Inside the Santa Ynez Valley is a variety of climates, grapes and quality to be found. This diversity is what influences local winemaker and industry leader Wes Hagen to describe the Santa Ynez Valley as, “…the Loire Valley of California.”
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Inside the Santa Ynez Valley is a variety of climates, grapes and quality to be found. This diversity is what influences local winemaker and industry leader Wes Hagen to describe the Santa Ynez Valley as, “…the Loire Valley of California.”
When you drink a Fiddlehead Cellars wine, you’ll notice the harmony that blends together acidity, oak and fruit, with no extreme presence of one that completely overshadows the other characteristics. This liquid excellence is brought to us by proprietor Kathy Joseph who I recently had the pleasure to taste with through an abundance of her superb wines.
Sanford & Benedict is considered a crown jewel vineyard, its excellence encouraging a young Santa Barbara wine region that it could produce Pinot Noir & Chardonnay grapes that would be the envy of the world of wine.
An overview of Mission Santa Barbara, an educational wine, food and cultural immersion into Santa Barbara County put on by the Santa Barbara Vintners. Featuring the great wines, winemakers and vineyards of Santa Barbara.
