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Dover Canyon Winery » Profile

 

Winemaker Dan Panico is well known for producing artisan wines with a silky, smoke-and-licorice profile. Dan produces Zinfandel and Rhône style wines from specific Paso Robles micro-climates. Production is very limited. Open Thursday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. 4520 Vineyard Drive, Paso Robles, CA 93446. 805.237.0101. www.dovercanyon.com
Dan Panico's wine style reflects his individualistic approach to life and wardrobe. His cheerful label has been described by wine critic Robert Parker as dog-gone cute.

Dan was one of the first winemakers in the region to produce Rhone varietals, and one of the first twelve winemakers in California to work with viognier, a white Rhone varietal known for its exotic fruit and perfumed nose.

Dover Canyon's total production is limited to 2,500 cases a year of vineyard designated wines and special blends. Most releases sell out within months of release. Dan Panico has been making wine in Paso Robles for 15 years. His label, Dover Canyon, is named for a canyon in the northwest corner of the appellation.

Dover Canyon is also one of the first wineries in the region to focus on small lots of vineyard-designated wines, often from very small and specific sites like Alto Pomar (Rhones) and Bella Vineyard (westside zinfandel). Dan's commitment to natural farming is rooted in his love for intense varietal character, and the spicy flavors that come from dry-farmed, headpruned vines and mountain grown fruit. He buys fruit only from vineyards that meet his criteria.

Dan's estate vineyard is planted to syrah and headpruned, dry-farmed zinfandel. The soils are exceptionally stony, and very calcareous. Dover Canyon's farming methods are low-impact and organic. Estate productions sell out quickly, and are offered exclusively to wine club and mailing list clients.

 

Learn more about our vineyards

Web site
www.dovercanyon.com

Address
4520 Vineyard Drive
Paso Robles, 93446

Phone
805.237.0101

  

Fax
805.237.9191

E-mail
dovercanyon@tcsn.net

Hours
Open Thursday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Established
1994

Wines Produced
Cabernet Sauvignon
Grenache
Red Rhône Blend
Sangiovese
Syrah
Zinfandel
Red Meritage Blend
Late Harvest Zinfandel
Roussanne
Viognier
White Rhône Blend
Port