Fratelli Perata Winery

Fratelli Perata Winery A family owned & operated winery focused on making heavy, full-bodied, food friendly wines. The winery uses only its own grapes in order to ensure top quality.
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Located off of Highway 46 West in Paso Robles, the winery sits on forty acres and is surrounded by the winery's dry farmed grapevines. These vines produce very low tonnage and extremely high quality fruit. Total annual case production is approximately 2000 cases, although production varies based on rainfall.

As we prepare for harvest, we see that we're not the only ones thinking that the grapes are tasting good. The squirrels ...
09/06/2026

As we prepare for harvest, we see that we're not the only ones thinking that the grapes are tasting good.

The squirrels have stripped the grapes off many of the vines. While we don't mind sharing a few, they're definitely taking more than their share now!

Oh well. We'll be picking them soon so it won't be a problem anymore.

Morning grape check:We're still waiting on the grapes to ripen. We've had cool weather the last week and next week is al...
09/03/2026

Morning grape check:

We're still waiting on the grapes to ripen. We've had cool weather the last week and next week is also forecast to be in the 80s. So we'll have perfect weather for flavor development without raising the sugar levels too much. These are Barbera berries and most are still hard and sour, so this cool weather is very needed in order for them to finish ripening.

We're working on food pairings for our new wines and today Carol came up with something super simple: avocado toast with...
08/29/2026

We're working on food pairings for our new wines and today Carol came up with something super simple: avocado toast with pumpkin seeds.

The new Stai Zitto e Beve is light with just a touch of acidity and paired wonderfully with it. Super simple recipe for an easy to drink wine.

One more checked off the list, only a couple more to go. Wine Club Release is getting close!

If you happen to be in our area this weekend, you can get a sneak preview of the new Stai Zitto e Beve. We wouldn't want it to go to waste!

We're getting whiplash from the weather this week!Yesterday's high was 106! Today there's clouds and a few raindrops eve...
08/27/2026

We're getting whiplash from the weather this week!

Yesterday's high was 106! Today there's clouds and a few raindrops every hour. The high is forecast to be anywhere from 89 to 99 but so far it's fairly cool.

We aren't worried about the vines since next week is expected to be upper 80s and dry.

You just never know what weather you'll get in August!

For the first time ever we have two vintages of Stai Zitto e Beve in the bottle!While the newest one isn't released yet,...
08/23/2026

For the first time ever we have two vintages of Stai Zitto e Beve in the bottle!

While the newest one isn't released yet, we wanted to compare the two wines side by side.

The one released last year was based on the 2022 Sangiovese, which was heavy, fruit forward and lower acidity due to the lower than average rainfall and very hot summer.

The one which will be released this October is based on the 2023 Sangiovese, which is lighter and higher acidity due to the very wet winter and very cool summer.

Most w**ds in the vineyard are pretty harmless. There are a few that are very annoying since they take water from the vi...
08/20/2026

Most w**ds in the vineyard are pretty harmless. There are a few that are very annoying since they take water from the vine or make working in the vineyard challenging. Field bindw**d and star thistle are examples of these.

And then there's this one: puncturevine, or Tribulus terrestris.

It is an invasive w**d that produces many hard, sharp, spiny, seed pods that can easily pierce skin. It sticks in shoes or tires and spreads. We hate having dogs around it since the seeds pierce their paws and cause major problems. We've been fighting it for over 15 years and have mostly removed it from the property.

Cathy saw this one and stopped everything to clean it up. We dig up the plant and pick up all the seeds we can find and throw them in the trash. Primo tried to help but was not allowed nearby.

Hopefully this is the only one we'll see this summer but we'll keep looking! If you happen to see one during a visit we'd appreciate you letting us know!

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08/16/2026

You can't always predict what you'll find when looking at a grapevine. This morning we see a secondary cluster pretending to be a primary cluster. It unfortunately gave itself away by still being completely green when all the other clusters are mostly red.

If you need a refresher on the parts of the grape shoot, check out our video from this spring where Cathy pointed out the different parts.

Also, yes, Cathy had a slip of the tongue at the end of the video when she said that the second crop are usually on the bottom. The second crop are usually towards the top of the grape shoot. Unfortunately once you've removed the second crop you can't do another take. Oh well. That's the fun of videos.

We picked a beautiful day for bottling!We prefer mild weather on bottling days since we go in and out so much so this m...
08/13/2026

We picked a beautiful day for bottling!

We prefer mild weather on bottling days since we go in and out so much so this morning's clouds were a pleasant surprise. The forecasted high is only 74!

This is our last bottling before harvest so now we'll shift into harvest preparations.

There's never a dull moment around here!

08/09/2026

On our earlier post about the new wine glass logo there was a suggestion about trying it with wine in the glass. We finally had some time to try it out. It looks good but maybe another test is needed to be 100% sure. Looking forward to trying it out another day.

What a gorgeous moonrise!We're still several weeks out from harvest, so we have a little time to enjoy the view, one qui...
08/06/2026

What a gorgeous moonrise!

We're still several weeks out from harvest, so we have a little time to enjoy the view, one quiet moment at a time.

Address

1595 Arbor Road
Paso Robles, CA
93446

Opening Hours

Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm
Sunday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18058359117

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