During my Spaswinefood travels to El Paso de Robles, California in June I visited Peachy Canyon Winery. Peachy Canyon Winery is a small family owned winery. The winery was founded by the Beckett Family in 1988. Peachy Canyon Winery is high on my list because it is one of Paso Robles greener wineries. The winery uses sustainable agriculture practices that meet requirements to be Sustainability in Practice Certified (SIP Certified).
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| Peach Canyon Winery © Spaswinefood |
Peachy Canyon's historic Old School House tasting room is located at 1480 N. Bethel Road, Templeton. The winery's vineyards include Snow Vineyard, Old School House Vineyard, Mustang Springs Ranch and Mustard Creek Vineyard. During our visit to the Old School House I took the following photos:
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| Old School House Vineyard © Spaswinefood |
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| Old School House Vineyard © Spaswinefood |
The varietals produced by Peachy Canyon Winery include reds (Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel Port, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petite Sirah), whites (Chardonnay and Viognier) and blends.
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| Old School House Tasting Room © Spaswinefood |
Amongst the wines I tasted my favorites were the Peachy Canyon Savior 2011 (a Zinfandel) and Sin Nombre 2010 (33% Caladoc, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Malbec and 7% Merlot) and a Zinfandel Port.
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Peachy Canyon Savior 2011 © Spaswinefood
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Peachy Canyon Sin Nombre 2010 © Spaswinefood
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Peachy Canyon Zinfandel Port IX © Spaswinefood
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You can check out wine reviews of Peachy Canyon wines at Snooth, with selected wines reviewed by Kansas City Mamas, Las Vegas Review Journal and Wine Welfare. Reviews of Peachy Canyon wine by winery visitors include Tripadvisor and Yelp. Peachy Canyon wines are available throughout the US, Europe, Pacific Rim and Canada.
After wine tasting it was lunch time; so we had lunch in the picnic area. I selected the Peachy Canyon Viognier 2010 to go with our picnic lunch.
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| Picnic area © Spaswinefood |
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| Picnic time with a Peachy Canyon Viognier 2010 © Spaswinefood |
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| Peachy Canyon Viognier 2010 © Spaswinefood |
Peachy Canyon Winery SIP Certified vineyards are located in Paso Robles American Viticulture Area (AVA), California's third largest and fastest growing wine region. Given there are over 200 wineries in this appellation, it is important to note that Peachy Canyon Winery is one of the SIP Certified wineries in the AVA (see lastest update on SIP wineries). Check out my travels in Paso Robles and elsewhere at Spaswinefood, or visit my travel column at the Examiner.
Sharon
June 2012
Paso Robles, California
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I like the wine, but was not able to taste at the time we were at Peachy Canyon.
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