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Events:
4th
Annual Pinot and Paella Festival
If you like Paella or if you like Pinot this, in my opinion, is one of the
more fun events of the area. It's an opportunity to taste paella prepared
onsite by chefs from across the state. Paso is not well know for it's
Pinot Noir, but there are several locally wineries producing an excellent
wine. It's much smaller and intimate than the hugely successful Wine
Festival, but it small size allows everyone to mingle and enjoy some great
wine and great food. That's what makes it fun!
Templeton City Park, June 10
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Quick Real Estate Facts:
(Calif) |
Median home price -
$597,640 |
Highest median home price
Santa Barbara So. Coast $1,475,000 |
Lowest median home price
High Desert $317,420 |
Mortgage rates - week ending 3/22:
-30-yr. fixed: 6.37%; Fees/points: 0.4%
-15-yr. fixed: 6.06%; Fees/points: 0.4%
-1-yr. adj: 5.64%; Fees/points: 0.6% |
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Local
News:
(Local RE and Wine News)
I follow the San Luis Obispo Planning
Commission very closely for important changes in winery land
use issues. In May a winery was approved which isn't,
in itself, important, but I decided the Wine was worth
a discussion.
Secret
Winery. I use
the term secret winery to highlight a point that it doesn't
require lots of advertising, distribution, and tasting room
glitz to be successful in the wine business. It
just takes good, or should I say excellent wine.
The wine I'm referring to doesn't have estate vineyards, you
will not find it at Albertsons or any retail wine outlet.
Matter of fact, I have no idea how to buy a bottle since
they don't have a tasting room. So how could a winery
be successful this way. Well, this winery sells it's
entire production to it's wine club. Now even more
extraordinaire is that the waiting list is over two years
for membership.
So most
people have never heard of the wine. But I don't think
that matters to the members of the prestigious group.
I'm just hoping that John Munch's new winery
will allow Le Cuvier to produce enough wine so I can get on
the list. |
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Cooking Corner:
(Personal recipes and views on Cooking Paso Style)
Paella: My own
special Pork Paella recipe.
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1 lb Pork Tenderloin,
cubed |
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1 large Onion,
chopped |
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1/3 cup chopped
Garlic |
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1 Can Chicken Stock |
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1 tsp saffron |
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1 cup rice |
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1 cup peas |
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1 cup Red Bell
Pepper, chopped |
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1 cup white wine (Viongier) |
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1 fresh pear chopped |
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3 Tbsp Olive Oil |
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1/2 cup
White Raisins |
Brown pork, add onions
and garlic. Gently heat the chicken stock and
dissolve the saffron in a saucepan. Using a paella
pan, heat 2 tbsp olive oil over med heat, add rice
gently stirring. Add wine, allow liquid
to absorb. Add chicken stock, again allow liquid to
absorb. Add pork, onions ,garlic, bell peppers, and
peas. Reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes. Add
pears and raisins and finish cooking over low heat.
Serve with Pesto sauce.
Enjoy
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Wine
& Local Trivia:
What famous couple spent
their honeymoon in Paso Robles?
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a) |
Clark Gable and
Carole Lombard |
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b) |
Marilyn Monroe and
Joe DiMaggio |
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c) |
Humphy Bogart and
Lauren Bacall |
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d) |
None of the Above |
(Please visit
http://www.pasostyleliving.com for the
answer) |
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Paso
Style Living Real Estate:
(Real
Estate market conditions in Paso Wine Country)
What's Selling!
What's Not! The California Association of Realtors reports for April
that home sales are down 27.8% while median home prices are up 6.2%.
So why are home prices up and sales volume down?
Good Quality, Stylish homes are still selling for good
value! There is a volume of homes on the market that, to use the
official term, are Functionally Obsolete. More commonly, "Dated".
Two years ago people were willing to buy a "dated" home because they
knew they could invest $100,000 bringing it up to today's style and make
money in the expanding market.
Home styles seem to go in 10 year cycles. When
you walk into a home and can immediately identify the probable year of
construction based upon the style of Kitchen Cabinets, Countertops,
Flooring, Tile, etc. The Home is "Dated" and will not yield the
same pricing as a updated home.
(Single Family Homes, SFRSB)
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Area
(4/1/2007-4/30/2007) |
Avg Price |
Homes Available |
Sold/Pending |
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Atascadero |
$596,880 |
228 |
69 |
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Paso Robles |
$614,002 |
511 |
87 |
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Templeton |
$666,180 |
93 |
17 |
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All Paso Wine
Country |
$654,180 |
978 |
193 |
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Paso Wine Country
contains the following real estate areas (Paso Robles, Atascadero,
Templeton, San Miguel, Creston, Shandon, Santa Margarita, Bradley,
and Chalome) |
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Ron Johnson
Broker Associate, RealtorŪ
(805) 423-1902
www.pasostyleliving.com |
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