Our Tasting Room Team

At Castoro Cellars our Tasting Room staff is highly trained and eager to make your tasting experience one to remember. Whether you are a seasoned taster or out for the first time, they are sure to accommodate your needs and make you feel at home.

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Ryan McGuire

Ryan is a Paso Rob­les native and has worked in the wine indus­try for over 10 years. He start­ed his career in wine as a vine­yard man­age­ment intern in high school, fre­quent­ly work­ing on Castoro’s vine­yards, among others.

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Blake Franco

Blake is the Tast­ing Room Man­ag­er for both Cas­toro Cel­lars and Bethel Rd. Dis­tillery in Paso Rob­les. With over a decade of expe­ri­ence in the food and wine indus­try, he has worked in and con­tributed to the open­ing of restau­rants in Los Ange­les and earned his som­me­li­er cer­ti­fi­ca­tion through the Court of Mas­ter Som­me­liers. Known for lead­ing by exam­ple, Blake empha­sizes empa­thy, atten­tion to detail, and grat­i­tude in his approach to hos­pi­tal­i­ty. Out­side of work, he enjoys trav­el­ing, surf­ing, cre­at­ing new recipes, explor­ing local winer­ies, and engag­ing in hands-on projects. He and his wife are eager­ly antic­i­pat­ing the arrival of their first child in August!

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Brady Winter

Brady was born and raised in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia and moved the fam­i­ly to Paso Rob­les in 2002 look­ing for a bet­ter lifestyle here on the Cen­tral Coast. Work­ing for a small, fam­i­ly owned and oper­at­ed win­ery and vine­yard for 14 years gave him expe­ri­ence in almost every facet of the wine busi­ness. Brady loves to golf, ski, and scu­ba dive in his spare time and brings his many years of expe­ri­ence to Cas­toro as part of the ​“dam fine” Wine Club Team.

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Christian Steele

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Cathy Hoover

Cathy

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Angela Rasmussen

Angela Ras­mussen

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Sherry Sweeny

Sher­ry Sweeny

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Gary Brochtrup

Gary Brochtrup was born in South­ern Cal­i­for­nia. He moved to Mor­ro Bay with his wife right after get­ting mar­ried in 1991. In their spare time, they start­ed explor­ing the hand­ful of Paso winer­ies. They kept return­ing to Cas­toro for the deli­cious wine and the friend­ly and wel­com­ing ser­vice. Short­ly, they became wine club members.

A cou­ple of decades lat­er, Gary retired from the Postal ser­vice after 36 years. With each vis­it to Cas­toro, Gary noticed that the employ­ees seemed to be hav­ing a good time, and he thought it would be a fun place to work! This has turned out to be true!

In his free time, Gary enjoys hik­ing, walk­ing on the beach, explor­ing oth­er winer­ies, and root­ing for the Braves!

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