Wine & Things

Vintners Festival

2010 Vintners' Festival Weekend
April 16th - 19th

The annual Santa Barbara County Vintners' Festival Weekend attracted wine lovers from near and far for an opportunity to meet member vintners, taste their wines, and enjoy great food and music over a long spring weekend.

The main event was the Vintners' Festival - a festive outdoor environment at River Park in Lompoc held on Saturday April 17th from 1 to 4pm. The festival featured the wines of the 130+ members of the Association, live and lively music, a silent auction and wine country cuisine by the area’s finest chefs.

The Vintners festival is always a lot of fun, a place where you can meet some of your favorite winemakers face to face.  You can taste wine from every producer in the area, large or small.  For instance we met up with Christopher Marks (photo), a representative of Westerly Vineyard, a family operation with a lot of local respect.   

Some people come here with a specific list of what they want to taste, for instance one man said that he was having a Syrah day.  Another mentioned  he wanted to taste nothing but whites. 

Many travelers also enjoyed the Vintner's Visa, which was a 4 day pass to 13 member wineries. 

More

Blind Tasting Results
Our 32 participants enjoyed the blind tasting, find out how everything was scored.

Syrah Society
Our tasting event was a lot of fun and the results are in.

Chardonnay Symposium
Chardonnay is Santa Barbara County's most produced varietal, find out why.

Artiste' in Los Olivos
Artiste' re-opens tasting room, now in Los Olivos

Bien Nacido Open House
April 18th's BNV open house featured the wines of Qupe, Au Bon Climat, Vedad and others.

Winemaker Dinner Los Olivos Cafe
Los Olivos Cafe presents Bernat Winemaker Dinner with Sam Marmorstein

Picnic at the Lake
13 Santa Ynez Wineries pouring at Bridlewood

Sanford the Steward
The County's most enviornmentally friendly winemaker.