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Experience the best of Santa Barbara wine Country. Sustainable Vine Wine Tours provides access to locations not open to the general public where you will taste premium, extremely small-production wines with the owner or winemaker themselves. This a truly behind the scenes wine experience that gets to the heart of the story behind the wines!
Santa Barbara, California (full episode) - V is for Vino wine show
Santa Barabara Wine Region: The Getaway for the Stars
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Santa Barbara is my favorite California wine region. Dollar for dollar, nothing competes, especially if you love cool climate wines like Pinot Noir and elegant, restrained Chardonnay. Our restaurant on this episode also has a spot close to my heart: it was the place I envisioned for V is for Vino when I came up with the idea years ago, and doggone-it, I got it done. Find out why Santa Barbara is the getaway for the celebs on this episode of V is for Vino.
-Vince
V is for Vino | The Show to Pair with Your Wine.
WATCH the show. LEARN the story. DRINK the wine.
Become a wine expert with V is for Vino, The Show to Pair with Your Wine. On the free 30 minute show, your personal sommelier (aka really smart wine guy) Vince takes you on a video journey to meet the winemaker, learn about the grapes, see the region, and cook a dish that pairs. Then you can get the wine from the show delivered to your door at visforvino.com
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So what is V is for Vino?
It’s the first The Show to Pair with Your Wine where you get to WATCH. LEARN, DRINK. You can watch our show all about wine, and then get the wine from the show delivered to your door. Plus, the wine and recipe cards available at visforvino.com. It’s like virtual wine tasting!
-WATCH-
Join Vince your personal sommelier (a.k.a. smart wine guy) as he tours a new region each month. You’ll meet the featured winemaker, see the region, learn the grapes and wine topics, and cook a meal with a local chef that will pair perfectly.
-LEARN-
Learn different wine topics in each episode: from what is tannin to how to order wine in a restaurant. Plus, get the wine and recipe cards from each episode on visforvino.com
-DRINK-
What kind of club would this be without booze? You can purchase the wine we feature on the show from months featured region/winemaker delivered to your door, so you can drink along with us! It’s like virtual wine tasting!
-ON THIS CHANNEL-
You can watch full episodes, or get snippets of the V is for Vino show: learning how-to cook a great recipe or two, exploring new white wine, red wine, and wine topics, as well as the vine and wine world in 2017.
© 2017 V IS FOR VINO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Wine Tasting in Downtown Santa Barbara at Au Bon Climat
Exotic Wine Travel is in downtown Santa Barbara, California! Within the downtown area of this city, there are close to 30 tasting rooms, including the legendary Au Bon Climat. Discover rare wines and unique wine regions with us!
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Santa Barbara Wine Tours
Eric from SantaBarbaraWineTours.org talks about the Santa Barbara Wine Country, what kind of wines are made there and a couple of his favorite wineries that the wine tourist can visit to imbibe some truly delicious California wine.
Santa Barbara is a perfect place for wine tasting tours for a bunch of reasons. For one thing, it boasts a host of wineries, vineyards and tasting rooms serving up top quality wines made from in a diversity of styles from an array of grape varieties.
As for geographical diversity, you can choose from four AVAs, or designated wine appellations, for your Santa Barbara wine tours: Santa Ynez Valley, Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara, Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley, in the beautiful Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County. These AVAs are home to over 100 wineries, many of which produce world-class wines. In fact, two wines produced in Santa Barbara County were included in Wine Spectator's top 100 wines of 2010: Tensley's Syrah Santa Barbara County, Colson Canyon Vineyard 2008, at no. 17; and Zaca Mesa's Syrah, Santa Ynez Valley 2006, at no. 29.
Just to clarify, that's no. 17 and no. 29, not just in California or America, but in the world (California in general did very well this year with fourteen of the top twenty, and four of the top five wines being from the Golden State). As this result makes clear, some of the world's best Syrah is made in the Santa Barbara Wine Country, one more reason that Santa Barbara wine tours are well worth your while. The region is also renowned for its other Rhone varietals including Grenache, Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne and Mourvedre.
