Paso Robles AVA

Paso Robles AVA ( recognized since 4 October 1983) is an American Viticultural Area in the U.S. state of California. The area lies in the eastern part of the administrative area of ​​San Luis Obispo County and is part of the larger Central Coast AVA. North of the appellation, the Hames Valley AVA follows, in the west the small York Mountain AVA.

Since the 1980s, the wine producers have turned to the varieties of French wine region Rhône and build the Syrah with increasing success to.

First vines were set by Franciscan monks near the Mission San Miguel Arcangel station already in 1797. Commercial viticulture is, however, known only from the 1880s, when the York Mountain Winery began operations under its old name Ascension Winery. This winery is one of the oldest American wineries that are cultivated up to the present day.

Since 1990, the area knows a strong expansion. The number of wineries increased from the then 20 farms registered to over 170 The well-known American author, publisher and wine critic Robert Parker attests to the region a high quality potential and called the producer Alban Vineyards, L' Aventure, Linne Calodo, Saxum Vineyards, Villa Creek Cellars, and Tablas Creek Vineyard as the leading representative of the region.