By Bob Meyer

Don Thiessen is the owner of Stacked Stone Cellars, a winery located in Paso Robles (CA). He is a man of many talents. While in college he studied film-making, then went to culinary school, became a licensed guide for fishing and hunting in Colorado, and later raised bees with his own label of honey.

In 1976 he bought a 10-acre property in Paso Robles while vacationing from his home in Colorado. At the time he never envisioned planting grapes and making wine, he just loved the community. Being a “Renaissance man” (versed in many fields of knowledge), Thiessen found the subject of winemaking fascinating and moved forward with the help of barter.

As the owner of Don Thiessen Construction, which builds commercial and high-end customer residential projects, he bartered a house addition in exchange for an education in winemaking. His winery now produces 14 wines in addition to the estate zinfandel…Stacked Stone Cellars presently produces 2,000 cases a year.

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