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SIP, SIP, HOORAY!
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SIP, SIP, HOORAY!

Enjoy these and other Seasonal Specials at all of our locations!We believe good food is in the taste buds of the beholder.

Lepe Cellars opens a Tasting Room in Carmel-By-The-Sea
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Lepe Cellars opens a Tasting Room in Carmel-By-The-Sea

EDIBLE MONTEREY BAY April 20, 2021 – Take a look at the Lepe Cellars label: it’s a striking rendition of a young man kneeling under the heft of a wine cask, much like field workers strain to carry fully loaded baskets of grapes. Akin to the legend of Atlas carrying the weight of the world,...

California’s New Wine Producers Are Living Out Their Start-Up Fantasies
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California’s New Wine Producers Are Living Out Their Start-Up Fantasies

The state’s next-gen vintners have more ingenuity than money, and they’re changing California wine for the better. Miguel Lepe, 33, is just as dedicated to his appellation. Monterey’s first Mexican-American winemaker, he started Lepe Cellars in 2015 after working in wineries all over the state and in Chile. “From what I’ve seen, it all starts...

A Big leap for Lepe Cellars
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A Big leap for Lepe Cellars

January 19, 2016 – It was a class at Hartnell College that included an eye-opening field trip to local Monterey vineyards that awakened the desire in Miguel Lepe to be in the wine business. He didn’t have any family history of involvement, but now, his entire family and his growing circle of fans and friends...