L’Aventure & Booker
Onboard Experience
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Meet the Winemaker Happy Hour
Meet Stephan Asseo and Eric Jensen as they kick off the week of a lifetime by sharing stories, history and some of your favorite wines!
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7-Course Wine Pairing Dinner
Enjoy a personally curated culinary experience, perfectly matched with the best of Booker and L’Aventure wines.
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Side By Side Tasting Paso and Bordeaux
Stephan & Eric host a tasting experience that explores similarities and differences between Paso Robles Bordeaux styles & those from the iconic French AOC. Discover the history & future of Bordeaux varietals in Paso Robles.
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Live Podcast Recording
Join Adam Montiel as he interviews our hosts for a live recording of “Where Wine Takes You”. With listeners all over the world, be part of this special episode that truly embodies the title of this podcast!
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Rare & Library Wine Experience
Eric and Stephan raid the caves and share some coveted Booker and L’Aventure bottles that you probably don’t have in your cellar!
YOUR HOST WINEMAKERS: STEPHAN ASSEO & ERIC JENSEN
Following his education at L'Ecole Oenologique de Macon, Burgundy, France, Stephan established Domaine de Courteillac in Bordeaux in 1982. Over the next 15 years, Stephan developed into an artisan winemaker of fastidious craftsmanship and gained a reputation as a maverick vigneron. However, his true desire was to be more innovative than AOC law would allow. Stephan wanted to expand his expertise while gaining more freedom in viticulture and vinification. In 1998, the Asseo family left Bordeaux and searched for over a year within the world's great wine regions, ranging from South Africa to Lebanon, Argentina to Napa, but they fell in love with the unique terroir of west side Paso Robles and L'Aventure was born.
Eric and Lisa Jensen purchased 100 acres of the property in 2001 with the intent of growing the best fruit for some of the best wineries in the area. After making wine with Justin Smith of Saxum for five years and Stephan Asseo of L'Aventure Wines for two years the Jensens decided it was time to create their own expression with Booker Vineyard. The 2005 Vintage was Booker Vineyard's first release with the wines being made by founder Eric Jensen. The vineyard received organic certification in April of 2021.
The friendship & history between these two prolific winemakers was immortalized with the creation of Booker’s “My Favorite Neighbor” label, paying homage to Eric’s mentor and next-door companion, Stephan.
Join this legendary duo as we go back to where it all started for Stephan over 30 years ago, in the historic region of Bordeaux, France!
