El Pomar is situated about dead center to the grand Paso Robles AVA. It is nominally East side between Paso Robles and Atascadero. The topography is high, older terraces, fans, and hills with elevations between 740 - 1,600 feet.

Soils of this sub appellation are Quaternary alluvial soils, well developed loams to clay loams, some calcare-ous, with Monterey Formation sand stone and silt stone at depth in some areas