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Stay in Pismo Beach, where more than 20 wineries are located within a very short drive.

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Every day is a good day for wine tasting in Pismo Beach. Enjoy a classic cabernet or chardonnay in this classic California beach town!

Tastes of the Valleys
911 Price Street, Pismo Beach, CA 93449
805-773-VINO (773-8466)
Website

Tastes of the Valleys is a full-service wine bar serving over 170 wines daily, by the glass. Stop by for a relaxing visit in a comfortable cellar-like atmosphere. Sample the wines and choose from an array of delectable appetizers, including flat bread pizza, cheese and salami, chocolate truffles and dukkah, an “addictive” Egyptian dip combined of spices, seeds and nuts. Lower glass prices and free cheeses and “nibbles” are served during Wine Madness on Thursday evenings.
Open 365 days a year.
Sun-Thurs Noon to 9 pm
Fri-Sat & Holidays Noon to 10 pm

Vino Versato
781 Price Street
805-295-6622
Website

Billed as Pismo Beach’s hippest wine bar, Vino Versato offers three beers on tap and 50 different wines, many of them local and only available at Vina Versato and at the vineyard. Enjoy a glass of wine in the private outdoor patio while sampling such delicacies as capocollo, salami and prosciutto with aged Gouda and baby Swiss cheese; white bean hummus with pita bread and heirloom tomatoes; spicy black bean dip with parmesan crisps, tortilla chips and toasted pine nuts; and Belgium chocolate pudding with chocolate truffles. No cover charge to hear local musician Tim Jackson perform Saturdays from 6-8:30 pm. Winemaker Wednesdays from 5:30-7:30 pm.
Mon-Sat 2-9 pm
Sun 4 to 8 pm
Closed Tuesday

Pismo Beach Winery
271B Five Cities Drive
Pismo Beach, CA 93449
805-773-Wine (773-9463)
Website

Don’t forget to stop by Pismo Beach Winery, located behind Prime Outlets Pismo Beach! This family-owned and operated boutique/artisan winery specializes in small lot, handcrafted award-winning wines, produced from premium grapes harvested exclusively from local vineyards. Winemakers Bryan and Martin Friedman have created a wonderful little winery, where their unique series of exceptional artisan wines can be experienced.
Sun-Sat Noon-5 pm

The Wine Makers is an exciting new reality television show for PBS that follows 12 candidates as they learn the wine industry, and compete to win their own wine label.

The following is from the San Luis Obispo Vintners

"South San Luis Obispo County, located halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, has earned worldwide recognition and respect for the exceptional quality of wine grapes produced in this ideal viticultural area. The area includes the Edna Valley, the Arroyo Grande Valley, each a designated American Viticultural Area, the Avila Valley and Nipomo.

Wine growing in San Luis Obispo County stretches back to the missionary days of California viticulture, when the first grapevines were planted by the Franciscan padres who settled California in the 1880s. Today, because of this region's ideal world-class microclimate and soils, wine grapes are the leading crop in San Luis Obispo County.

There are over 3000 acres of vines in South San Luis Obispo County, and more vineyards are being planted. The climate and soils have been proven to provide the perfect environment for growing and producing ultra premium quality wines.

Due to the unique geography of the South Central Coast, the valleys have east-west orientations and are distinguished by the extensive maritime influence on the climate and soil. The soils are dominated by marine deposits left millions of years ago when the valleys were under water. Loam and clay topsoil overlay calcareous marine deposits promoting complex flavors.

The climate is tempered by marine air flowing directly into the valley from the Pacific Ocean. This cooling influence creates an unusually long growing season resulting in greatly intensified varietal flavors. All of these elements produce wine grapes and wines of complex flavors and intensity found only in the world's greatest wine regions."