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  • Wine bottles and glasses fill out the place settings for dinner in the wine cellar.
    The grounds surrounding a winery in the spring with a hug oak tree.
    Wine bottle and glass of Chardonnay on a wooden table in a wine cellar with a row of bottles in the background.
    Close-up of black and gold Pinot Noir bottles falling out of focus.
    Looking up at a cluster of wine bottles with barrels in the background.
    Close-up of a line of Chardonnay bottles in a line falling out of focus.
    Looking through green spring vineyards rolling over hills at the base of mountains against a sunset sky with 2 oak trees silhouetted.
    Black and white image of glowing white spring vineyards rolling over hills towards mountains with a huge oak tree in the foreground.
    Looking over a green vineyard into a valley of farmland with mountains in the background in the late afternoon.
    3 wine bottles on a bar surrounded by wine corks in front of a red wall with CM logo.
    Close-up of a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon with stacked wine barrels in the background.
    3 wine bottles on a bar surrounded by wine corks in front of a red wall with CM logo.
  • Looking through green spring vineyards rolling over hills at the base of mountains against a blue sky.
    Black and white image of glowing white spring vineyards rolling over hills towards mountains.
    Looking through green spring vineyards rolling over hills at the base of mountains against a sunset sky.
    An old tractor in front of tilled fields, oak tree, and sunset.
    An old tractor in front of tilled fields, oak tree, and sunset.
    An old tractor in front of tilled fields, oak tree, and sunset.
    Interior of the guest cottage at a winery.
    Interior of the guest cottage at a winery.
    Wine bottle and glass of red wine with stacked wine barrels in the background.
    The wooden deck outside a wine tasting room on a spring afternoon.
    The wooden deck outside a wine tasting room.
    A line of Cabernet Sauvignon wine bottles drops out of focus.
  • Wine bottle and glass of Pinot Noir on a wooden table in a wine cellar with a row of bottles in the background.
    Close-up of a line of wine bottles in a line falling out of focus.
    Wine bottle and glass of Cabernet Sauvignon on a wooden table in a wine cellar with a row of bottles in the background.
    Wine bottle and glass of Cabernet Sauvignon on a wooden table in a wine cellar with a row of bottles in the background.
    Black and white image of glowing white spring vineyards sloping down towards a valley of farmland with mountains in the background.
    Looking through green spring vineyards rolling over hills at the base of mountains against a blue sky.
    Looking over a green vineyard with oak trees into a valley of farmland with mountains in the background at twilight.
    Looking over a green vineyard into a valley of farmland with mountains in the background at twilight.
    Looking through green spring vineyards rolling over hills towards a valley and mountains against a blue sky.
    Boekenoogen sign with gold metal letters on a fieldstone wall with vineyards above and red flowers on the sides at sunset.

Chateau Margene & Mooney Family Wines

Chateau Margene is a boutique, micro winery located within the Paso Robles AVA known for their luxury Cabernet Sauvignons & Bordeaux blends, the first of which was released in 1997. Average lot sizes range from 100 to 500 cases with a total annual production of 2,500 cases. They have a wine tasting room, wine cellar for dinner parties, a guest cottage, and outdoor wedding facility next to their estate vineyard in Creston. The winery added a new label, Mooney Family Wines, that features Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays and more sourced from Santa Lucia Highlands vineyards committed to SIP Certification, such as Boekenoogen and Vigna Monte Nero.

Wine bottles and glasses fill out the place settings for dinner in the wine cellar.

Chateau Margene in the Paso Robles AVA commissioned me to spend a day at their winery photographing their bottles, facilities, and accents around the property.