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🍇 Where Wine Takes You, Episode Highlights 🍷

This week, we continue our journey through the eleven nested AVAs of Paso Robles with a stop in the Templeton Gap District, where the Pacific gets a vote, the wind rarely takes the day off, and Paso’s natural power finds a little extra freshness, perfume, and lift.

Joining Adam at SLO CAL Studios are two winemakers operating on very different timelines.

Vic Roberts, owner, estate grower, and winemaker at Victor Hugo Winery, arrived in Paso Robles in 1982. A UC Davis enology graduate, Vic helped with the original Paso Robles AVA effort, participated in the early growth of the Paso Robles Wine Festival, and planted his Templeton property one section at a time with his wife, Leslie.

Sitting beside him is Scott Mathews, owner and winemaker at 915 Lincoln Wines. Scott’s wine journey began when he announced plans to make wine from a kit, and a friend immediately told him absolutely not. Real grapes were picked, an obsession was born, and the project eventually outgrew the garage and basement at 915 Lincoln.

Today, Scott is building a small-production label and welcoming guests into his tasting room on Pine Street in Paso Robles.

Together, Vic and Scott discuss estate farming versus creative sourcing, Viognier’s long climb toward name recognition, small vineyards, tasting-room realities, shifting consumer habits, the current wine market, and how a winemaker stays flexible without losing the reason they started.

Two winemakers.

Two completely different clocks.

One cool, windy corner of Paso Robles tying their stories together.

Later, the Travel Paso Spotlight heads just off the Downtown Paso Robles Park to Nectar Supply Co., a modern apothecary and lifestyle shop featuring clean skincare, wellness goods, home fragrance, gifts, and small-batch products.

Caleb joins Adam to explain what a modern apothecary actually is, how Nectar curates its shelves, what the shop adds to the downtown Paso experience, and where a first-time visitor should begin.

Guests + Featured Brands

• Victor Hugo Winery
  victorhugowinery.com
  Instagram: @victorhugowinery
• 915 Lincoln Wines
  915lincoln.com
  Instagram: @915lincoln
• Nectar Supply Co.
  nectarsupplyco.com
  Instagram: @nectarsupplyco
• Travel Paso
  travelpaso.com

🌐 Paso Wine Wire

🍷 Cab Franc Masters returns to Paso Robles

The fourth annual Cab Franc Masters takes place Sunday, December 6, 2026, at Cass Winery.

The event includes expert-led seminars, culinary pairings, and a grand tasting featuring more than 25 Paso Robles producers pouring Cabernet Franc.

The day begins with a global exploration of the grape led by Sam Schmitt of the Central Coast School of Wine, followed by a food-pairing seminar with winemaker and educator Wes Hagen.

🔗 Read more:
WineBusiness announcement

🔗 Tickets and information:
CabFrancMasters.com

🍇 Central Coast vineyards running early

Central Coast vineyards are reportedly running three to four weeks ahead of schedule, with a lighter 2026 crop also expected.

An early harvest can compress labor, trucking, picking schedules, tank space, and winery production while a lighter crop can affect grape availability and the financial outlook for growers and producers.

🔗 Read more:
Central Coast harvest report

🏡 Bodega de Edgar moves to Templeton

Bodega de Edgar is shifting its tasting-room experience from Paso Robles to Templeton.

The new location is at the Lone Madrone property on West Highway 46, alongside Kitchen 46, adding another wine and food stop to the Templeton tasting map.

Visitors should confirm the current tasting location and hours before arriving.

🔗 Visit Bodega de Edgar:
BodegaDeEdgar.com/visit

🌅 Travel Paso Spotlight

This week’s Travel Paso Spotlight features Nectar Supply Co., located just off the downtown Paso Robles park at 840 11th Street, Suite 102.

The modern apothecary and lifestyle shop offers clean skincare, wellness products, home fragrance, gifts, and small-batch goods curated to turn everyday routines into more thoughtful rituals.

🔗 Learn more:
NectarSupplyCo.com

📱 Instagram:
@nectarsupplyco

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📲 Where Wine Takes You now has its own Instagram. Follow us at @wherewinetakesyou for new episodes, behind-the-scenes pours, guest highlights, and more from Paso wine country.

🎙️ RECORDED AT SLO CAL STUDIOS

Recorded at SLO CAL Studios, San Luis Obispo County, California.

SLO CAL — where the wine is world-class, the people are real, and life is too beautiful to rush.

For turns well taken:
https://slocal.com

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🎙️ Credits
Executive Producer: Joel Peterson + Paso Wine
Associate Producer: Krista Smith
Recorded, edited, hosted by Adam Montiel
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