Cali Coast Wine Country
Winemaker Mike Sinor is the SLO Coast Champagne Renegade. Instead of focusing on traditional-method sparklers, he takes interesting varieties and the older, pared-down and simple, ancestrale method instead. Pétillant Naturel, or Pét-Nat, is an even more ancient way to make sparkling wine than the widely-used méthod traditionelle or méthod champenoise originated in Champagne, France. In …
The San Luis Obispo Coast Wine region (SLO Coast Wine) is one of California’s coolest wine growing regions. Their 30 wineries are an average of only 5 miles from the ocean! Coastal fog, wind, soil, and sun create wines refined by the Pacific’s influence. This makes for energetically acidic and complex wines, with a large …
Note: Bibi Ji may be subject to Stay-at-Home Orders, where they cannot offer dining. Thank goodness this Chicken Tikka is on their To-Go Menu! Indian-American sommelier Rajat Parr is widely known for his extensive knowledge and expertise of the world’s great wines, and for developing and managing wine programs for more than a dozen famous …
Local Santa Barbara Bubbles Note: With this year’s closures due to the pandemic, many wineries will only be selling these sparkling wines by the bottle. By now, eating and drinking local in Santa Barbara County is easy. With our plethora of local farmers and chefs who embrace local ingredients, along with the more than 200 …
Fall | If you’ve never tried the Roasted Local Vegetables at Los Olivos Wine Merchant & Café, this fall is the time! And after you’ve had it cooked to perfection by him, read below to make it at home yourself. Chef Chris Joslyn sources all the vegetables for this dish from local farmers and changes the …
In Santa Barbara county, the only place to taste a flight of sparkling wine every day is Riverbench Winery‘s tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara. They make 7 different sparklers…read below in their own words: 2014 Riverbench Reserve Blanc de Blancs Sparkling Wine – An extended tirage and extra time in barrel make this the most …
