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Wine barDowntown
Club Bubbly pours nothing but sparkling wine in the Creamery Marketplace, from Cava and Prosecco to Sekt and Cap Classique, unique in San Luis Obispo.
PourGrower Champagne and Cava by the glass
WineSparkling wines from around the world
TipThe rotating list means last month's Franciacorta may be gone; ask what just landed.
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Wine barEdna Valley
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.
PourSingle-vineyard Pinot Noir flight
WineEdna Valley Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
TipBook the terrace tasting through Tock; the last seating leaves at 15:30.
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Wine barEdna Valley
Chamisal Vineyards has farmed Edna Valley vines since 1973, and its oak-shaded patio tastings sit fifteen minutes from downtown San Luis Obispo.
PourEstate Chardonnay
WineChardonnay and Pinot Noir from the valley's oldest plantings
TipAsk for the Rhone-variety pours alongside the Chardonnay; they rarely leave the wine club otherwise.
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Wine barEdna Valley
Claiborne & Churchill has made dry Alsatian-style Riesling and Gewurztraminer since 1983 in a pioneering straw-bale winery south of San Luis Obispo.
PourDry Riesling
WineDry Alsatian-style Riesling and Gewurztraminer
TipThe straw-bale building is one of California's first; ask about it while tasting the Pinot Gris.
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Wine barEdna Valley
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.
PourEstate sparkling
WineEstate Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and sparkling
TipThe last tasting starts at 16:15; time it for the late-afternoon light on the Santa Lucia foothills.
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Wine barEdna Valley
Wolff Vineyards pours estate Pinot Noir and rare Teroldego from a family-run hillside tasting deck on Orcutt Road just outside San Luis Obispo.
PourOld-vine Teroldego
WineEstate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and old-vine Teroldego
TipThe Teroldego is one of very few Californian plantings of the grape; taste it against the Petite Sirah.