Winemaker Of the Year crown goes to… The Pinot King – Paul Lato

A little bit of info about the winemaker: Paul Lato was born in Poland. He worked as a certified Sommelier in one of Toronto’s most exclusive restaurants and visited California for the first time in the early 1990s. Jim Clendenen (owner of ABC winery & Clendenen wines) told Paul to just pack up and move here, and he would show him the ropes – a decade later he did make the move and took a job at Bien Nacido vineyards for just $10.00 per hour, he did get free “lodging” at the bunkhouse in the vineyard. The Bien Nacido owner pushed Paul to make his own wine. With some tutoring (he observed the best in the business for some years, asked a lot of questions, and experimented a lot) he made his first wines and by chance met Robert Parker. Parker asked him if “he” was the Polish Sommelier that makes wine and said that he wanted to taste it. Parker told him that he would tell him immediately if the wine was the real McCoy or…. (slang for excrement) Parker was blown away and gave Paul Lato a rave review. And the rest as they is history, and Paul’s new career was born.

I first met Paul in 2002 and have been a big fan since day one, and could say that we have become very good friends over the years. Such as good friends that Paul became the winemaker for our Melis Family wines.

As you might know, we are one of Paul Lato’s largest retail accounts in the country, so you can always get a great selection of his portfolio from us.

Check out our Paul Lato inventory, while supplies last, including the wine of the year!

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Call 415-337-4083 or email frank@goldengatewinecellars.com for availability and priority allocation