Between Paso Robles and San Luis Obispo, you’ll find a large swath of land with lots of variation in environment, individual micro-climates, including beaches, vineyards, mountains, cities, farms, and more. There are 9 places to get bubbles in this land in-between.
See more! There are over 80 sparkling wine producers in San Luis Obispo County.
Templeton Area 1. Chateau Margene in Creston
Most wines produced under the Chateau Margene umbrella focus on low-yield grapes grown on the estate or sourced from sustainable wine grape growers in the Santa Lucia Highlands and Paso Robles. Their Mooney Family Blanc de Noir Sparkling Wine is made in Sonoma can be tasted at their estate vineyard and winery in Creston, or at their tasting room on the Embarcadero in Morro Bay.
Méthode Champenoise is how sparkling wine is made in the Champagne region of France, also called méthode traditionnelle or classique. This is the highest-quality and most labor-intensive way to make sparkling wine. It involves bottling the still wine with additions of sugar and yeast after a first fermentation, ensuring a second fermentation happens in the bottle, trapping the bubbles inside. It then goes through aging (and periodic turning of the bottles to force the lees to the neck of the bottle), until it’s ready for dégorgement (to get these lees out) and dosage (to finish the wine).
This Article was originally published on Cali Coast Wine Country
