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Some Central Coast winemakers get state grant to market wine in other states

The SLO Coast Wine Collective has received a $300,000 plus grant to support out-of-state wine sales to try tyo make up for losses due to the pandemic.
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The SLO Coast Wine Collective has received a $300,000 plus grant to support out-of-state wine sales to try to make up for losses due to the pandemic.

The grant is intended to help make up for losses due to pandemic.

Some Central Coast wineries are getting help in spreading the word of their latest wine releases.

The SLO Cost Wine Collective has received a three-year, $300,000 plus state stimulus grant to market its wine, and grapes outside of the state.

The money will be used to raise awareness about the region’s wines in Arizona and Colorado, which have been identified as big targets for potential out-of-state wine sales.

The money comes from the State Department of Food and Agriculture. The hope is that it will help the 32 Central Coast winemakers in the collective make up for some of their losses due to the pandemic.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.