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• Wine alliance honors Windward Vineyard owners

  Wine alliance honors Windward Vineyard owners

  A couple that courted over pinot noir is being celebrated for their contribution to the Paso Robles wine industry.

  The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance honored Marc Goldberg and Maggie D’Ambrosia, the owners of Windward Vineyard, as 2011 Wine Industry Persons of the Year at the group’s annual dinner last weekend.

  “We were, of course, pleasantly surprised and felt thoroughly rewarded for 21 years of effort to create a great Burgundian-style pinot noir,” Goldberg said. “I felt totally humbled being recognized for these things that I take for granted.”

• Photos: Paso Robles Classic Car Weekend

  Photos: Paso Robles Classic Car Weekend

  Spectators young and old filled Paso Robles’ Downtown City Park on Saturday to view the sleek glint of chrome and color.

  The Paso Robles Classic Car Weekend continues today with a motorcycle poker run featuring wine tasting, poker games and a winery barbecue.

  A vintage car cruise down Spring Street was featured Friday evening.

• Chamber of Commerce group elects board

  Chamber of Commerce group elects board

  The San Miguel Chamber of Commerce Development Group met at 10th Street Café to enjoy food provided by Dallas Holt and elect a board of directors.

  Special guests were Mike Gibson from the Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce, Linda Hendy from the Atascadero chamber, and Vicki Shelby, assistant to Supervisor Frank Mecham.

  Six positions were filled: President and Secretary Miki Landseadel, board Chairman Jeff Marsden, Vice-Chair and Winery Liaison Raynette Gregory, Logistics Director Jodee Rowe, Director of Publicity Mike Sanders, and Employment Director Nelly Maldonado.

• Savor a second time: Food-and-wine extravaganza returns to Central Coast

  Savor a second time: Food-and-wine extravaganza returns to Central Coast

  As San Luis Obispo County’s $1 billion tourism industry remains one of the main drivers of the local economy, organizers of Sunset Savor the Central Coast say the second annual four-day food-and-wine event is the most recent — and high-profile — attempt to increase awareness of the region.

  The event, which organizers say generated $1.7 million in tourist spending to the local economy in 2010, kicks off Thursday.

  “Visitors may choose to come to Savor, but the reality is they are probably spending dollars outside of Savor, too,” county Visitors & Conference Bureau executive

• Atascadero and Templeton plan haunted houses

  Atascadero and Templeton plan haunted houses

  Volunteers in Templeton and Atascadero have worked for weeks to put on two haunted houses for this Halloween.

  Templeton’s haunted house, organized by the nonprofit Templeton Recreation Foundation and the Templeton Fire Department, is built in a vacant four-bedroom duplex on Main Street. The home’s aged character, complete with boarded-up windows, adds to its spookiness. It’s a fundraiser for firefighter training and a new community gym. Atascadero’s is a neighborhood effort on Junipero Avenue where friends turned one house into “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” with various skits, costumes and props to benefit the Boy Scouts.

  “We let people pick what they want in terms of acting and costumes. Everyone has their own specialty,” said resident Nancy Weatherman, noting that 63 people helped. She’s organized the event for the past eight years as a way to bring neighbors together.