Pipestone Vineyards — Templeton Gap District Winery & Tasting Room

Paso Robles / Templeton Gap District · Paso Robles AVA
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Hours
Daily 11am–5pm
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Phone
(805) 227-6385
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Tasting Fee
From $15
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Reservations
Walk-ins welcome
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Est.
1996

About Pipestone Vineyards

Pipestone Vineyards is a dedicated estate winery in warm, Mediterranean-climate appellation in San Luis Obispo County, producing wines that reflect the character of calcareous soils and warm days with cool Pacific nights. Pipestone Vineyards is named with a dual reference: the founder's own surname (Jeff Pipes) combined with the sacred Nati. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Pipestone Vineyards a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.

The Paso Robles growing environment shapes everything Pipestone Vineyards produces. Calcareous soils and warm days with cool pacific nights define the estate's vineyard character, contributing the structure, natural acidity, and terroir specificity that distinguish the finest wines from this appellation. Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Rhône varieties form the backbone of the portfolio, with each variety expressing a distinct facet of the estate's unique growing conditions. Winemaking at Pipestone Vineyards prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.

Visitors to Pipestone 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 Paso Robles appellation. Whether visiting for a focused flight or a deeper exploration of the estate's vineyard programs, Pipestone 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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Featured Wines

Zinfandel
Zinfandel
Templeton Gap / Pipestone Estate
Pipestone's founder-surname-and-stone-material-named Templeton Gap Zinfandel — Jeff Pipes's name in stone form applied to cool maritime corridor Paso Robles Zinfandel.
Estate
★★★★☆
Grenache
Grenache
Templeton Gap / Pipestone Estate
Pipestone's personal-and-sacred-naming Templeton Gap Grenache — the stone and the Pipes name together on a cool-maritime Paso Robles Rhône variety.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Pipestone Walk-In
Daily walk-in at the founder-surname-and-sacred-stone-named Templeton Gap estate — Pipestone Zinfandel and Grenache from cool maritime corridor vineyards. Dog-friendly, picnic, family-welcoming.
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