Two other varietals that Santa Barbara wineries excel in are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. These cool climate, Burgundian varietals do especially well in the Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley appellations, both excellent locations for Santa Barbara wine tours. The east-west orientation of the mountains surrounding these AVAs allow cooling fogs to roll in from the Pacific Ocean during the morning, and later in the day, on-shore breezes keep things cool. This maritime influence combined with the area's terrain -- which is located on the oceanic Pacific Plate rather than the continental North American Plate -- and soils favored by the Burgundian varietals, have allowed the wine makers of these two appellations to achieve stunning successes with both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Their Pinot Noirs have received more than their fair share of accolades. In fact, some Santa Barbara wine tours are focused solely on visiting wineries that excel in producing stunning wines from this popular grape variety, and speaking of California Pinot Noir in general, 2007 was a fabulous year for this famously difficult to grow and vinify fruit; the best year ever, in fact, according to California Wine author James Laube, who writes in the September 2009 issue of Wine Spectator that, The breadth and depth of quality in 2007 California Pinot Noir is unparalleled...2007, offering the greatest assortment of outstanding wines in the 25 years I've been tasting and writing about Golden State Pinot. A number of Sta. Rita Hills wines are featured among his picks for the top Pinots of 2007.
Santa Barbara wine tours have much to offer. First and foremost, an incredible number and variety of fantastic wineries and vineyards to visit including: the beautiful Curtis Winery, the environmentally conscious Sunstone Vinyards and Winery, the unassuming Kalrya Winery, the stately Bridlewood Estate Winery, the quaint Brander Vineyard, the elegant Gainey Vineyard, the cozy Buttonwood Farms Winery, the bucolic Beckman Vineyards, the rustic Foxen Winery, the colorful Blackjack Ranch Vineyards and Winery, and the grand Fess Parker Winery. Besides the wineries, Santa Barbara wine tours let you enjoy golden Southern California sunshine, sweeping, bucolic vistas, fine restaurants and friendly people when you embark on your own Santa Barbara wine tour.
One of the best ways to do that is by limousine. Click on the link for info on renting your own Santa Barbara wine tours limo.
Santa Ynez Valley Wine Tasting
Walking tour of Solvang, room tour, and wine tastings in Santa Ynez Valley.
Hi there! My name is Jen and I am the founder and writer of World On A Whim, the Perfectionist's Guide to Spontaneous Travel. While my blog focuses on international travel, I am starting school in Los Angeles and will therefore not be able to travel abroad quite as much. Therefore, I decided to curate a Day in LA each week so that we can all enjoy our free time and have adventures in this glorious city. And of course I will share my travels outside of LA with you as well :)
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Thank you to Visit Santa Ynez Valley, Hamlet Inn, Vino Vaqueros, Sarloos and Sons, Kaena Wine Company, and SY Kitchen for hosting me and giving me a true sense of the Santa Ynez Valley, not just the one you get in a few hours of touring Solvang on a quick day trip.
California Wine Festival - Santa Barbara
California Wine Festival's 3 Day Wine & Food Event in Santa Barbara California. Local Vendors & International Wine Vendors come together in paradise for an unforgettable tasting experience.
Wine of the Weekend: Santa Barbara, California
This weekend you can get funky in the Santa Barbara Funk Zone, let the ocean breeze chill you out in the beautiful hillside vineyards, or just get happy in the Happy Canyon. Yes, Santa Barbara County has a lot to offer a wine lover but even if you can't make it this weekend, pick up these bottles and bring SB home to you!
The Santa Lucia Highlands Appellation
Sun, Wind & Wine. The Santa Lucia Highlands is a small but mighty winegrowing appellation in cool, coastal Monterey County that cultivates California’s best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. With generations of family farming, innovation and sustainability as our legacy, our growers and vineyards have earned their place among the state’s most prestigious names for appellation and single-vineyard cool-climate varieties.
Foxen Winery and Vineyard: An interview with co-founder Dick Doré (Sideways 10th anniversary)
I recently headed up to the Santa Maria area to visit on my favorite vineyards and wineries: Foxen. Founders Dick Doré and Bill Wathen started making sustainable wine together at Foxen in 1985. Visit their tasting rooms daily from 11am to 4pm and taste some our their fantastic varietals. Here's my interview and tasting tour with Dick for the 10th anniversary of the movie Sideways.
