located at 7970 Vineyard
Dr. in a killer setting surrounded
by the vines and the views. There
is even a one-bedroom get-awayhouse
on the property that features
everything you’d imagine for
the perfect break-in-the-action-ata-winery
from life as we know it!
Today, the operation is owned by
Susan (Poalillo) Garretson and her
husband Dave. There are 10 1⁄2 acres
on the property and 1200 cases are
produced each year. Chardonnay,
Sauvignon Blanc are followed by
a Rosé and then 3 different Zins, a
Cab and a Zin Port.
The vineyard’s tasting room is
open EVERY day from 11 a.m.
until it’s just finally time to close
Susan Garretson in the tasting room.
up for the day. Pizza and salads are
also available and with this great
weather that we love, it is really hard
to imagine a better way to hide out
in the middle of a day – and then
stay a lot longer!
Ah, but Chuck, the headline says,
“MUSIC.” Tell me!
The family thrives on music and
Dave Garretson is a pretty darn
good picker in his own rite. The
result is that there is weekend music
about 9 months in each year. To
focus even more, this is the second
year that there is a dedicated
Summer Concert Series at Poalillo.
Hi-energy bands are the mainstay.
You’ll recognize the sixteen band
names and when you hear that Julie
and the Bad Dogs, Louie Ortega,
The Mighty Croon
Dogs are on the
list, well, make sure
the dancing shoes
are in prime condition!
It’s definitely
time To Rock in
the Vines!
The next concert
is July 12th and
there is one-a-week until the end
of October. Music starts at 6:30
but the best seats get taken at
about 6 p.m. With seating sorta
limited to about 50, you can be
your own time-schedule judge!
Food and wine at that time? Of
course! Tickets cost $20 pp and
that includes the first glass o’ vino
and dessert! Club members get a
discount. Meals are $10 pp prepared
by Chef Jeffrey Scott or Ms.
Oddette BBQ.
Your next question of course is,
where’s the info? Go to BrownPaperTickets.com
or use the phone
and call 238-0621 to reserve tickets.
Need more Poalillo? Click on the
ol’ Facebook and YouTube. Lotsa
Poalillo there! Time to P-A-R-T-Y!
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