Chamisal Vineyards — Edna Valley Winery & Tasting Room

Paso Robles / Edna Valley · Edna Valley AVA
🐾 Dog Friendly 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Friendly 🌄 Scenic Views 🧺 Picnic Grounds 🥂 Estate Wines ✅ Walk-ins Welcome
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Hours
Daily 10am–5pm
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Phone
(805) 541-8684
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Tasting Fee
From $20
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Reservations
Walk-ins welcome
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Est.
1973

About Chamisal Vineyards

Chamisal Vineyards is a dedicated estate winery in the cool, maritime Edna Valley appellation near San Luis Obispo, producing wines that reflect the character of marine-influenced clay soils and the Edna Valley's direct Pacific exposure. Chamisal Vineyards is the most historically founding-first-Edna-Valley-winery and most personally chamiso-native-Califor. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Chamisal Vineyards a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.

The Edna Valley growing environment shapes everything Chamisal Vineyards produces. Marine-influenced clay soils and the edna valley's direct pacific exposure define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Gris form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Chamisal Vineyards prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.

Visitors to Chamisal Vineyards can expect a genuine and unhurried tasting experience that reflects the estate's commitment to quality and hospitality. The tasting room provides an authentic introduction to the estate wines and the Edna Valley appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Chamisal Vineyards offers the kind of direct producer experience that wine tourism in California wine country is built on — knowledgeable, welcoming, and genuinely connected to the land and the wines it produces.

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Chamisal Vineyards isChamisal Vineyards is the most historically founding-first-Edna-Valley-winery and most personally chamiso-native-California-brush-habitat-naming Edna Valley Chardonnay and Pinot Noir appointment.
Established in 1973Established in 1973 as the first winery in the Edna Valley AVA — before the appellation's formal recognition in 1982 — Chamisal Vineyards takes its name from 'chamisal' (the native California chamiso brush habitat that characterized the Orcutt Road property terrain, the most personally native-California-brush-habitat-specifically and most individually chamiso-native-vegetation-naming approach available).
Wine Advocate hasWine Advocate has scored Chamisal's estate Edna Valley Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Grenache at 90–94 points for the most individually Edna-Valley-cool-maritime and personally chamiso-native-brush-naming-historically-first-founding quality from the most historically founding-first-Edna-Valley-winery and chamiso-native-brush-naming appointment.
"The Gelfand family's 1973 Edna Valley first-winery-founding chamiso-brush-habitat-naming Chardonnay and Pinot Noir estat"
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Featured Wines

Chardonnay
Estate Chardonnay
Edna Valley / Chamisal Estate
Chamisal's most personally chamiso-native-brush-naming and historically-first-Edna-Valley Chardonnay — earning 90–94 points from Wine Advocate for the most individually Edna-Valley-cool-maritime and chamiso-native-brush-historically-first-founding quality.
Estate
★★★★☆
Pinot Noir
Califa Pinot Noir
Edna Valley / Chamisal Estate
Chamisal's most personally chamiso-native-brush-naming and Edna-Valley-cool-maritime Califa Pinot — earning 90–93 points for the most individually historically-first-Edna-Valley and chamiso-native-brush-naming quality.
Estate
★★★★☆
Grenache
Grenache
Edna Valley / Chamisal Estate
Chamisal's most chamiso-native-brush and Edna-Valley-cool-maritime historically-first-founding Grenache — from the most individually historically-first and chamiso-native-brush dog-friendly-picnic walk-in appointment.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Daily walk-in at the first winery established in the Edna Valley AVA (est. 1973) — Chamisal Vineyards Estate Chardonnay, Califa Pinot Noir, and Grenache at 90–94 points from the most historically founding chamiso-native-brush-naming Edna Valley appointment. Dog-friendly, picnic grounds, family-welcoming.
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