Halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the coastal town of San Luis Obispo provides the gateway to Paso Robles, California's most rapidly growing American viticulture area. Heading inland on Highway 101 North, the ruggedly gorgeous Santa Lucia Mountains quickly rise. Toil up a steep grade and through a gap at about 1,500 feet above sea level, and Paso Robles' vineyards unfold majestically on the green slopes and brown, rolling valley below.
When Gary Eberle turned out his first wines at the Estrella River Winery in the early 1970s, he had big dreams for California's Paso Robles region. Situated halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco in the heart of California's vast Central Coast, El Paso de Robles had everything an aspiring winemaker could want: enough daytime heat to ripen hearty grape varieties such as cabernet sauvignon, and cool evening temperatures to keep the acids lively and fresh.
Befitting its name, Paso Robles, located halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, used to be known primarily as a place to pass through on the way to somewhere else. No more. Paso, as locals call it, now is a destination all its own, for more and more wine lovers make sure to stop there because it has become home to some of the state's most exciting wines.
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