A few years ago, I took a friend to enjoy a ReSiprocal experience for the first time and thought it was a such a great incentive to be a member of a winery that is Sip-Certified. It's a sustainability badge for wineries to show that they care about the environment with ethical methods.
Living on the Central Coast and taking advantage of this in February is something I've found to be more valuable with each passing year. I look forward to this at the beginning of the year now and have even bugged my wine membership team about it for a copy of an email or postcard to show as my ticket!
This year, for the first week of February, I enjoyed the ReSiprocal perk with my husband. The ReSiprocal program wonderfully offers two complimentary tastings at each winery that is a participant of the program. For the first weekend of February, we decided to go to Stephen Ross Wine Cellars at their new location in Edna Valley and Chamisal Vineyards. These two wineries are located only 5 minutes drive from each other.
Stephen Ross Wine Cellars
The first time we tasted a Stephen Ross wine was at their former location, but they have moved for 2026! At a temporary space located at address: 2585 Biddle Ranch Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, we walked upstairs to enjoy a view of the hills of Edna Valley and an intimate tasting experience poured by Maureen. We didn't have a reservation. However, there were no customers there when we showed up so they took us in enthusiastically. I'm not sure if it's required but it's probably best to call them ahead, in case there are particularly busy hours. They also have a reservation system online on their website if you're tech-savvy with that. Also, remember to have your email or postcard that you received about a ReSiprocal invite from your club membership. This particular wine tasting room asked for it to ensure that we could enjoy the complimentary tastings perk. To begin our tasting flight, Maureen poured a couple of white wines and then, continued on to their reds. I particularly enjoyed the albariño.
The wind was quite strong that day and it shut the door with a slam a couple of times. That surely woke us up, but we can't complain. It's been quite a nice and warmer February this year. To see a reel of my visit here at Stephen Ross Wine Cellars, go to this instagram link. We bought a bottle to take home as a memento and then continued on to our next wine tasting adventure.
Chamisal Vineyards
Chamisal Vineyards has always been one of my top places to visit for wine tasting. I've been here twice before during ReSiprocal month so it's becoming tradition for me to visit here every February. Chamisal Vineyards has a large and spacious patio area that feels very relaxing.
I had bought lunch to-go earlier from a Mexican restaurant called Burrito Loco in Arroyo Grande and decided to bring it in with me to enjoy with their wine. The team and our wine attendant, Matthew, were very cool with me eating my lunch that I brought. My chicken taco, beans and rices paired well with the wine.
It got a little chilly from the strong winds and again, the team was very accommodating with allowing us to move inside their cozy tasting room. See a video reel of my visit here at Chamisal Vineyards while I was out in the patio via this instagram reel. When we sat inside, we were surprised to see a wall full of souvenirs and gift shop merchandise. It's a great place to find different souvenirs for those who are visiting from outside the area.
The address of Chamisal Vineyards is 7525 Orcutt Rd, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. We also bought a bottle of wine here from Chamisal Vineyards as a memento. Then, we climbed in our car to head back to the beach suburbs. To my surprise, I got an email copy of our receipt immediately after closing our tab. Since I have been to Chamisal Vineyards before, there is a profile of me with my contact information in their POS records. We didn't have a reservation for our ReSiprocal tastings, but when we showed up in the tasting room, they took my first and last name and probably found my profile right away! Oh, that's slick!
For week 1 of February, we were able to take advantage of complimentary tastings for two different wine tasting rooms through our ReSiprocal program because we are wine club members of Tolosa Winery. We're not sure if we'll have time to visit a few more before the month ends.
Tolosa Winery
During the third week of February, we made one last wine tasting visit for the month and went to Tolosa Winery, the Sip-Certified winery that we've been members for years, which has continually given us the privilege to visit other wine tasting rooms for Resiprocal month.
This particular visit was extraordinary as it came with food. Tolosa Winery partnered up with Sichuan Kitchen for this, which I thought was great! To be brief, my "bento" included ginger chicken, black sesame shortbread cookies and a kale salad! With a great view, high quality wine, themed food, and nice company with my husband, it was a nice Friday to end the work week. Go to my 'Wineries' category for more stories about Tolosa Winery.
To see an entire list of wineries who are participating in the ReSiprocal February 2026 program, go to the Sip-Certified link here.
I've visited over 50 wine tasting rooms all over San Luis Obispo County. See my reviews and pictures that I took of my top 10 favorites wineries in a dedicated blog post.
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Originally from San Diego, California, I'm a San Diego State University alumna, veteran's wife and mom of two kids who were born two years apart. After living on the East Coast for 6 years, we now reside in San Luis Obispo County and here, the exploration continues. In between work and momming it, I like to exercise.
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