Ox + Anchor, the Michelin-recognized fashionable steakhouse helmed by famend Chef Ryan Fancher and positioned inside the luxurious, boutique property Hotel San Luis Obispo, has partnered with award-winning winemaker Paul Lato of Paul Lato Wines to current a world-class winemaker dinner on the restaurant on Tuesday, April 25 at 6 pm.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Paul Lato for Ox + Anchor’s latest winemaker dinner,” mentioned Circe Sher, co-founder of Piazza Hospitality which developed and manages Hotel SLO. “We created the monthly dinner series to give locals and travelers an opportunity to experience a true sense of place, and Lato is a Central Coast legend. His wines are exceptional, and this dinner will give patrons an opportunity to learn about his philosophies, processes and the region’s unique elements that make the wine so special. All of this is paired with a special menu curated by Chef Fancher with very personal preferences from Lato in mind.”
Paul Lato’s story is as distinctive as his wines. Born in Poland, he was a profitable sommelier in Toronto, however harbored a dream of changing into a winemaker. After quick stints working for Jim Clendenen, proprietor of famed California Pinot pioneer Au Bon Climat, and as a cellar-rat at Bien Nacido, Lato started making his personal wines in 2002 with a scant 500 circumstances of Pinot Noir and Syrah, two notoriously troublesome grapes to work with. Two a long time later, together with an opportunity assembly with Robert Parker and fortuitously-timed assist from Thomas Keller, Paul Lato Winery is now broadly thought-about one among California’s prime producers of Burgundian and Rhone varietals. Producing from a number of excellent winery websites throughout California’s Central Coast, Lato’s wines routinely garner mid- to high-90s scores from lots of the wine world’s most revered critics, together with Jeb Dunnuck and Antonio Galloni. Lato sources his grapes from the best name-brand vineyards on the Central Coast, from the Santa Lucia Highlands within the north to the Buellton/Lompoc space within the south. Most notable among the many vineyards are Bien Nacido Vineyards, Pisoni Estate Vineyards and Solomon Hills. Lato and Bien Nacido Vineyards lately acquired an ideal 100-point rating for Lato’s 2018 il Padrino Syrah – the primary 100-point winery designate wine from the enduring Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Barbara County.
A Central Coast native, Chef Fancher’s deep appreciation for the area people, winemakers, and purveyors and his artistic dishes are distinctive components of the winemaker dinner sequence.
In preparation for every winemaker dinner, Chef Fancher and the featured winemaker meet weeks upfront for a particular tasting and dialogue that delves deep into the winemaker’s preferences. He has honed a collaborative and mental strategy to cooking, basically, after working at world-class Wine Country eating places, together with Barndiva in Healdsburg.
Hotel San Luis Obispo is the proper residence base for wine lovers seeking to discover the close by wine areas of Edna Valley, Arroyo Grande, Paso Robles, and Santa Margarita. In addition to Ox + Anchor, the property gives 78 luxurious guestrooms and suites, a 50-foot backyard terrace swimming pool and jacuzzi, an eco-friendly spa, an expansive rooftop bar and accompanying lounge, a recent California tackle Italian delicacies at its second restaurant, Piadina, and a spacious health heart. Environmentally aware vacationers will recognize the property’s sustainable components, together with reusable water bottles for each visitor, refill stations all through the resort, and charging stations for electrical autos.
