Kyle Jury once wanted to be an architect. Years later, sorting through old papers, he found a high school drawing of a truss bridge and recognized the idea he had been chasing in wine all along: beauty held up by structure. In 2022 he and his wife Brittany, an interior designer, founded TRUSS Wines on the 26-acre west-side estate that ex-NFL player Terry Hoage had planted two decades earlier. The truss bridge became the brand, with Kyle and Brittany as the weight-bearing members and their family completing the span.

Kyle and Brittany Jury and the architecture of a wine

Kyle Jury did not take a straight road to his own label. He spent nine years as winemaker at Booker Vineyard, one of the most respected names on the Paso west side, and brought further experience from JUSTIN Vineyards and Winery and KP-Two Ranches. Through all of it he carried a teenage ambition to be an architect, the discipline of making something beautiful that also has to stand up. When he found that old high school drawing of a truss bridge, the metaphor clicked. A truss earns its grace from how its parts share load, and a great wine earns its beauty the same way, through structure that holds fruit, acid, and tannin in balance.

In 2022 Kyle and Brittany made it real. Brittany, an interior designer, shaped the visual identity and the hospitality experience while Kyle took the cellar. They built the brand around the truss bridge as a family symbol, the two of them as the weight-bearing elements and their daughter completing the structure. The philosophy, beauty in structure, is not marketing dressing. It is how Kyle approaches every blend, balancing art, nature, and science rather than chasing size for its own sake.

Beauty held up by structure. A truss bridge became the whole philosophy.

A historic west-side estate in the limestone country

The 26-acre estate that became TRUSS has serious provenance. Former National Football League defensive back Terry Hoage planted the first vines here in 2002 and built TH Estate Wines into a cult name for Rhone wine on the Paso west side. When Kyle and Brittany bought the property in 2022, they inherited mature, proven vineyard rather than bare ground, vines with two decades of root depth in the limestone-rich soils of the region’s cool western hills.

This is classic Paso west-side terroir: calcareous bedrock and clay-loam soils that drain hard and force vines to dig deep, paired with the cooling influence of the Templeton Gap. That gap in the Santa Lucia Range pulls Pacific fog and afternoon wind inland, producing the dramatic day-to-night temperature swing that defines the best of Paso. Hot afternoons build ripe, generous fruit while cold nights preserve the acidity and aromatic lift that keep the wines fresh. It is exactly the kind of site where both heat-loving Rhone reds and cool-leaning varieties can find balance, which is why TRUSS works across both worlds.

The wines: Rhone reds and Burgundian whites and reds

TRUSS divides its attention between two great traditions. The estate grows Rhone varieties, and the initial 2024 estate vintage includes Syrah, Grenache, and a GSM blend, the muscular west-side reds the property was planted for. Grown on limestone and cooled by the Gap, expect these to carry the savory, peppery, dark-fruited intensity that made this corner of Paso famous, with structure that rewards patience rather than fruit-bomb softness, exactly what the beauty-in-structure philosophy promises.

The Burgundian side rounds out the range with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir sourced from cooler, coastally influenced fruit, varieties that demand finesse and reward a winemaker who values balance over power. For a producer whose whole identity rests on structure, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are honest tests, since neither hides behind extraction. Across the lineup the through-line is restraint and proportion, wines built to stand up cleanly rather than overwhelm, the liquid expression of a truss bridge.

What to pour TRUSS with

TRUSS makes wines for the table, and the structure that defines them is also what makes them pair well. The Rhone reds, the Syrah, Grenache, and GSM, carry firm tannin, and tannin binds to protein and fat, softening the wine and smoothing rich food. That makes them naturals with the local benchmark, red-oak-grilled tri-tip, along with lamb, grilled mushrooms, and braised short ribs. The char on grilled meat mirrors the smoky, peppery edge of west-side Syrah, while the fat tames the grip of a young red.

The Burgundian wines call for lighter, brighter matches. A structured Chardonnay has the acidity to cut through butter, cream, and roast chicken, since acid in wine slices through richness and refreshes the palate. Pinot Noir, with its softer tannin and red-fruit lift, loves salmon, duck, and mushroom dishes. If a meal runs spicy, go easy, since heat amplifies the perception of alcohol, so the fresher whites and Pinot handle chili better than the bigger reds. To match a specific TRUSS bottle to what you are cooking, the wine pairing generator is a quick way to dial it in.

Visiting TRUSS

In 2026 TRUSS opened a new tasting space in the westside Willow Creek District of Paso Robles, and it reflects the Jurys’ design sensibility. Rather than a stand-and-sip bar, the experience is built around seated indoor and outdoor tastings with vineyard views, the kind of unhurried, hospitable setting that suits a small family estate and Brittany’s eye for interiors. It is a fitting home for a brand founded on beauty and structure, and it places visitors right in the heart of the cool, limestone-rich west side. Because the format is seated and intimate, reservations are the smart move. TRUSS sits among a dense cluster of celebrated west-side estates, so it slots easily into a wider day of tasting. To plan that day, see the Paso Robles guide.

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