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San Luis Obispo & South County Wine Tasting
that are available exclusively in the
tasting room.
Visit Autry Cellars tasting
room at 5450-B Edna Road in San
Luis Obispo; open 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Tuesday-Saturday (last reserva-
Visit the tasting room at 2649
Carpenter Canyon Rd, in San
Luis Obispo’s Edna Valley; open
every day from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(except major holidays), claibor-
nechurchill.com, (805) 544-4066.
Baileyana Tasting Room, get a
history lesson in a glass
The Baileyana Tasting Room is
the first you encounter upon enter-
ing the Edna Valley from Orcutt
Road and San Luis Obispo. Housed
in the historic 1909 Independence
Schoolhouse, the tasting room is the
home of Baileyana, Tangent, True
Myth, and Zocker brands.
This charming schoolhouse offers
wine-tasting experiences to accom-
modate all visitors. With around 35
different white, red, and rosé wines
to choose from, there are wines for
every guest from the first-time wine
taster to the expert. With extensive
picnic grounds and views, the fam-
ily-friendly tasting room provides a
memorable and fun experience.
Veteran winemaker Rob
Takigawa focuses on bringing el-
egant chardonnays, aromatic whites,
and pinot noir wines from the cool
Edna Valley and powerful reds from
the warmer Paso Robles to Baileyana
visitors. These wines are rich in sto-
ries, well told by the engaging tasting
room team.
The Baileyana Tasting Room is
located at 5828 Orcutt Road, San Luis
Obispo. It is open from 10 a.m.- 5
p.m. daily, excluding major holidays.
Reservations are required. Please book
on Tock or call (805) 269-8200.
Award-winning wine, grappa,
and brandy at Autry Cellars
Overlooking vineyards and 40
miles of the Santa Lucia mountain
range is Autry Cellars. Owner and
artisan winemaker Steve Autry and
his tasting room staff pour wine
varietals, grappa, and his signature
apple brandy from some of the best
grapes selected from across the
region.
Autry Cellars’ unpretentious
tasting room is “styled in early
American warehouse,” jokes Autry.
But don’t be deceived by the mod-
est décor. Here is where visitors
experience superb wine varietals
along with gold medal best-in-class
grappa and silver medal American
oak and Hungarian oak brandies.
Inspired by a spectacular
zinfandel tasting experience, Autry
became a full-time artisan wine-
maker in 2001 and a fully licensed
brandy distiller in 2012. He says
people who visit his tasting room,
“come for the wine and discover the
brandy,” and gain access to impres-
sive small lot wines and brandies