150 - Turning a winemaking hobby into a family business

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Avery Zaninovich, Tlo’s Director of Marketing, studied Agri Business at Cal Poly, San Luis</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Obispo, and has worked in the wine industry since the age of 21. She and her family started</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">making wine in 2008 as a passion project, but after only one harvest, Avery encouraged her dad</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to make wine commercially and focused her senior project at Cal Poly on turning the family’s</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">winemaking venture into a feasible business. In 2013, the family released their first wine as Tlo</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Wines and in 2018, opened the Tasting Room located on 18th Street. Avery became a</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sommelier in 2016, has worked to establish Tlo Wines, manage the Tlo Wine Club, and is the</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">reason the Tlo Wines Tasting Room has become a popular destination in Bakersfield. Avery</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">works closely with her dad, Andy (Tlo’s Winemaker), in every aspect of the business, from</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">harvest, production, barrel-tasting, blending, bottling, to designing the labels. Together, the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">family creates balanced wines, from the Central Coast, that are meant to bring people together</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to create lasting memories.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kyle Jones and Dave Plivelich sit down with Avery Zaninovich as she tells us the history behind TLO Wines. They started wine making in 2008 which quickly turned into a family business that centers around their Croatian heritage. They opened Bakersfield’s first wine tasting room and also offers a wine club with about 350 members that get first access to their newly released wines. If you are interested in tasting their wines give them a call today!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 40