Rolled into Paso Robles on Monday afternoon. Have always wanted to stop in at Turley for a tasting and we finally got it on the books this trip! 300PM tasting and last of the day. Only 4 wines on the list and one was a Petit Sirah. Tasting fee was a reasonable $25. Our server was a young guy with a heavy Italian accent and he seemed at first a bit more interested in getting off work but the more we engaged with him the more he seemed to come around and the tasting got better and better. Mrs IB is pretty good about engaging people with convo. Her secret.... just ask people about themselves. Most people don't mind this approach and this worked well. He started in on the second wine and I started asking some detailed questions about wine chemistry and grape growing, pH and he really opened up and seemed to forget about getting off work. Had a really nice experience and he even comped our entire tasting fees and gave us the 10% winemakers discount out of the blue. We left with 4 nice bottles of Zin and a great tasting experience!
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