Santa Barbara County Sparkling Wine Trails

Santa Barbara county is one of the world’s premier growing regions for Chardonnay & Pinot Noir–2 of the main grapes in traditional Champagne. And lucky for us, there are more than 60 sparkling wine and California champagne producers in the county trying their hand at it. Even wineries without tasting rooms and getting into the bubbles business – the online-only producers are from some of the county’s highest-rated winemakers.

Many producers don’t make enough quantity to have bubbles on a regular tasting list, but you can always ask at the winery. If they have some bubbles available; they’re likely to pour them for you. A good guideline: if you like the winery’s white wines, you’ll probably like their Sparkling Wine.

Santa Barbara County has over 70 producers in 5 different trails (see below):

• Santa Maria & Los Alamos (7)
• Lompoc & Santa Rita Hills (12)
• Los Olivos (16)
• Buellton, Solvang & Santa Ynez (14)
• Santa Barbara (13)
• Online & Members Only (9)

Santa Ynez Valley & Santa Barbara County Sparking Wine Map

Download the printable Santa Barbara Sparkling Wine Map (pdf, updated 2019)

Contact me if you’d like copies for your tasting room!

Santa Maria Valley & Los Alamos Bubbles Trail:

Demetria, Foxen, Lo-Fi, Municipal Winemakers, Presqu’ile, Riverbench, A Tribute to Grace

Lompoc & Sta. Rita Hills Bubbles Trail:

Camins 2 Dreams, Fiddlehead, Flying Goat, Kessler-Haak, Montemar, Pali Wine Co, The Hilt Estate, Lafond, Melville Winery, Sanford, Strange Family Wines, Tyler

Los Olivos Bubbles Trail:

Artiste, Blair Fox, Brewer-Clifton, The Bubble Shack (also at Fess Parker Winery), Ca’ Del Grevino, Carhartt Family, Coquelicot, Dreamcote, E11even Wines, Future Perfect, The Hideaway LO, Moretti, Refugio Ranch, Solminer, Stolpman, Story of Soil

Buellton, Solvang & Santa Ynez Bubbles Trail:

Alma Rosa, Brick Barn, Buttonwood, Cali Love Wine, Casa Cassara, Kalyra, Loring, Lucas & Lewellen, Pence, Roblar, Sanger/Consilience, Sunstone, Toccata, Vincent Vineyards

Santa Barbara Bubbles Trail:

Area 5.1 Winery, Cebada, Fox Wine Co., J. Wilkes, Kunin, Melville Winery, Municipal Winemakers, Pali Wine Co., Potek, Riverbench, Santa Barbara Winery, SB Wine Collective, Summerland