Red Soles Winery is a small,
family-owned and operated winery on California's beautiful, Central Coast. The founding owners, Randy and Cheryl Phillips, celebrated the Winery's grand
opening in March of 2007. Red Soles Winery has proven a natural extension of the farming company that the two have owned since
1991 when they first began growing wine grapes.
After years of wanting to experiment with their own fruit, Cheryl finally
convinced Randy to make some wine. Not having any equipment, the pair crushed that historic first barrel with their own feet.
Following a fruitful romp in that first bin of grapes, Randy and Cheryl stumbled upon the name Red Soles while admiring each
other's red, grape-stained feet. That first crush of Petite Sirah and Zinfandel grapes later became the founding partner's
premier vintage, their 2004 Kick-Off.
Cheryl finally got the wine she wanted, and Randy, being the over-achiever
that he is, turned that one experimental barrel into a full fledged wine business. Several years later, the winery now boasts
of over 13 wines, covering an impressive range of whites, reds, roses and dessert wines. Each wine in their line-up is Estate
grown, and the duo is proud of the fact that they do not source their wine grapes from any vineyard other than their own.
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Although the winery is definitely a full-time business,
the main focus of Randy and Cheryl's company will always be farming. There is something extremely satisfying about being able
to be part of a wine grape's journey from dust to vine and vine to barrel. Currently, the pair owns two hundred acres of wine
grapes; half are on the east side of Paso Robles and the other half are at the winery site in the Templeton Gap. Only a small
percentage of what is grown gets turned into Red Soles wine; the rest of the grapes are sold to large wineries, most of whom
they have been doing business with for years.
This uniquely successful, wine-growing and wine-making
duo, Randy and Cheryl Phillips, happily run the tasting room themselves. If you want an afternoon to remember, stop by the
tasting room, meet the owners, taste some delicious wines and bring your friends on over for a relaxing picnic on the oak
and vine edged lawn.
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