Vintages

• Vintages

  Olive oil in wine country

  It’s been a cozy relationship for centuries: wine and olive oil, olives and grapes.

  • Story: Tasting olive oil: Dunk, sip or slurp?
  • Story: Olive oil: Serving Suggestions
  • Gallery: Olive oil in wine country

• Tours to take you off the beaten path

  We never tire of exploring the wineries we have here in our back yard. But sometimes we want a little something different. Following are some ideas for alternate ways to experience what the region has to offer.

  • Gallery: Tours to take you off the beaten path

• Sideways into the Santa Maria Valley

• Central Coast hot spots

• Tastings: 3 wines to drink now, 3 to cellar

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• Sideways into the Santa Maria Valley

• Central Coast hot spots

• Tastings: 3 wines to drink now, 3 to cellar

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Wine Notes: Judd Family Wines

Ever since James Thurston Judd’s great-grandfather planted grapes on his Utah ranch and started quietly making wine for the Mormon Church, farming and wine have been Judd family traditions.

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• California chardonnays too similar

• Wine Notes: Effects of the recession on industry

• Rhone zone offers plenty of bargains

• Wine Notes: Phantom Rivers Wine

• Toro, Spain, offers some strong reds

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Stylish seafood

Cioppino and pinot noir is a winning culinary combo being celebrated in style at Leonard and Wendy Cohen’s new Ciopinot Seafood Grille in downtown San Luis Obispo.

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• Feast for the senses, fresh from the farm

• Lots to love at Sally Loo’s

• Fig brings fresh, bold flavors to Atascadero

• Fish and chips in classic form

• SLO deli has gourmet flair and vintage character