Epoch Tasting Room

Epoch Estate Wines’ historic 143-acre York Mountain property is the location for their new Tasting Room and Production Winery. The existing York Mountain barn was sensitively deconstructed and repurposed to retain its character and tactile material while the insertion of seismic retrofit and mechanical systems add a patina to the original structure. A low, flat, earthen roof and concrete walls shelter new support spaces that are quietly subservient to the historic barn.

An exceptionally phenomenal space in both scale and form, extremely well executed. The clean and modernist forms and materials come together to form poetic moments throughout the spaces and landscapes. Jury

AIA San Antonio Awards

The design scheme brings new life to the original winery, which was previously damaged in an earthquake, with a full reconstruction of the new Tasting Room incorporating original heavy timber, site fired brick materials, and a new roof system to streamline the massing. Crafted from local materials, the barn’s lofty spaces are inherently flexible and perfect for wine making.

Site History

A Tale of Two Barns

The clients discovered the site on a road trip along California's Central Coast to Paso Robles, when they saw the overgrown York Mountain Winery barn leading into a hillside.
The derelict York Mountain Winery had sat empty since a devastating earthquake in 2003. The clients decided to renovate and preserve the structure, turning this historical site into a premier tasting room.
The vacant shells of two barns were repurposed to create the new Tasting Room and Production Winery.
A full restoration of the structure and landscape reconnects visitors to the origins of the site and maintains the spirit of agrarian structures.