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🍇 Where Wine Takes You, Episode Highlights 🍷

This week, Adam sits down with Emily Saladino, wine and food writer, editor, recipe developer, wine columnist for The Washington Post, and writer-at-large for Wine Enthusiast.

The conversation starts with Emily’s Wine Enthusiast piece asking why Gen X a generation with serious spending power and years of wine experience, so often disappears from the industry conversation. From there, Adam and Emily take the question through a Paso Robles lens: What happens when wineries get so focused on finding the next customer that they stop noticing the loyal one who has been showing up for twenty years?

They also get into wine education, expertise without intimidation, trusting your own palate, the current slowdown in wine, language that welcomes people instead of shutting them out, and Emily’s wonderfully sharp description of wine as “beautifully inefficient.” The conversation ultimately becomes less about one generation and more about attention: who gets it, what deserves it, and what happens when we actually slow down enough to notice.

Later, our Travel Paso Spotlight hits the gravel with Bryan Yates, creator of The Bovine Classic. The seriously unserious cow-themed cycling weekend returns October 22–25, 2026, with the main ride on Saturday, October 24. Bryan and Adam talk gravel culture, North County terrain, the community around the event, and why riders come for the challenge but tend to stick around for the party.

EMILY SALADINO

Official Website:
https://www.emilysaladino.com/

Wine Enthusiast:
https://www.wineenthusiast.com/contributor/emily-saladino/

The Wine Industry Is Forgetting About an Important Generation:
https://www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/gen-x-forgotten-wine/

TRAVEL PASO SPOTLIGHT: THE BOVINE CLASSIC

The Bovine Classic:
https://www.thebovineclassic.com/

Travel Paso Bovine Classic Guide:
https://www.travelpaso.com/events/annual-events-and-festivals/the-bovine-classic/

📰 PASO WINE WIRE

Ancient Peaks Takes Margarita Vineyard to the Coast

Ancient Peaks Winery has opened AP by the Sea, a Cambria tasting room inside the Pelican Inn & Suites on Moonstone Beach Drive, pouring estate wines from Margarita Vineyard just steps from the Pacific.

https://pasoroblesdailynews.com/ancient-peaks-opens-new-tasting-room-in-cambria/223407/

Garagiste Wine Festival Returns for Year 16

The Garagiste Wine Festival returns to Paso Robles November 6–7, 2026, bringing more than 50 micro-production winemakers, 200-plus wines, new venues, and a seminar exploring Italian grape varieties grown in Paso.

https://www.garagistefestival.com/paso-robles-nov-2026

🍂 HARVEST WINE MONTH

October is Harvest Wine Month in Paso Robles Wine Country, with winery events happening throughout the month, including vineyard experiences, dinners, grape stomps, live music and more.

See what’s happening at PasoWine.com

🎯 Plan your next Paso Robles getaway at travelpaso.com

📲 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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