Summerwood Winery — Templeton Gap District Winery & Tasting Room

Paso Robles / Templeton Gap District · Paso Robles AVA
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Hours
Daily 10am–6pm
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Phone
(805) 227-1111
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Tasting Fee
From $15
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Reservations
Walk-ins welcome
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Est.
1996

About Summerwood Winery

Summerwood Winery 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. Summerwood Winery is named for summerwood — the growth wood of trees during the dry Mediterranean summer, denser and mor. The estate's commitment to quality viticulture and site-specific winemaking has earned Summerwood Winery a respected place among the region's most consistent and genuinely food-friendly producers.

The Paso Robles growing environment shapes everything Summerwood Winery 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 Summerwood Winery prioritizes transparency and balance over extraction, allowing the appellation's natural character to lead rather than winemaker intervention.

Visitors to Summerwood Winery 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, Summerwood Winery 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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Summerwood Winery isSummerwood Winery is named for summerwood — the growth wood of trees during the dry Mediterranean summer, denser and more concentrated than the rapid spring growth, the wood that gives California oak its distinctive character.
Applied to wine,Applied to wine, summerwood suggests the depth and concentration that comes from slow, measured growth under summer heat rather than rapid spring expansion.
The Arbor RoadThe Arbor Road estate combines winery production with the Summerwood Inn, a nine-room bed and breakfast that allows visitors to spend the night among the Templeton Gap District vines.
"The 1996 Paso Robles summer-wood-pastoral-naming Cabernet Sauvignon and Rhône estate — Summerwood (the warm-season wood "
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Featured Wines

Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon
Templeton Gap / Summerwood Estate
Summerwood's pastoral-summer-wood-named Templeton Gap Cab — Mediterranean summer concentration expressed in Paso Robles Cabernet from the cool maritime corridor.
Estate
★★★★☆
Grenache
Grenache
Templeton Gap / Summerwood Estate
Summerwood's summer-wood Paso Robles Grenache — Templeton Gap maritime freshness in the estate's most characteristically Rhône expression.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Summerwood Inn Walk-In & Stay
Daily walk-in at the pastoral-named Templeton Gap estate — Summerwood Cabernet and Grenache, plus Summerwood Inn bed and breakfast for overnight stays among the vines. Family-welcoming, picnic, food.
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