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Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara California

July 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

Santa Barbara is a lovely, historic city on California’s Central Coast region. It has a growing number of interesting boutique wineries/tasting rooms in the “Funk District” and tasting rooms of some of our favorites Santa Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley wineries. That is more than enough incentive to return to one of our favorite […]

Filed Under: California, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, North America, Santa Barbara, Travel, United States, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Aliso Canyon, Au Bon Climate, Ballard Canyon, Bouchon, Cebeda, Funk Zone, Happy Canyon, Los Olivos, Melville Winery, Oreana Winery, Pali Wine, Riverbench Winery, Santa Barbara Fishouse, Santa Maria Valley. Santa Ynez, Santa Rita Hills, Santo Mezcal, Whitcraft Winery

Santa Barbara Wine Country

March 28, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Santa Barbara County contains two of our go-to California pinot noir regions, Santa Maria Valley, and especially Santa Rita Hills. Santa Maria Valley We made a fast stop in Arroyo Seco to visit Latetia. Then we drove down the Santa Maria Valley, which is the northern most appellation in Santa Barbara County. We made stops […]

Filed Under: Buellton, California, Featured-City, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria Valley, Santa Rita Hills, Santa Ynez, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Alma Rosa, Babcock Winery, Brewer-Clifton, Bryon, Cambria Estate Winery, Clos Pepe Estate, Crawford Family Wines, Dragonette, Dragonette Cellar, Foxen Vineyard, Hitching Post, Ken Brown Wines, Latetia, Los Olivos, Melville Winery, Nielson Vineyard, Pence Vineyard, Pinot Noir, Santa Maria Valley, Santa Rita Hills

Santa Barbara California

March 28, 2021 Leave a Comment

Santa Barbara courthouse view from tower

We love Santa Barbara California. What’s not to love. This coastal city is between the Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Coast. The town is lovely. It contains of primarily whitewashed, adobe-like buildings with red tile roofs, with the oldest dating from the 1800s. State Street, the main commercial street, is particularly lovely, with all […]

Filed Under: California, Featured-City, Restaurants, Santa Barbara, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Au Bon Climate Winery, Pali Wines, Rancho del Cielo, Reagan Ranch Center, Ronald Reagan, Sanford Winery, Toma, Young Americans for Freedom