Wine Country Vineyard Estate
Welcome to one of the finest small vineyard estates in Sonoma County. Located in the heart of West Sonoma, this enchanting estate offers the allure of the Wine Country lifestyle and includes a newly designed main residence with breathtaking panoramic views overlooking acres of some of the world’s most famous vineyards. An extensive home renovation blends state-of-the-art amenities with a picturesque setting providing timeless spaces for living and entertaining. The quintessential wine country farmhouse and stylish guest house are steps away from a 60’ lap pool & spa, pool house, outdoor shower, lush gardens, extensive landscaping, covered loggias, and a multi-purpose barn.
The estate is a place to bond with nature, while appreciating the privacy that comes with owning such a rare parcel of land. Located near the two small, scenic communities of Graton and Forestville with nearby world class vineyards and wineries. Gateway to the breathtaking Sonoma Coastline and Russian River Redwood Corridor, The vineyard estate is bordered on the East by the Laguna de Santa Rosa Wetlands Preserve and is surrounded by majestic rolling hills in a diverse landscape of a rich agricultural heritage. The vineyard estate is set on a sunny knoll facing southwest overlooking the Green Valley. The estate’s 2+/- acre vineyard in the renowned Russian River and Green Valley appellations is planted to premium Chardonnay for a vineyard designate wine.
This tranquil and exquisite estate speaks to those seeking utmost privacy and proximity to nature in one of the most desirable wine regions in the world. Its premier location affords the ultimate Wine Country Experience – just an hour and 20 minutes North of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, just minutes to the beautiful Sonoma Coast and a scenic 15 minute drive to the quaint town of Healdsburg, a destination town known for its charming central plaza, tasting rooms, boutique shopping and 5 star restaurants.
Harvest at ampelos cellars and vineyard - sustainable organic biodynamic
Judit and Corina experience harvest in the ampelos Vineyards with Peter and Rebecca Work and then go to the Winery for a tasting.
ampelos is the first vineyard in Santa Barbara County and one of the first in the United States to receive all 3 certifications — sustainability in practice, organic and biodynamic.
California Masters of Wine Tour 2018
Fifty Masters of Wine (MWs) from 16 countries participated in a once-in-a-lifetime tour of California wines in late October 2018, which showcased 600 wines from 60 AVAs throughout the state and 300 vintners. Touring California wine regions for 10 days through the Central Coast and North Coast areas, and tasting wines from across the state, the highly regarded group included sommeliers, wine retailers, restaurateurs, wine writers and other leaders in the global hospitality industry. The event, the Masters of Wine “California Dreamin’ Tour,” was a collaboration between Wine Institute and the London-based Institute of Masters of Wine. For more information, visit:
SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CALIFORNIA'S WINE INDUSTRY AND ASSEMBLY SELECT COMMITTEE ON WINE
Nine Gables Vineyard and Winery - Plymouth, California
Nine Gables Vineyard and Winery is located on what was once the Old Pieroni Ranch. Antonio & Ester Pieroni immigrated to America in April, 1905 and settled in Amador County. The old farm house, which is still standing west of Nine Gables, was built in 1857 and Mission grapes originally planted in the early 1900's are still growing around the Nine Gables Vineyard and Winery house and tasting room.
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Learn Why Wine Lovers are Flocking to OREGON - V is for Vino (EPISODE 201)
Oregon: Where Wine Lovers Can Have It All!
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Mountains, valleys, bridges, gorges, rivers, cities, and countrysides: if you name it, Oregon has it! In this episode, we'll explore why the Willamette Valley has established itself as a premier growing region for Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris, the difference between sustainable/organic/biodynamic, fish on the Columbia River, make art in downtown Portland, cook some amazing fish dishes at Ned Ludd restaurant, and explore the Columbia Gorge. Time to venture outside of California on this inaugural episode of Season 2!
-Vince
V is for Vino | The Show to Pair with Your Wine.
WATCH the show. LEARN the story. DRINK the wine.
Become a wine expert with V is for Vino, The Show to Pair with Your Wine. On the free 30 minute show, your personal sommelier (aka really smart wine guy) Vince takes you on a video journey to meet the winemaker, learn about the grapes, see the region, and cook a dish that pairs. Then you can get the wine from the show delivered to your door at visforvino.com
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Come to our Website!
Check out our Blog!
Follow us on Instagram!
Let's be friends on Facebook!
——————
So what is V is for Vino?
It’s the first The Show to Pair with Your Wine where you get to WATCH. LEARN, DRINK. You can watch our show all about wine, and then get the wine from the show delivered to your door. Plus, the wine and recipe cards available at visforvino.com. It’s like virtual wine tasting!
