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Wine Tasting
HWY 101
San Marcos Rd.
24th St.
Nacimiento Lake Dr.
N
I
Mahoney
Drake
7340 Drake Road, Paso Robles
(805) 467-2138
• Multi-Year Zinfandel & Barbera Tasting
• Private Label Artisan Condiments
• Wine Country Art, Books & Carved Gourds
• Oliveto Olive Oil Pouring and Sales
• Gems, Minerals, Fossils and Jewelry
Winery Tasting & Vineyard Tours
most Sundays from 11am-5pm
and by appointment.
Join our Wine Club for a 20% Discount!
Celebrating 30 years of ethical dry farming.
Established Mom & Pop Winery!
HANDCRAFTED BOUTIQUE WINES
even Angels Cellars
Open Fri-Sun 12-5 and by appointment
2985 Anderson Rd., Paso Robles off the 46 West
805.835.4054 SevenAngelsCellars.com
New
Location!
Bruce Hansen and the wine roadshow
that put Paso Robles on the map
There was a time back in the
1990s when few people out-
side of the area knew about Paso
Robles wine. “So a bunch of us
decided to take our wines on the
road and introduce them to the
rest of the country,” said Bruce
Hansen, founder and winemaker
of Hansen Vineyards. “We picked
an area, found someplace where
we could pour wine like a hotel
or some event, loaded the wine
in the trunk of the car, and off
we’d go.”
‘We loaded our
wine in the trunk
of the car, and off
we went’
Bruce’s mind when talking about the
wine roadshow.
Rich Hartenberger reports, “These
trips were critical to spread the word.
Paso was virtually unknown back
then, and people were very open to
learning about this new, exciting wine
region!” He adds, “Of course, Justin
Baldwin, Tobin James, Gary Eberle,
and Art Norman, among many others,
led the way for all of us newcomers.”
Building wineries and creating
wine
Traveling for wine was nothing
new to Bruce. Before starting Hansen
Vineyards, he made a living building
winery and vineyard buildings. “I
must have built around 500 different
buildings for wineries from California
up into Oregon,” he said. “Yes. I built
everything here, too, from our home
to the Cab House, and the rest.”
The group made three or four
trips a year between 2003 and 2009
to locations in California, Las Vegas,
Phoenix, Dallas, and the East Coast.
“Sometimes we flew, but most of the
time we drove,” Bruce said.
Rich Hartnberger, founder and
winemaker of Midnight Cellars, Doug
Kruse of Jack Creek Cellars, Danny
Panico of Dover Canyon Winery,
and Joe Barton of Grey Wolf Barton
Family Wines, came immediately to
Bruce Hansen pouring a barrel sample.