Ascension Cellars
Cuisine: Wine
Location: Brea, CA
Ascension Cellars is a boutique winery in Paso Robles that specializes in handcrafted Rhône and Bordeaux-style blends. This winery was established by friendship and a genuine passion for winemaking. Ascension Cellars believes that “wine is about sharing, sharing what’s in the bottle, your life, and your dreamsâ€. Every time you open a bottle of Ascension wine, you are invited to elevate your senses and join in the adventure that life has to offer.
Erick Allen
Erick Allen began his winemaking career in 1991, after a two-month long trip to France and to Italy. A love of Châteauneuf-du-Papes wines from the Rhône wine region in Southern France’s and Chianti wines from Tuscany framed his future. Upon Erick’s return he was telling a friend about his new found wine muse when she said, “if you love Rhône wines you should visit Paso Robles in California’s central coast where Rhône varietals thriveâ€. At that moment the die was cast.
Erick made friends with vineyard managers, winemakers and winery owners who shared their knowledge and passion for wine. In 2005 on a trip to Paso Robles to purchase grapes for his cooperative wine making group, Erick met Steve Cass of Cass Vineyard and Winery. Steve and Erick became fast friends and it wasn’t long that a conversation about the love of Syrah turned into a unique opportunity to start a project…
As the years passed Erick was allowed to test the waters and then in 2009 teamed with friends, to start his own label, Ascension Cellars. That first vintage begin with 4 wines and a lot of love and has grown into a full-blown passion. Erick’s light handed approach to winemaking and love of blending allows us to produce wines that are more complex, better balanced, and richer than single varietal wines…bringing him back full circle to his muse.Â
