Edward Sellars Tasting & Vineyard Tour with Paso Robles Rotary Corkscrews

It is early September in Paso Robles and the temperature has been reaching over 100 degrees during the day.   On Thursday, September 8th the Paso Robles Rotary Corkscrews Club met at Edward Sellars Vineyard & Winery.   This is a club whose members are  Paso Robles Rotarians, but also have a love for wine!  

Dani Sellars, of Edward Sellars was a gracious hostess this evening as we were treated to tasting the current wines on the tasting list as well as were given an informative vineyard tour.
Here are a few things I learned at Edward Sellars today:

• Edward Sellars Vineyards are a beautiful 30 acre vineyard full of Rhone varietals on the west side of Paso Robles
• The Rhone varietals grown are: Red: Syrah, Mouvedre, and Grenache; White: Grenache Blanc Marsanne and Roussanne
• This vineyard is in its 6th leaf, which means this will be their 6th harvest from these vines, or they planted the vines 6 years ago.
• Edward Sellars grows and produces primarily Rhone varietal wines and blends but they do purchase grapes from other vineyards in the west side region of Paso Robles, including a few non-Rhone varietals including Zinfandel and Tempranillo.
• These non-Rhone varietals are used to create what Dani described as their "Rouge Rhone blends"  These two wines are the Cognito (which is a blend of Mourvere, Zinfandel, Syrah & Grenache) and the Saboteaur (Tempranillo, Mourvedre, Syrah & Grenache).   

Edward Sellars is a great place to visit any day of the week and learn about their wines while tasting and taking in the beautiful views of the surrounding vineyards.   From the tasting bar you can peek right into the winery's barrel room and perhaps catch a glimpse of the winemaker or owners, Ed & Dani Sellars doing some behind the scenes wine work.   Also if you enjoy listening to music and munching on some killer BBQ while tasting wine, come out on any Saturday and Kendall & all the amazing Edward Sellars "Pourfessionals" behind the bar will take great care of you!
Cheers!

View of the vineyard from the patio just outside the tasting room at Edward Sellars.

Patio outside Edward Sellars Tasting Room.

Roussane (White, Rhone varietal) growing in the vineyards at Edward Sellars.

Visit Edward Sellars Vineyards & Wines!

Website: http://www.edwardsellers.com
Address: 1401 West Highway 46, Paso Robles, CA 93446
Phone: (805) 239.8915
Hours: Daily, 11am - 5pm