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SAMsARA Wine Co.

SAMsARA Wine Co is a boutique winery producing approximately 2500 cases. We believe in cool climate vineyards and old world wine making techniques; native yeast, whole cluster and extending barrel aging. SAMsARA produces limited releases of Pinot Noir, Syrah, Grenache and Chardonnay from carefully selected

Sandhi

Sandhi is a small production California winery focusing on select vineyards from the Sta. Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County. Sandhi was founded in 2010 by Rajat Parr, the wine director for Michael Mina Restaurants, and winemaker, Sashi Moorman. Sandhi represents a union essential to the

Jamie Slone Wines

Start your wine experience with Jamie Slone Wines. Winner of the 2019 Santa Barbara News-Press Readers’ Choice Awards for Favorite Winery and Favorite Tasting Room and 2018 Santa Barbara Independent Readers’ Poll BEST Urban Tasting Room runner-up. Our mission is to provide guests an outstanding Santa Barbara wine experience. In our

J. Wilkes

The J. Wilkes Tasting Room is part of the beautiful Hotel Californian property. The Tasting Room features a fun modern Industrial Chic décor theme with wines by Winemaker Wes Hagen, recently voted one of the 100 Most Influential Winemakers in the US (2014, #68). The

Hitching Post Wines

Leading the Hitching Post Wines team are the creators and two long-time friends, Gray Hartley and Frank Ostini, who have been making wines in Santa Barbara County, California since 1979. Hartley and Ostini strive to create flavorful handcrafted wines that possess poise and balance, putting a

Sanford Winery & Vineyards

With two sustainably farmed vineyards in the heart of the Sta. Rita Hills, Sanford winery has specialized in hand-crafted, estate bottled Pinot Noir and Chardonnay since 1981. The winery is surrounded by the picturesque La Rinconada Vineyard. Adjacent to La Rinconada on the east side,

Sweetzer Cellars

Inspired by a summer trip to France in 2008, we began making wine in a second story, white-carpeted apartment in West Hollywood. Blissfully unaware of the challenges facing us, we hauled Cabernet grapes from Napa and Sonoma. We crushed in the carport, fermented in the

Gainey Vineyard

The Gainey family has been farming in the Santa Ynez Valley for over 60 years. Their 100% Estate grown, small production wines are sustainably created from three ranches, each offering a unique combination of soil types, microclimate and sun exposure. We grow Bordeaux varieties at

The Hilt Estate

To understand the wines made by The Hilt Estate, one might need to come visit the hard and harsh conditions under which they are born. The unobstructed, ocean facing east-west valley known as Sta. Rita Hills Valley is a complex AVA. One could divide it

Star Lane Vineyard & Winery

Second generation family proprietors and siblings Michael Dierberg and Ellen Dierberg Milne consider themselves stewards of Star Lane Vineyard, which was planted in 1996 by their parents Jim and Mary Dierberg. Star Lane was planted thirteen years before Happy Canyon would be recognized as an