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Winery Shops Central CA

August 30, 2019 01:50AM
We just moved to CA and I want to try all the wine! Are there any companies with winery shops along the Central Coast? I have seen some up north, but 5 hours is a bit of a drive so l am looking for something closer to home. Thanks!
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August 30, 2019 01:55AM
There's one in Temecula that gets posted every month, but that's south from me. Where are you located?

Plenty of fine dining shops here where you can sample CA wines as well, too.....
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August 30, 2019 01:58AM
@SteveSoCal wrote:

There's one in Temecula that gets posted every month, but that's south from me. Where are you located?

Plenty of fine dining shops here where you can sample CA wines as well, too.....

That's still a little far from me. I am near Santa Barbara.
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August 30, 2019 02:01AM
@dafizisblue you are fortunate in a way, than. I don't see a lot of shops up there, but they are almost never filled and often bonused.

Try Coyle. A few years back they had B&B's around the central coast that came with wine tasting, and dinner. I hope those come back some day.....
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August 30, 2019 02:30PM
There was a discussion on here earlier this year but I'm not finding it when I search. Someone from the group recommended a few MSC's they said did tours or tastings. I can recommend a few nice wineries to try in San Ynes valley but not for MS. I believe it's about picking season and I'd be surprised if many wineries are focusing on their tour/tasting customer service for the next few months.
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August 30, 2019 02:38PM
And if you just focus on winery shops you will be limited as to what's available.

Many of the best free wine tasting I have had with MSing was through hotel shops. I had a hotel shop in the Napa valley that required us to hire a car and sommelier to take us out wine tasting. We went to some smaller amazing wineries that didn't even have retail tasting rooms.
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August 30, 2019 03:33PM
BzzAgent has a mystery shopper program that has been posting quite a few tasting shops this year.
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August 30, 2019 03:46PM
@SteveSoCal wrote:

And if you just focus on winery shops you will be limited as to what's available.

Many of the best free wine tasting I have had with MSing was through hotel shops. I had a hotel shop in the Napa valley that required us to hire a car and sommelier to take us out wine tasting. We went to some smaller amazing wineries that didn't even have retail tasting rooms.

I haven't seen too many hotel shops but I will keep my eyes open! I have only seen them with BBusiness and Coyle.
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September 01, 2019 10:02PM
BzzAgent (formerly Northfork) had an often highly bonused wine tasting shop on the Central Coast, but I heard the winery sold. I have several wine tasting shops I've never seen before pop up last month in the iSecretShop app, but I'm in NorCal so YMMV. Good luck!
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September 02, 2019 02:33AM
Paso Robles has some good wine and is shopped.

Live consciously....
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September 02, 2019 02:38AM
@Irene_L.A. wrote:

Paso Robles has some good wine and is shopped.

I've been there and their wine is good! But I haven't seen any of their shops.
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September 03, 2019 06:27PM
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There are many MSC’s looking for shoppers in the Santa Barbara area where you said you are located. If you are looking for some non wine tasting shops as well you should have plenty of available shops, particularly for restaurants. A Closer Look, Service Sense, Customer Impact to name a few. Im an hour from Santa Barbara and wish I was closer to pick up some of the shops listed, often with bonuses.
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