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March 10, 2020
Community, Drink, Spring 2020 - Issue 27

There Does Not Exist…Or Does There?

Built in the burgeoning business district behind Trader Joe’s on Earthwood Lane, There Does Not Exist crafts personal and purposeful brews there.

February 27, 2020
Community, Drink, Featured, Spring 2020 - Issue 27

Let’s Talk Tiki

Tiki mania is all over the county. How did we get here? Seaside salt spray, ukulele jams, a cool coconut breeze and splash of rum.

November 29, 2019
Community, Drink, Winter 2019 – Issue 26

Feels Like the First Time

Everyone remembers their first time. Maybe you were on the beach at sunset?

November 29, 2019
Community, Drink, Eat, Winter 2019 – Issue 26

A Local’s Gift Guide

Get to know some of the local products that make for some thoughtful and delicious gift giving.

November 28, 2019
Community, Drink, Eat, Winter 2019 – Issue 26

My Island Dinner, And Other Ramblings From My Life

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

November 27, 2019
Drink, Winter 2019 – Issue 26

Sip, Laugh, Repeat

Cambria’s Moonstone Cellars draws big names and bold laughter at comedy nights

September 2, 2019
Community, Drink, Fall 2019 – Issue 25

Harvest Season

In this perspective piece, we get in the field with those deep in grapes.

September 2, 2019
Drink, Fall 2019 – Issue 25

A Bitter History – How Coffee Came To Rule

One practice trumps all others: drinking that first cup of coffee

September 2, 2019
Drink, Eat, Fall 2019 – Issue 25

Keys To Stronger Immunity

With autumn comes colder weather, with colder weather comes flu season. Prepare your body by strengthening immunity with these natural tips.

May 15, 2019
Community, Drink, Summer 2019 - Issue 24

Hops, Wine Grapes and the Brave New World of Craft Beer

Perspective: A look into what’s brewing at Paso Robles’ famed Firestone Walker Brewing Company, as told by the brewmaster.

May 15, 2019
Community, Drink, Summer 2019 - Issue 24

Sustainability and Spirits

Everything old is new again.

May 14, 2019
Drink, Summer 2019 - Issue 24

SLO County Drinks to Welcome the Summer

As the weather warms, shed heavy winter drinks along with your sweaters and start sipping a crisp, refreshing local libation.

May 2, 2019
Drink

Designated Drinks: Komplete Kombucha

Finding a truly satisfying, sophisticated nonalcoholic drink with which to slake your adult taste buds can be a challenge

May 2, 2019
Drink

Biddle Ranch Vineyard (fork in the road)

Have you ever noticed that beautiful, iconic old barn situated off Highway 227 as you leave San Luis Obispo and head into the heart of Edna Valley?

May 2, 2019
Drink

Re:Find Distillery: Waste Not, Want Not

Blood. That’s what the winemaking process of saignée references: bleeding grapes for extra color and structure, and letting the costly juice run, quite literally, down the drain...

May 2, 2019
Drink

The Best of the Barrel

These sommeliers are the cream of the cru, the best of the barrel. Here, we profile the phenomenal rise of our local tastemakers.

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Monarch Grove Winery’s tasting room has been a fixture of the Grover Beach Amtrak station, greeting riders as they disembarked from the train. Like the butterfly, the tasting room recently migrated away, just around the corner to a larger space. Owners Ercilia Martins and Julie Garcia are excited for this new stage of their business.

After that initial trip, Julie was hooked. She began taking winemaking classes and scouting locations for the right space to open a tasting room at home in Grover Beach. They wanted to apply that same Old World approach characteristic of Portuguese winemaking to their wine. That’s when they landed on Monarch Grove Winery.

Ercilia and Julie purchased Monarch Grove Winery on the first day of 2024, but their passion for wine started long before their acquisition. Ercilia is originally from Portugal and grew up in the countryside, where her family made their own table wine. She brought Julie home for visits in 2019 and 2022. That’s when Julie first began learning about winemaking from Ercilia’s father, Joe Martins. 

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Grover Beach was also spot-on. When Ercilia first visited the small beach town, she instantly felt at home; it reminded her so much of Portugal. Grover Beach may not have the renown of San Luis Obispo or Pismo Beach, but that was part of the appeal. 

“There definitely has always been a pull to this community,” says Ercilia. In 2018, the two purchased their first home in Grover Beach and

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