We are at Sculpterra Winery it is one of the not to miss wineries in Paso. They grow over a dozen grapes varieties here. They have a model garden with each variety so you can see and touch each variety as it grows. They also have male & female pistachio trees.

The sculpture here as art lovers is as good as you will see anywhere including a ten ton piece from China which took three times to get it complete. There are about 35 sculptures for ages 8-80 to enjoy.
The wines are equal to or better to anything we have tasted anywhere and can only be bought here or from the wine club, they are not available for retail. — at Sculpterra Winery.

We had reservation to only three wineries when we got on the plane to come out. Justin & Tablas on Thursday and Sculpterra at noon on Friday. If we had to pick only ONE out of the eight wineries we visited Sculpterra hands down would be the one. There is no winery in the region that compares to Sculpterra. The grounds are at par with the best in Napa & Sonoma and anything we have seen. The Sculpters at Sculpterra are unbelievable and FREE to tour. Even Luis our driver said this place is incredible, I gotta bring my kids here he said. Sculpterra I believe opened at 10AM, but MOST wineries open at 11AM, check that out before you book and make plans.

We walked around and looked at the 30+ INCREDIBLE Sculptures for an hour. We were told they could do our tasting early but chose to be outside looking at sculptures first. The 30ish sculptures were all done by three local artists. One worked in stone, one metal and the third was multimedia. They have a Lion Statute that was carved from a 30 ton piece of China marble that is incredible. Twice in the carving the 30 ton block cracked and he had to restart from scratch. You should go online to see these great works but pictures don't do these great works justice.

Sculpterra also has a dozen story boards of the history of the area. Including info about Jesse James and the Younger brothers came to the local sulfur baths to heal their gun shots protected by his dad and some of the towns people. The history boards tell the incredible story of the area. This is the only place we learned about the still open Sulphur baths that Paso is still known for.

When we finally got around to tasting our pourer's name was Randi, a lady. A lady that knew as much about wines and the area that anyone could ask for. We sat with Randi for about 30 minutes after our tasting and learned even more. We tasted about six wines for free and bought the only bottle of wine we bought at Paso. We don't buy wine while on vacation because we do not check any bags for a weekend trip and you can't carry on wine. We brought the empty bottle home with us because of the great art on the bottle.

We have been tasting wine for ten years, we have seen a LOT of wine bottles. Sculpterra has the most complete and classy labeling of any winery. They tell you EXACTLY what is in the bottle to the percentage and many other things not required by law. The law says you have to state the grape if it is over 65%. Sculpterra will tell you down to 1%. Plus the Appellation, the Vineyard, Block, type of harvest (hand/machine), harvest dates of every varietal in the bottle, type of fermentation barrel it was put in, the state of manufacture of the oak barrel, where the wine was bottled and date and how many cases of this wine was produced. That is a LOT of information to tell the public on each bottle, but is appreciated.

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