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Here’s the second part of my recent two-day jaunt to see six wineries from the Santa Maria Valley and S.L.O. Coast up into Paso Robles. If you missed last week’s introduction and my visits to Cambria, Outward, and Chronic Cellars, you can catch up by clicking here. Next up in this week’s Full Belly Files: Nenow Family Wines , Linne Calodo , and Lopai Cellars , with an overnight stay at Inn Paradiso .
NENOW FAMILY WINES: When Drew Nenow was just a 12-year-old 8th-grader growing up in San Diego County, he wrote a letter to his future self explaining that he wanted to study wine in college and become a winemaker. "It’s not quite what I thought it would be," said Nenow with a laugh as he showed me the cellar for Nenow Family Wines , which he runs alongside his wife, sister, and brother-in-law with the support of their extended family.
