Author: Libbie Agran

The Far Out Wineries of Paso Robles consisted of a group of winemakers located in remote areas west of Paso Robles where tourists and wine lovers were unlikely to visit.

Doug Beckett and his partner Pat Wheeler opened a tasting room to market their Tobias Zinfandel directly to the public in the quiet beach town of Cayucos.

The York Mountain Tasting Room was the cozy, classy, and award-winning tasting room in the 1980s and 1990s in San Luis Obispo County.

George and Ann Nagano, recognizing that small wineries west of Paso Robles and in Templeton were being overlooked by visitors and locals, established a gourmet delicatessen and a tasting room in 1984 to promote and sell wines for fifteen small family-owned local wineries.

The Rotta Winery Tasting Room (1937-1976) was the most popular tasting room in the 1960s and early 1970s.