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
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
OUR TINY OPERATION IS AIMED AT PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY AND BALANCED WINES
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
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
Family-owned since 1973, Zaca Mesa Winery & Vineyards is dedicated to producing Rhone varietals showcasing the distinct characteristics of their estate vineyards. For nearly 50 years, they made wine out of the same barn that founded the estate, celebrating generation after generation of acclaimed
Long before the Santa Maria Valley benchland was recognized as a great winegrowing region, the native Chumash Indians knew it as "tepuztli," meaning copper coin. Later, Spanish settlers translated the word as Tepusquet. As part of an 1837 Mexican land grant, "Rancho Tepusquet" was home
One of the original vineyards in Santa Ynez Valley and the producer of world-class Sauvignon Blanc wines in a variety of styles, as well as small quantities of hand-crafted Bordeaux-style red wines. A visit to The Brander Vineyard is somewhat like visiting a small wine
During the 1970's the Miller Family planted Bien Nacido Vineyards. Since that time, winemakers throughout California coveted the fruit from this singular piece of land. Heavily influenced by the nearby Pacific Ocean, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Syrah have found great expression here.
Nestled in the heart of the Sta. Rita Hills is Babcock Winery & Vineyards, where Bryan Babcock has been pursuing his unlimited passion for small production bottlings of unique, terroir driven wines since 1983.