{"id":68,"date":"2013-03-04T00:45:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T00:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2013-03-04T00:45:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T00:45:38","slug":"paso-robles-grand-tasting-tour-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/04\/paso-robles-grand-tasting-tour-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tasting-Tour_Web-Header_949x173_b2.jpgc_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74\" title=\"Tasting Tour_Web Header_949x173_b2.jpgc\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tasting-Tour_Web-Header_949x173_b2.jpgc_.jpg\" alt=\"Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013\" width=\"608\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tasting-Tour_Web-Header_949x173_b2.jpgc_.jpg 608w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Tasting-Tour_Web-Header_949x173_b2.jpgc_-300x85.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 608px) 100vw, 608px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each year the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasowine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance<\/a> puts together some of the areas finest wineries for their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasowine.com\/events\/grandtasting.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour<\/a>, bringing over 150 wines to enthusiastic Paso fans throughout California. This year a half dozen of our &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/wineries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Back Roads Wineries<\/a>&#8221; are participating in the Grand Tasting as well as special winemaker dinners in conjunction with the tour. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambythestate.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ambyth Estate<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.casswines.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cass Winery<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chateaumargene.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chateau Margene<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pomarjunction.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pomar Junction<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stangervineyards.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stanger<\/a> will be there with their whites and reds representing the wide array of grape varieties grown in the Paso Robles wine region. While the San Diego and Los Angeles tastings have already\u00a0occurred this last week, if you&#8217;re in the San Francisco area the tour will be out your way on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pasowine.com\/events\/grand-tasting-tour-san-francisco.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-69\" title=\"Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/001-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance\" width=\"327\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/001-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/001-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/001-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/001-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/001.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the Los Angeles tasting, Mike Mooney of Chateau Margene was one of three winemakers to speak at seminar held prior to media\/trade tasting. He poured and discussed his 2009 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon and 2009 Meritage, a blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 20% Cabernet Franc.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_70\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\" wp-image-70   \" title=\"Michael Mooney, of Chateau Margene\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/016-763x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Mooney, of Chateau Margene, speaking at wine seminar prior to LA media\/trade tasting at Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013\" width=\"293\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Mooney, of Chateau Margene, speaking at wine seminar prior to LA media\/trade tasting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_71\" style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71\" class=\" wp-image-71  \" title=\"Tasting lineup at Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013 trade\/media seminar\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/007-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Tasting lineup at Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013 trade\/media seminar\" width=\"553\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/007-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/007-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/007-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/007.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-71\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tasting lineup at Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013 trade\/media seminar<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-76\" title=\"Pomar Junction wines\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/017-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Pomar Junction wines at Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/017-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/017-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/017-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/017-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/017.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_77\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77\" class=\" wp-image-77  \" title=\"Pomar Junction award winning bottle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/020-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pomar Junction award winning bottle\" width=\"368\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/020-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/020-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/020-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/020-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/020.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-77\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The back of Pomar Junction&#8217;s 2010 Reserve Late Harvest Viognier bottle, an award winning design.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_78\" style=\"width: 316px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\" wp-image-78  \" title=\"Pomar Junction 2010 Reserve Late Harvest Viognier\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/021-567x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Pomar Junction 2010 Reserve Late Harvest Viognier\" width=\"306\" height=\"553\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pomar Junction 2010 Reserve Late Harvest Viognier<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_79\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\" wp-image-79    \" title=\"JP French of Stanger Vineyards\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/025-777x1024.jpg\" alt=\"JP French of Stanger Vineyards\" width=\"336\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/025-777x1024.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/025-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/025-768x1012.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/025-1166x1536.jpg 1166w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/025.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JP French of Stanger Vineyards with 2008 Bench, 50% Cabernet Sasuvignon, 38% Syrah, 12% Tempranillo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_80\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/027.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80\" class=\" wp-image-80  \" title=\"Ambyth Estate\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/027-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Ambyth Estate biodynamically produced wines\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/027-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/027-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/027-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/027-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/027.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-80\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ambyth Estate biodynamically produced wines<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\" wp-image-81  \" title=\"Ted Plemons of Cass Wine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/031-681x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Ted Plemons of Cass Wine\" width=\"327\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/031-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/031-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/031-768x1154.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/031-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/031.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-81\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ted Plemons of Cass Wine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-82\" title=\"Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/029-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Back Roads Wineries of Paso Robles at Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour 2013\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/029-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/029-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/029-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/029-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/029.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Each year the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance puts together some of the areas finest wineries for their Paso Robles Grand Tasting Tour, bringing over 150 wines to enthusiastic Paso fans throughout California. This year a half dozen of our &#8220;Back Roads Wineries&#8221; are participating in the Grand Tasting as well as special winemaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[69,79,117,128],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-los-angeles","tag-paso-robles-grand-tasting-tour","tag-tasting","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backroadswineries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}