-WATCH-
Join Vince your personal sommelier (a.k.a. smart wine guy) as he tours a new region each month. You’ll meet the featured winemaker, see the region, learn the grapes and wine topics, and cook a meal with a local chef that will pair perfectly.
-LEARN-
Learn different wine topics in each episode: from what is tannin to how to order wine in a restaurant. Plus, get the wine and recipe cards from each episode on visforvino.com
-DRINK-
What kind of club would this be without booze? You can purchase the wine we feature on the show from months featured region/winemaker delivered to your door, so you can drink along with us! It’s like virtual wine tasting!
-ON THIS CHANNEL-
You can watch full episodes, or get snippets of the V is for Vino show: learning how-to cook a great recipe or two, exploring new white wine, red wine, and wine topics, as well as the vine and wine world.
© 2019 V IS FOR VINO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Paso Robles, California (full episode) - V is for Vino wine show
Paso Robles Wine Region: Farm to Table Before it was Cool
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Paso Robles still feels like a farm community at heart. If it can be sourced local, it is. Everyone knows each other at the local bar. And the locals are proud of the region, even if it doesn't get the recognition it absolutely should: Paso makes some incredibly undervalued grape juice. Go local on this episode of V is for Vino.
-Vince
V is for Vino | The Show to Pair with Your Wine.
WATCH the show. LEARN the story. DRINK the wine.
Become a wine expert with V is for Vino, The Show to Pair with Your Wine. On the free 30 minute show, your personal sommelier (aka really smart wine guy) Vince takes you on a video journey to meet the winemaker, learn about the grapes, see the region, and cook a dish that pairs. Then you can get the wine from the show delivered to your door at visforvino.com
——————
Come to our Website!
Check out our Blog!
Follow us on Instagram!
Let's be friends on Facebook!
——————
So what is V is for Vino?
It’s the first The Show to Pair with Your Wine where you get to WATCH. LEARN, DRINK. You can watch our show all about wine, and then get the wine from the show delivered to your door. Plus, the wine and recipe cards available at visforvino.com. It’s like virtual wine tasting!
-WATCH-
Join Vince your personal sommelier (a.k.a. smart wine guy) as he tours a new region each month. You’ll meet the featured winemaker, see the region, learn the grapes and wine topics, and cook a meal with a local chef that will pair perfectly.
-LEARN-
Learn different wine topics in each episode: from what is tannin to how to order wine in a restaurant. Plus, get the wine and recipe cards from each episode on visforvino.com
-DRINK-
What kind of club would this be without booze? You can purchase the wine we feature on the show from months featured region/winemaker delivered to your door, so you can drink along with us! It’s like virtual wine tasting!
-ON THIS CHANNEL-
You can watch full episodes, or get snippets of the V is for Vino show: learning how-to cook a great recipe or two, exploring new white wine, red wine, and wine topics, as well as the vine and wine world in 2017.
© 2017 V IS FOR VINO ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Vineyard View Ranch - Santa Ynez, CA
This custom-built Santa Ynez Valley ranch estate is inspired by traditional Texas ranch-style architecture and boasts unrestricted, dramatic views of the surrounding mountain ranges, Happy Canyon, and the Roblar Corridor. The residential compound is enveloped by approximately 16.5 acres of award winning Syrah grapes. The main residence boasts approx. 5,400 s.f. of living space surrounded by a 9’ wrap-around veranda constructed with Texas aromatic red cedar posts and beams. A stone bridge guides you to the home’s grand entryway. The foyer opens up to the formal dining area and massive great room. This beautiful home envelopes the stunning gourmet kitchen which features a massive center island with mosaic copper counter tops, commercial appliances, stainless steel prep surfaces, custom Alder wood cabinetry, and conversation area warmed by the fireplace. Wine enthusiasts will enjoy the wine cellar & tasting room with a 1200+/- bottle capacity. The grounds create a wonderful setting for large scale entertaining with lush landscaping, an expansive patio area, salt water pool, built-in cooking area and massive fireplace. The guest house emulates the main residence style with its metal roof and stone exterior. The equestrian facility has its own access and features a barn with three horse stalls, a studio, workshop, feed storage area and roping arena with a viewing pavilion.
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