Stage Left is a tiny winery in an Oakland industrial area that is only open the first Saturday of the month, usually.  While I wouldn’t make this a destination for winery ambiance it is perfect for a quickie day trip and a friendly tasting room.

They do all their harvesting and winemaking by hand and love experimenting. Don’t expect their wines to be predictable. Do expect them to be interesting.

Stage Left's Oakland tasting room. Not much ambiance but friendly.

We were mapping San Francisco East Bay and dropped in for a short visit and tasting. We found the wines to be rich, flavorful, and interesting to explore.  For this blog I brought home a bottle of their 2007 Paso Robles Syrah.

This is a top Syrah. It is an inky rich full-bodied wine that made us smile with delight with every sip. It was soft enough not to bite on the way down but hearty enough for the taste to linger will into the finish.

We intend to go back someday and more fully explore their selection.  We were in a hurry to finish mapping East Bay wineries and had to move right along.

- jim

Tags: Stage Left Cellars, Syrah

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