Scott Hawley was one of the first Paso Robles winemakers I met, in 2008, as Paso Robles was on the cusp of becoming a major

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Call it an “a-ha” moment, an epiphany, a moment of clarity…. or just one of those rare instances when you intuitively “know.” That life altering