New Central Coast wine shop
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On a trip to the Central Coast I wanted to check out a new wine shop in Templeton I’d heard about — which also had carried a couple of our wine-of-the-weeks. Templeton is a sweet, little old-fashioned town just south of Paso Robles on the 101. I’d been there in the summer for the farmers’ market held on a grassy square in the middle of town and so I assumed 15 Degrees C (named for the ideal cellar temperature) was right there. Wrong. It’s over in a new complex anchored by Trader Joe’s.
As I headed toward the shop from my car, a guy pushing a shopping cart toward Trader Joe’s called out, “Great little wine shop. I’m so glad it’s here.” Anybody’d be happy to have this place in their neighborhood.
Opened by Ali Rush Carscaden and Allison Dominguez, both Cal Poly alumni with a strong history and interest in food and wine, 15 Degrees C is both a wine bar and a wine shop stocking the shrewdest selection of both local and imported wines around. This is exactly where to head to put together a wine country picnic, too.
They sell Fra’ Mani salumi, a nice array of cheeses, olives, baguettes, chocolates for dessert and much more, including Riedel and Eisch stemware. I picked up some of the Olea Farms arbequiña olive oil they sell in bulk. (Either bring in a bottle or buy one for $2.50) and some bomba rice for paella.
Next door is local favorite Joebella Coffee Roasters, serving their own organic certified and fair-trade specialty coffees. Road warriors who can’t live without checking their e-mail, please note that Joebella’s has free wi-fi.
15 Degrees C Wine Shop and Bar, 1121 Rossi Road, Templeton, (805) 434-1554.
Joebella Coffee Roasters, 1121 Rossi Road, Templeton, (805) 434-2479.
— S. Irene Virbila