York Mountain Winery
In 1882, a trailblazer named Andrew Jackson York, established Ascension Winery on a hill between Paso Robles and the Pacific Coast. He built his winery with bricks (hand-formed and fired on-site) and enormous beams from a dismantled Cayucos pier. York Mountain Winery, as it was renamed later once the York sons joined the family business, was the first winery on the Central Coast, and it soon became an iconic landmark to locals and folks traveling York Mountain Road - the lifeline between Paso Robles and the coast before Highway 46 West was built. It was here that Ignacy Jan Paderewski brought his prized grapes to be fermented and crafted into award winning wine.
In 2003, the historic winery sustained catastrophic damage from the Paso Robles earthquake, and it has been condemned since that time. We look forward to rebuilding the historic structure to house a museum and our new Epoch Estate Wines tasting room. Across the road, we will erect a new, state-of-the-art winery to again process the Paderewski vineyard grapes into award winning wine at York Mountain. We are honored to be patrons of rich history and to establish a new legacy at York Mountain for generations to come...
