Tuesday, March 25, 2008

A Taste Through the Wine Country

The Wine Cottage Bistro Staff and friends went on a wine tasting tour of the Central Coast. We chose four wineries and asked Prestige Limo service to take us on our tour.

We started with Laetitia winery in Arroyo Grande. Laetitia, formerly known as Maison Duetz, was highly regarded as a champagne house with almost 80% of their production being sparkling wine. Now, they are big producers of Pinot Noir. We arrived at 11:45 and were greeted and then escorted into a private room for our tasting. We carry the Laetitia Brut Cuvee and their second label, Barnwood Cab splits, orange muscat and Sauvignon Blanc and our customers enjoy them very much. Next we drove up the coast to Avila Beach and tasted at Salisbury Vineyards on Avila Beach Road. Salisbury is an old school house that is owned by John Salisbury and family who has 75 acres of grapes in Avila Beach and Paso Robles. They have a bottling of Pinot Naturale that is absolutely amazing. It is Pinot without the skins so it is a nice summer white. Then on to Tolosa Estate Vineyards where John took care of us like royalty. Always stellar wines and a beautiful tasting room we had a great time in the Edna Valley winery. We were quickly running out of time so we didn't get to the last winery, Edna Valley.

All in all our day flew by and we had an amazing time. In the wine country with family and friends is an incredible way to spend the day.