Santa Barbara Wine Festival: The Best Way To End June

OK, everybody, let’s all travel to Santa Barbara and taste some wine.  The Santa Barbara Wine Festival™ is taking place at the end of this month with delicious wine, outstanding food, and hopefully a dinosaur or two.  If you haven’t been … –> please click here to continue reading –>

This Is The New Year: The 2013 World of Pinot Noir

In just a month, Pinot Noir producers and lovers from around the world will converge at the 2013 World of Pinot Noir Festival in Shell Beach, along the central coast of California.  The 13th Annual World of Pinot Noir takes … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Let’s Go Wine Tasting In Santa Barbara

When you go wine tasting in Santa Barbara County, you will find plenty of wine regions and wine trails to keep you busy.  Between the Lompoc “Wine Ghetto,” the Foxen Canyon Trail, the Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail, downtown Los Olivos, and the areas around … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Dinosaur at the Door – The 2012 Santa Barbara Wine Festival

As usual, the Santa Barbara Wine Festival took place on the last Saturday in June at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.  We had a delightful time walking around the grounds outside, discovering several local wineries and restaurants we hadn’t been to … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Santa Barbara Wine Festival

Sheltered by the Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara is the home of gorgeous weather, charming white-washed buildings with red tile roofs, and 100 miles of coastline.  On top of all that, we’ve got another reason for you to go there:  … –> please click here to continue reading –>

What a Wonderful World (of Pinot Noir)

Earlier this month, we had the extreme pleasure of participating in two days of Grand Tastings at this year’s World of Pinot Noir Festival held in Shell Beach, California.  With over 180 winery participants, we expected to be reminded of … –> please click here to continue reading –>

Wine Tasting in San Diego

In case you needed another reason to visit San Diego, the Family Winemakers of California will be holding a public tasting on Sunday March 11 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds.  About 130 wineries will participate in the tasting which is open … –> please click here to continue reading –>