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closeAtascadero shoppers searching for the perfect wine will soon get help from their local Albertsons grocery store.
The store, located at 8200 El Camino Real, will start offering wine tasting in a month or two, said Jerry McLaughlin, regional operations specialist for Albertsons.
“It’s a great way for customers to learn about wine,” he said.
The Atascadero City Council voted 5-0 last week to approve the store’s liquor license.
Atascadero’s sister store in Paso Robles has offered wine tastings for three years. They’re held every Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m..
Shoppers can sample local wines – a couple dollars for three half-ounce “tastes” – and learn more about them from winery representatives. Sometimes the wines are paired with appetizers from North County restaurants.
“It’s not just tasting… It’s more of an educational process here,” explained event coordinator Linda Cooks, a liquor department employee for 13 years.
She said the Paso Robles store is currently the only Albertsons in California to offer wine tasting. She wasn’t sure about other grocery store chains.
Atascadero will hold wine tastings once a month, McLaughlin said.
According to McLaughlin, the Atascadero Albertsons sells wines from 84 local wineries, including Robert Hall Winery in Paso Robles, Wild Horse Vineyards in Templeton and Laetitia Vineyard and Winery in the Arroyo Grande Valley.
-- Sarah Linn
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