Dubost Ranch Winery

Cameron and Kali Picking 2009 Viognier

Raines-Dubost grandchildren Kali (1) and Cameron (3) helped harvest the 2009 viognier.  Kate gave them scissors for safety and showed them how to choose a ripe cluster and cut it off the vine.

"After the excitement of using scissors wore off," said Kate, "their enthusiasm for picking quickly waned.  Then they just wanted to eat the grapes and Cameron ran around and shot pictures of his tennis shoes with my camera."

But generational respect runs strong in the Dubost-Raines family, and I have a feeling we will see more of Cameron and Kali helping out as the 2009 vintage progresses. 

Kali carefully cuts her cluster.  Notice the working position of her hat.

Cameron gets that bossy winemaker look in his eye. 
 

Wine Club 'Halloween' Pickup Party

Wine Club Members!

Our "Country Club" Fall Release Pick-up Party is here!  This is a private event for wine club members only, so please RSVP.

• Saturday
• October 31, 2009
• 4-8 p.m.

Pick up fall wine club offerings and taste new releases!  There will be a full moon to light our frolics and engage our senses.  We will serve a goblin-inspired cuisine, lightly charred and spiced, to complement a vertical tasting of smoky, sultry syrahs.

R.S.V.P. 805-226-8463

• Library Tasting of Dubost Syrah Vintages
• 'Goblin' Cuisine
• Costume Optional

Wine club releases will be shipped the week of November 2.

Happy Halloween!

What is the image on our tasting glass?

This is a photo of our winery logo glass.  Look closely at the etched art on the face of the glass.  What do you think this is?  Be real, or be creative and funny.  Enjoy!

Labor Day Weekend

What a fun weekend.  We'd like to thank all of our customers and friends who stopped by to share our love of good food and great wine.  Our hospitality staff rocked as always, as did our volunteer helpers. 

We started out the weekend with a big spread of appetizers--grilled vegetables, sausages, olives, grapes, ratatouille and more--served on the crushpad under a screened tent. 

On Saturday, the spread grew as winery owner Curt Dubost brought more food off the grill, like this slow-cooked pork shoulder.  You may not be able to see it in the photo but juices were still running down the sides of this baby.

Here we have tasting glasses lined up for a party of 20 people.  The glasses rest on a slab of oak cut from a felled tree on the property.

And later, after our winery guests left, we enjoyed a balmy evening on the crushpad, playing Texas Hold'em.  In the middle of our game, the ground started to rock as a 2.2 earthquake shuddered its way underneath us.  Although everyone's eyes grew wide as we peered nervously around us at the stacked barrels and stainless steel equipment, no one abandoned their hand.

Winery owner Curt Dubost gets ready to deal the cards, completely unfazed by a mere 2.2 ...

Art in the Adelaida

  

 

Join us for an evening of wine, food and art in the historic Halter Ranch barn and covered bridge. Under balmy August skies and throughout a pretty sunset, we will be sharing food and wine, while viewing and bidding on art and photography from some of the finest central coast artists. Sit elbow to elbow with area winemakers and winery owners who are supporting in the event. Some winery owners, including Kate Dubost, will also be involved in planning, preparing and serving the dinner!

• For more information and to reserve tickets, call 226-9455. Tickets are $95 per person

Welcome to Dubost Wines!

Dubost Ranch and Winery is located in the mountainous Adelaida Hills of northwest Paso Robles.  Our ranch produces grapes, olives, persimmons and pomegranates, and we raise sheep as well.  We strive to be good stewards of our family's land, and to honor the ranch history, which spans five generations. Our vineyards and winery have been developed with the goal of producing wines which will carry the family name with pride and allow us to keep our family ranch for the generations to come. To that end, we produce fine wines in which we have the same pride as we have in our family and our family legacy.

Dubost Ranch

The Dubost Family left the Cherbourg region of France after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to escape the violence in Europe. They were blacksmiths by trade and first immigrated to Hawaii and the Black Hills of South Dakota before settling on the Central California Coast.

Adelaida at that time was a populous area with many miners and homesteaders and the Dubosts operated a General Store, Post Office and Dance Hall. Alexandrine was the post mistress for many years and her son Raymond farmed the ranch for over 90 years, while also operating the local telephone company until 1960. There is an historical marker at the site of the old store and post office commemorating the town of Adelaida and the role played by the Dubost family.

The vineyards and winery are on 320 acres of hillsides in the heart of Adelaida. The climate and limestone soils are perfect for producing premium grapes and the straw bale winery is a model for sustainable production facility.

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Greetings from all of us!

Curt Dubost, Business

Kate Dubost, Wine Sales
805-459-8119 - Cell
kdubost@dubostwine.com

Jacob Raines, Winemaker
jraines@dubostwine.com

Ree Kelly, Wine Club, Tasting Room
ree@dubostwine.com

Ted Dubost, Ranch Manager/Walnuts