Creatures of a bigger sort whales are not far offshore during their twice-yearly migration. Ask when booking a hotel or phone the tourist offices for approximate times. The winemakers here are a friendly and helpful bunch. Wineries often offer special wine weekend tastings, though there are few libraries of older wines. The height of wine excitement is the KCBX Wine Classic, held at Avila Beach each July.
Some wineries create special winemaker or wine theme dinners, others bring in visiting chefs.
The restaurants are casual, even in San Luis Obispo, the university town just north of Edna Valley. Seaside, the view is the thing for lunch or an early dinner. The key, though, is to relax. Throw romance in by doing a bit of astronomical work to choose a weekend when the moon will set at night on the ocean horizon. Sit back and let the sand fall from your feet.