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Wine
Notes:
(Local RE and Wine News)
Harvest Festival and Crush
Crush is in full swing. Whites grapes and early red grapes are
well along in fermentation now. Later red grapes are
being harvested and most will be complete by mid October.
Just in time for
Paso
Robles Harvest Weekend October 17- 19th.
Harvest Weekend is not the time for large group events and
tastings, but an opportunity to enjoy the lovely
autumn weather and explore all the great wineries of the
area. There seem to be new wineries every day. I
looked over the list of wineries having events for Harvest
Weekend and noticed several new names. Maybe someone
has tasted their wines and can give me some feedback.
but they are places I want to try and visit Harvest Weekend.
www.ambythestate.com
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Food Corner:
(Personal recipes and Favorite Restaurants of the Paso Wine Country)
Chili: Last weekend was the annual Creston Chili Cook-off.
I wasn't able to attend, but I thank the Tribune for publishing the
following winning recipe from last year.. .
| 4 |
Pasilla Chilies, diced |
| 6 |
Jalapenos, diced |
| 3 |
Medium Onions, diced |
| 2 lbs |
Beef, Diced |
| 1 lb |
Pork, Diced |
| 2 |
Whole Green Onions |
| 10 |
Cloves Garlic |
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Combine all ingredients in a
Dutch oven, beginning with onions. Stack meats and then add
the rest of the ingredients. Cook at low heat for 1-1/2
hours or until done.
Enjoy!
Wine
& Local Trivia:
So maybe this question
isn't local other than love of good chili. Chili has
become an American favorite. It actually has a fairly
young history for such a popular American dish. What
city is considered the Chili capital of the world, Boasting
the most chili served and most chili restaurants per capita.
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San Antonio |
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b) |
Albuquerque |
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c) |
Cincinnati |
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d) |
Memphis |
(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)
No one can escape the news on what's going in in Washington and Wall
Street, but I'm not sure everyone understands the impacts and
issues that we're all facing. There is the "Wall Street" view and
then there is the "Main Street" view, "Main Street" being the term
used by the news media to describe average US citizens, "Joe Blow"
trying to make a living and pay their his bills.
"Main Street" really didn't care when Bear Stearns, Lehman,
and Merrill Lynch became "Wall Street" causalities. No one
had a checking account at these banks because they were "Wall Street"
investment banks. This past week "Main Street" is getting a
different view. Real, banks where people have their deposits have been
become the current causalities, Washington Mutual and Wachovia.
Wachovia I find to be very interesting. Wachovia recently acquired
World Savings which was more of the major
survivors of the "Saving and Loan" crisis of 20 years ago. Now both are history.
So how do these issues affect all of us. First,
most of our checking and saving accounts are safe up to $100,000 if they
are in a FDIC bank, but the problem really comes down to credit.
I'm constantly hearing complaints of no money. Unless you've tried
to borrow money to start a business, build a home, build an office
building, build an apartment, build a commercial building, or maybe buy
a home you haven't seen the problem. Interest rates are low,
but few people are willing to loan. Even good projects with 40%
LTV can't get funding. The lack of credit is the primary factor we
will be facing if our financial markets problem isn't corrected.
Is the "Bailout" the answer? Who knows, but doing nothing is
not the answer.
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Area
(6/1/08-6/30/08) |
Avg Price |
Homes Available |
Sold |
Pending |
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Atascadero |
$360,940 |
173 |
20 |
23 |
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Paso Robles |
$364,941 |
336 |
50 |
36 |
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Templeton |
$916,000 |
94 |
8 |
10 |
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All Paso Wine
Country |
$411,306 |
729 |
86 |
74 |
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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)
(Single Family Homes, SFRSB) |
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Real Estate Hot List
( Special
Properties for Sale in the Paso Wine Country)
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Lowest price Single Family Residential Property
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Most Expensive Single Family Residential Property
The above properties are listed in the
Central Coast MLS and may or may not be listed by Home and
Vineyard Real Estate Brokerage. The presentation of this
information is not meant to imply any advertisement of these
properties. |
Ron Johnson
Broker, RealtorŪ
(805) 423-1902
www.pasostyleliving.com |
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945 12th Street, Suite F
PO Box 1981
Paso Robles, CA 93447
www.pasostyleliving.com |
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