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A California pasta destination that's breaking from the Old World mold Alex Schechter FacebookTwitterEmail Brian Terrizzi, owner of Etto, makes fettuccine.Boris Zharhov/Special to SFGATE At Etto, a small pasta shop in Paso Robles, aproned workers pull long strands of fettuccine out of a machine that looks like a Play-Doh Fun Factory made of steel. It’s not exactly like being in Italy, but for travel-starved locals last year, the illusion sufficed. “People would come in and say, ‘We were supposed to go to Italy, but we couldn’t go. So we decided to come to you,’” recalls owner Bria...

Posted by Mira Honeycutt | Mar 1, 2021 Who knew? Our local wine region loves Italian varietals. Not only do these grape varieties thrive in Paso Robles but winemakers are crafting exceptional wines from them that make Italian wine lovers feel right at home. Gary Eberle, Paso pioneer and vintner who first planted barbera in 1975 at then Estrella Winery, is willing to go even further. Sitting in the tasting room of his namesake Eberle Winery, he swirls a dark red wine his glass and makes this statement: “I genuinely believe barbera is one grape we do better than the Italians.” Stephy Terri...