Pomar Junction Vineyard & Winery — El Pomar District Winery & Tasting Room

Pomar Junction Vineyard & Winery is named for the historic Pomar Junction — the stop on the Pacific Coast Railway narrow gauge line that once served this corner of the Templeton Gap area in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Merrill family, who have farmed this land since the 1970s, named their winery for the old railroad junction that once made their property a point of connection in the regional transportation network.

The railroad theme runs throughout the winery — model trains circle the tasting room, rail memorabilia decorates the walls, and the wines themselves have railroad-referencing names. It is the kind of locally rooted storytelling that gives family wineries their character: not borrowed mythology, but the actual history of the specific land.

The El Pomar District estate produces Zinfandel, Grenache, Syrah, Merlot, and Cabernet Sauvignon from calcareous limestone soils in Templeton Gap's cool-marine-influenced corridor, at the accessible daily walk-in pricing that makes this winery one of Paso Robles' most genuinely family-welcoming destinations.