My first guest this week is Costoro Cellars proprietor Niels Udsen. You learn all about this award winning, Organic and SIP certified sustainable winery in Paso Robles. I’ll also be tasting four of the Estate wines during my Saturday evening Face Book Live Virtual Tasting at 6:00 p.m.
The husband and wife team of Niels and Bimmer Udsen established Castoro Cellars in 1983
with the goal of producing world-class wines from Paso Robles-appellation grapes. Niels,
born and raised in Ventura, California, got started in the Paso Robles wine business while
studying Agribusiness at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. Eventually,
His love of production and wines led him and Bimmer to establish their own winery in the area.
Castoro Cellars has grown to what it is today by a series of events that Niels and Bimmer Udsen
call the ‘backwards approach.’ The Udsen’s first made and sold the wine, then purchased their
own equipment, the winery, the tasting room, and then began purchasing and planting vineyards.
Castoro’s tasting room is in Templeton off scenic Highway 46 West and the winemaking facility
is located on the East Side of Paso Robles in San Miguel. Both facilities opened in 1990.
With the help of Niels’ mentor and Castoro Cellar’s winemaker,
Tom Myers, the Udsen’s have gone from making a few barrels
of wine for family and friends in a rented corner of someone
else’s winery to developing a custom-crush operation and a
30 – 40k case enterprise for Castoro Cellars.
Castoro Cellars currently has over 1,400 acres of Estate vineyards,
which are certified organic by CCOF
and all the vineyards are SIP Certified. www.castorocellars.com
Good Life Guy’s Virtual Wine Tasting – Aug 29, 6:00 p.m. Central
|Face Book LIVE – A Selection of Costoro Cellars Wines
These wines are available at Jacob Liquor on North Rock Road.
Outside of Kansas you may want to call your wine merchant to check availability!
Grab the wines and join the FUN
- 2018 Castoro Cellars Estate Sauvignon Blanc
- 2018 Castoro Cellars Estate Chardonnay
- 2018 Castoro Cellars Estate Zinfandel
- 2018 Castoro Cellars Estate Cabernet
Downloads:
Castoro Tasting Guide
FB Live tips Go here to join the party: Guy’s Facebook Page