October 26th– A San Luis Obispo County winery just recently won various awards at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo International Wine Competition.
Hearst Ranch Winery in Paso Robles, a cooperation of Jim Saunders and Steve Hearst, won Top All-Around Winery of the year out of 374 wineries got in.
The 13th yearly red wine competitors was hung on October 3-5, 2022 in San Antonio, TX and included over 880 white wines from throughout the United States and worldwide.
“It is such an honor,” stated owner Jim Saunders, “to be chosen from such a gifted group of wineries. And as a 5th generation Paso Roblean, it is an even higher honor to represent the area on a global platform such as this.”
Hearst Ranch Winery made high honors for all white wines got in, consisting of taking house finest of program red wine/double gold for their 2019 Proprietor’s Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon.
The red wine includes “notes of blackcurrants and baking spice” with “stunning tactile assistance from finely-grained tannin and undaunted level of acidity” according to wine maker Soren Christensen.
Hearst Ranch Winery has actually been producing high quality white wines from their estate, Saunders Vineyard, for over 15 years. They have 2 tasting space areas: at the vineyard in Paso Robles and beach in San Simeon, simply down the hill from Hearst Castle.
For more info, call 805-467-2241 or see hearstranchwinery.com
