The Pour with Adam Montiel

Paso Robles may be famous for wine, but the region’s distilling scene is pouring just as much personality, creativity, and craft into the glass. On this episode of The Pour with Adam Montiel, Patrick Brooks, co-owner and distiller at Tin City Distillery, and Eric Olson, owner and distiller at Central Coast Distillery, join Adam ahead of Paso Robles Distillery Trail Weekend, happening August 7 through 9, 2026. The conversation starts with cracked Long Drinks and three accidentally coordinated bl

Paso Robles may be best known for bold reds, but some of the region’s most thoughtful and exciting work is happening with white wine. In this episode of The Pour, Adam Montiel sits down with Natalie Brown of Willow Creek Wine Co., Dave McGee of Monochrome Wines, and Ryan Pease of Paix Sur Terre for a conversation about the White Wine Invitational and the growing movement behind serious white wine production in Paso Robles. Recorded at SLO CAL Studios in San Luis Obispo, the conversation explor

From Paso to the Danube Years in the Making This one has been a long time coming. After about a year away, The Pour is back. And instead of easing into it, we are diving straight into a story that has been years in the making. A wine experience that starts in Paso Robles and winds its way through Europe on the Danube River. In this episode, Adam sits down with Jordan Fiorentini of Epoch Estate Wines and Neeta Mittal of LXV Wine for a conversation that is not about selling a trip. It is about

On this episode of The Pour, Adam welcomes back a true architect of adventure, Mary Ann Erdos, founder of Cork & Cruise. If you think you’ve been on a wine trip before, think again. Mary Ann has created something completely different: immersive, intimate journeys where you don’t just taste the wine, you taste the place, the story, and the people behind the pour. From their first Rhône adventure (where Adam joined as a guest), to this summer’s highly anticipated Bordeaux cruise, and already book

White wine finally gets top billing in Paso, and we’ve got the guys making it happen. Adam sits down in the LoBro Studios at Timbre with Dave McGee of Monochrome Wines, and Joe Barton & Brad Ely of Barton Family Wines to talk about the second White Wine Invitational. What inspired it? Why now? And how are these winemakers shaking up everything you thought you knew about white wine? Whether you’re a diehard red drinker or already love whites, this is the episode that just might change your palat

There’s immersive art… and then there’s FOSO — the Fiber Optic Symphonic Orchestra now glowing at Sensorio in Paso Robles. In this episode of The Pour, Adam goes behind the glow with two world-class creators: internationally acclaimed light artist Bruce Munro, and Emmy-winning composer Nainita Desai.  This is the first time Bruce has created a piece where light is fully synchronized to an original orchestral score. And Nainita? She didn’t write this music for film or screen — she composed it