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Vineyard Paso Robles was opened in early 2007. Firestone Vineyard purchased Paso Robles fruit for several vintages, and the quality of the resulting wines was enough to make the decision to establish a new winery. Firestone Vineyards affiliated company Firestone Walker Brewing Company
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Vineyards estate vineyards have an alternating climate of warm afternoons followed by cooler coastal evenings. Temperature swings of up to 50 degrees F are normal during the summer growing season which results in a long growing season. The estate vineyards soil is composed of gravelly
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Barbara County. It includes a barrel cellar, fermentation cellar, crush pad, tasting room and bottling line for full production. The winery is surrounded by 500 acres (2.0 km) of estate vineyards. In early 2007, Firestone Vineyard opened a companion winery in
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Firestone Winery and surrounding 400 acres (1.6 km) of land (300 acres under vine) in early August 2007 as part of a plan to expand his portfolio of small specialty wineries on the western coast. Foley owns Foley Winery in the
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