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For the past three years, the Nipomo Wine Group has been selling its Phantom Rivers Wine through its wine club and Web site, local wine retailers and a handful of restaurants stretching from Los Angeles to the Bay Area.
Not long ago, the powerful red wines of Toro, Spain, were incredible bargains. As the region has been discovered in recent years—both by winemakers from other parts of Spain and by consumers—some pricey new wines have emerged. But there are still some very good wines to be found for $20-$25.
It’s been a cozy relationship for centuries: wine and olive oil, olives and grapes.
As residents of the Railroad Square neighborhood, Jen and Brandon Manuele often “wished there was a place nearby where we could get lattes made with organic milk, or food made from local ingredients, or …”