Alapay Cellars
415 1st St., (805) 595‐2632. Daily 10:30am-6pm. $10 tasting fee, free with purchase of one bottle.
Set back a block from the beach, this colorful tasting room for Alapay Cellars features creative floor tiling and has several tasting areas with comfy upholstered high stools. Doubling as a gift shop, a plethora of items is also displayed throughout the spacious room. My tasting started with a buttery 2013 Central Coast Chardonnay that had rested in French oak for more than two years. Then came an unusual 2013 Santa Barbara County 100% Cinsault Rhone varietal that makes for nice sipping. An Old World-style 2013 Bien Nacido Reserve Pinot Noir from 40-year-old vines was nice and smooth, and a tasty silver medal-winning 2013 Central Coast Grenache displayed spicy black pepper notes. I like dessert wines and so enjoyed ending with a jammy Paso Robles Zinfandel Port that had been in the barrel for four years and had pleasing berry notes.
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images ©2015 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
Set back a block from the beach, this colorful tasting room for Alapay Cellars features creative floor tiling and has several tasting areas with comfy upholstered high stools. Doubling as a gift shop, a plethora of items is also displayed throughout the spacious room. My tasting started with a buttery 2013 Central Coast Chardonnay that had rested in French oak for more than two years. Then came an unusual 2013 Santa Barbara County 100% Cinsault Rhone varietal that makes for nice sipping. An Old World-style 2013 Bien Nacido Reserve Pinot Noir from 40-year-old vines was nice and smooth, and a tasty silver medal-winning 2013 Central Coast Grenache displayed spicy black pepper notes. I like dessert wines and so enjoyed ending with a jammy Paso Robles Zinfandel Port that had been in the barrel for four years and had pleasing berry notes.
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images ©2015 Carole Terwilliger Meyers
You had me at "buttery Chardonnay"!
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