CuisineWine bar
Price$$
NeighborhoodDowntown
HoursTue-Sat 14:00-21:00; Sun 12:00-18:00; Mon closed
Last verified

Tip: The rotating list means last month's Franciacorta may be gone; ask what just landed.

Location

Address: 570 Higuera Street, No. 145, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

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Tolosa Winery ★ 4.4

Wine bar$$$Edna ValleyThu-Mon 11:00-17:00, last tasting 15:30; Tue-Wed closed

Tolosa Winery runs a glass-walled tasting salon over its Edna Valley vines, ten minutes from downtown San Luis Obispo and precise about its Pinot Noir.

Signature pour: Single-vineyard Pinot Noir flight

Wine focus: Edna Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

Tip: Book the terrace tasting through Tock; the last seating leaves at 15:30.

Chamisal Vineyards ★ 4.3

Wine bar$$$Edna ValleyBy reservation only

Chamisal Vineyards has farmed Edna Valley vines since 1973, and its oak-shaded patio tastings sit fifteen minutes from downtown San Luis Obispo.

Signature pour: Estate Chardonnay

Wine focus: Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from the valley's oldest plantings

Tip: Ask for the Rhone-variety pours alongside the Chardonnay; they rarely leave the wine club otherwise.

Claiborne & Churchill Vintners ★ 4.4

Wine bar$$Edna ValleyDaily 11:00-17:00

Claiborne & Churchill has made dry Alsatian-style Riesling and Gewurztraminer since 1983 in a pioneering straw-bale winery south of San Luis Obispo.

Signature pour: Dry Riesling

Wine focus: Dry Alsatian-style Riesling and Gewurztraminer

Tip: The straw-bale building is one of California's first; ask about it while tasting the Pinot Gris.

Biddle Ranch Vineyard ★ 3.8

Wine bar$$$Edna ValleyThu-Mon 11:00-17:00, last tasting 16:15; Tue-Wed closed

Biddle Ranch Vineyard pours estate Chardonnay and sparkling in a glass barn ringed by Edna Valley vines, a short drive from San Luis Obispo proper.

Signature pour: Estate sparkling

Wine focus: Estate Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and sparkling

Tip: The last tasting starts at 16:15; time it for the late-afternoon light on the Santa Lucia foothills.

Wolff Vineyards ★ 3.9

Wine bar$$Edna ValleyDaily 11:00-17:00

Wolff Vineyards pours estate Pinot Noir and rare Teroldego from a family-run hillside tasting deck on Orcutt Road just outside San Luis Obispo.

Signature pour: Old-vine Teroldego

Wine focus: Estate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and old-vine Teroldego

Tip: The Teroldego is one of very few Californian plantings of the grape; taste it against the Petite Sirah.

Saucelito Canyon Tasting Room ★ 4.3

Wine bar$$Edna ValleyDaily 11:00-17:00

Saucelito Canyon pours Zinfandel grown on dry-farmed 1880 vines at its Biddle Ranch Road tasting room in Edna Valley, San Luis Obispo wine at its oldest.

Signature pour: Old-vine Zinfandel

Wine focus: Dry-farmed Zinfandel from 1880 vines

Tip: The original vineyard hides up Arroyo Grande's canyon; the tasting room saves you the dirt road.

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