“Paso is a unique place because everybody wants to see everybody else succeed. Nobody's in competition with the grower down the street. I'll leave my keys in my forklift, if anything happens, go get it. I hear you talking about it, but it's real when you get there in the small vineyards.”
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Asked what the podcast gives him that a search for the best Paso wineries wouldn't, the Boston listener says the community spirit he heard on the show turned out to be real when he visited.
Yeah, I mean, I don't know if I'm supposed to be mentioning my favorite places, but on the east side over there, I mean, Sculptera and Stillwater are just beautiful places to visit. They all are, really. I mean, there's no disappointments.
…you're free to mention your faves here. And I love that you reached out before the trip and that you've been listening for a while. And I'm curious, when you listen to Where Wine Takes You, what are you getting that you don't think you could get just Googling best wineries in Paso? You know what I
mean? You know, Paso is a unique place because everybody wants to see everybody else succeed. Nobody's like in competition with the grower down the street. I'll leave my keys in my forklift. If anything happens, go get it. And all that sort of stuff is, I heard, I hear you talking about it, but it's real when you get there in the small vineyards. It's just amazing.
You know, here's something I'm curious about. After meeting some of these winemakers or some of these people behind the bottles, do you think you, does it almost make you listen to these conversations a little differently now?
Absolutely, I do. Absolutely. And several of the places I went, I would not have gone if I didn't hear your podcast. Pelletier is an example of one.
Bun, get some Italian wines. There you