🍇 Where Wine Takes You – Episode Highlights 🍷

This week, we’re diving into the creative current flowing through Downtown Paso’s tasting rooms — and the two distinct winemakers who are helping define the vibe.

Joining Adam Montiel in the studio:

Jason Bushong, owner & winemaker at Bushong Vintage Company

Lauren Lange, winemaker at Sea Shell Cellars

 

We talk tasting room culture, downtown energy, and how wine can be as much about expression as it is terroir. Expect neon. Vinyl. Maybe some beach sand. And plenty of Paso magic.

🌐 Paso Wine Wire

A quick look at what’s buzzing in Paso:

• Hope Family Wines Adds Beekeeping to the Farm

Regenerative farming takes flight — literally — as Hope Family Wines integrates bees into their vineyard ecosystem.

→ Read more

• Paso Wines Support Cystic Fibrosis Gala

Paso producers made a powerful showing at the California Winemasters event, raising millions to fight CF.

→ Read more

• Ridge is Coming to Paso

It hasn’t hit the press yet, but the word is out — Ridge Vineyards is setting up shop in Paso.

After decades sourcing fruit (like Benito Dusi), the iconic California label is finally calling Paso home.

🌴 Travel Paso Spotlight

This week, we check in with Victor Popp, the hospitality powerhouse behind the newly renovated La Quinta Inn in Paso Robles.

With a $3M makeover, award-winning service, and the busiest wine weekend of the year on deck — Victor breaks down why Paso’s accommodations game is as strong as its wine list.

→ Plan your trip now at TravelPaso.com

Also Mentioned:

🍷 Visit Sea Shell Cellars

🎸 Visit Bushong Vintage Co.

🎟️ Wine Fest tickets + lineup → PasoWine.com

🎁 Win passes to Wine Fest → AdamMontiel.com

📢 Housekeeping:

• Want to WIN tickets to Wine Fest? Enter at AdamMontiel.com.

• Shoutout Feedspot for naming Where Wine Takes You a Top 3 Wine Podcast!

• Thanks to Million Podcasts for putting us at #11 on their Wine Podcast list worldwide.

 

🎟 Paso Wine Fest is coming!

Get your tickets at PasoWine.com and don’t miss the Paso 101 Wine Seminar with Madeline Puckette of Wine Folly—a can’t-miss masterclass to earn your Paso Wine Certificate during Wine Fest weekend.

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For planning your next adventure in Paso Robles, check out TravelPaso.com.

Tickets on sale for Paso Wine Fest (May 15–18, 2025). Head to pasowine.com for details and tickets. Use Promo Code ADAM and save $20 per ticket!

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Where Wine Takes You (WWTY) is Executive Produced by Joel Peterson and Paso Wine.

 

Associate Producer: Krista Smith

WWTY is recorded, edited, produced, and hosted by Adam Montiel. Follow Adam on Instagram @AdamOnTheAir and check out his daily podcast Up + Adam as well as The Pour with Adam Montiel. 

To connect with Adam, ask a question, or learn more how you or your business can reach our audience on WWTY visit AdamMontiel.com or PasoWine.com

For the latest in Paso Robles Wine Country, check out PasoWine.com and follow on

Instagram @PasoWine. Download the free Paso Wine App as your guide to all things

wine country. 

Original music on WWTY, “Good Company,” performed by Moonshiner Collective.

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