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88 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } APRIL/MAY 2015 { somm camp preview } Despite their proximity, San Luis Obispo Wine Country and Paso Robles Wine Country are worlds apart – a disparity that sommeliers from across the U.S. will see when they gather for the SLO Wine Country SOMM Camp this month. At one-tenth Paso Robles's size, with vineyards as close as one mile from the Pacific Ocean, the Edna and Arroyo Grande Valleys couldn't be more different from their brawny cousin just minutes to the north. CAMP [ ] [ ] SAN LUIS OBISPO WINE COUNTRY'S EDNA VALLEY AND ARROYO GRANDE VALLEY AVAs HIT THEIR STRIDE Stephen Dooley of Stephen Ross Cellars, Don and Gwen Othman of Kynsi Winery and Brian Talley of Talley Vineyards standing in their co-farmed Stone Corral Vineyard. Grown SLO- by Jaime C. Lewis / photos by Jeremy Ball