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Wine Tasting
-VISIT US FOR A COMPLIMENTARY TASTINGEnjoy
our winery grounds, taste our remarkable wines,
picnic, play bocce or just relax in the shade.
GLUNZ FAMILY
WINERY & CELLARS
OPEN DAILY 10AM-5PM ~ LOCATED AT 8331 HIGHWAY 46E
GFWC.COM ~ 805-238-1400
The legend behind Chronic Cellars’
artful wines and quirky labels
A beautiful winding drive along
Nacimiento Lake Drive in the
Adelaida District of Paso Robles’s
wine country leads to the Chronic
Cellars tasting room. Situated on a
corner lot with a large green area and
a pet-friendly patio, the tasting room
offers a laid-back experience. Inside
the tasting room, guests get a sense of
the winery’s adventurous vibe with a
large colorful mural and artwork on
the walls. The tasting itself is all about
the wine, and guests may elevate their
tasting by pre-ordering a cheese pair-
ing. Group size is limited to six people
to keep the experience wine-focused.
How the legend got started
The legend of Chronic Cellars
dates to 2004 when the founders,
Josh and Jake Beckett, combined
their winemaking skills with
their wit and humor to turn an
idea into reality using two tons
of the best – or ‘chronic’ – grapes
to make stellar wine. Since then,
each wine
has been
given
a witty
name and
a color-
ful, quirky
label.
Don’t
let the
fun décor
and labels
fool you,
Chronic Cellars is fully commit-
ted to making seriously good
wine. Winemaker Kip Lorenzetti
works with premium growers in
the Paso Robles area to select the
right grapes he wants for crafting
custom blends. The high-quality
wines consistently receive 90+
point accolades.
The legend continues
The wine portfolio includes a
large selection of wines, predomi-
nantly custom red blends, with a
character on the label to repre-
sent the wine. For example, Mr.
Nibbles is a blend of zinfandel,
petite sirah, and syrah featur-
ing a long-eared rabbit claimed
to “have
some-
thing up
his sleeve
and a
good time
on his
mind.”
Knight
Mare is a
blend of
cabernet
sauvignon
and syrah,
sporting a label with the skeleton
of a knight on a horse wielding
a large sword, for a wine that is
meant to “bewitch your senses
and leave you wondering if it was
just a dream.”
The characters on the labels,
coupled with the stellar wine,
have captured people’s atten-
Experience the
adventurous vibe
Chronic Cellars, known for great wine and quirky labels.