With so many Sparkling Wine and local champagne producers in Santa Barbara County, there are over a dozen places to taste local bubbles right in downtown Santa Barbara. 17 wineries make local Champagne you can taste and buy in downtown Santa Barbara.
There are also more that are sold online, or to Wine Club only (link coming soon). Plus, check out these 2 wine bars that have local or natural bubbles for sale: Corks ‘n Crowns and Satellite.
Read on to find out where to sip!
See more! There are over 75 sparkling wine producers in Santa Barbara County.
Sparkling Wine in the City of Santa Barbara
1. Caella Sparkling Wine
Info coming soon!
2. Fess Parker Fesstivity Sparkling Wine
This is Fess Parker’s new tasting room in the Funk Zone! Fess Parker makes various different sparklers made in the Méthode Champenoise: Fesstivity Blanc De Noirs, Fesstivity Blanc De Blancs, Brut Rosé, and Brut Cuvée. They also make a red sparkling wine, Sibling Bubblery Sparkling Grenache. The only place to taste these sparkling wines in a flight is at The Bubble Shack in Los Olivos, Friday – Sunday. You can also buy bottles (as well as tastes or glasses) at Epiphany in Los Olivos, Fess Parker Winery on Foxen Canyon, and the SB Wine Collective here in the Funk Zone (#13 on this list).
Méthode Champenoise is how sparkling wine is made in the Champagne region of France, also called méthode traditionnelle or classique. This is the highest-quality and most labor-intensive way to make sparkling wine. It involves bottling the still wine with additions of sugar and yeast after a first fermentation, ensuring a second fermentation happens in the bottle, trapping the bubbles inside. It then goes through aging (and periodic turning of the bottles to force the lees to the neck of the bottle), until it’s ready for dégorgement (to get these lees out) and dosage (to finish the wine).
3. Foley Sparkling Wine/The Society
Foley Estates produces 2019 Foley Family Brut-style, traditional French method sparkling wine. The grapes are from the estate in the Sta. Rita Hills. They also have a Foley Food & Wine Society tasting room at Hotel Californian in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, where you can get glasses of Foley Bubbles, as well as their imported Lucien Albrecht Brut Rosé Crémant d’Alsace, Alsace.
4. Fox Wine Co. Sparkling Wine (Foxy Bubbles)
Blair Fox has been the winemaker at Fess Parker for quite a few years, and he also makes Foxy Bubbles, a Champagne method, brut style Grenache Rosé, for Blair Fox Cellars in Los Olivos and Fox Wine Co. here in Santa Barbara.
5. Jamie Slone / Santa Barbara Bubbly Lounge – Sparkling Wine flights!
All new Bubbly Lounge with a secret entrance next to Jamie Slone Wines is the coolest newest thing in SB. With three dry, Champagne-style Bubbles to choose from (plus super fun food pairings), you can’t go wrong.
Sparkling Flight:
- The Pink Affair Sparkling Rosé (Pinot Noir, Pinot Meunier, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc) — fresh raspberry, honeysuckle & a bright, elegant finish
- The Bubbly Brut Cuvée (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Muscat Canelli) — crisp Meyer lemon, green apple & a touch of brioche
- F-er Vescent Brut Cuvée (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Blanc) — rich and textured with notes of toasted almond, pear & raspberry
6. Kunin Sparkling Wine
Sparkling Zero Chenin Blanc Jurassic Park showcases a savory side of Chenin Blanc, and is made 100% in-house, at the winery in Goleta in the Méthode Champenoise. It’s bone dry, with zero dosage (no added sugar). It’s also sold out! Waiting for the next bottling…
7. La Lieff Sparkling Wine
La Lieff is a woman-owned winery, and recently opened their tasting room in downtown Santa Barbara. They have a lovely Sparkling Rosé.
8. Loubud Sparkling Wines – flights!
One of the youngest voices in the sparkling wine world, Laura Hughes of Loubud Wines has been redefining bubbles since founding her label in 2015. Named after a childhood nickname given by her father, Loubud quickly made its mark—and continues to stand out on the sparkling scene.
Hughes takes an artistic, micro-production approach to sparkling wine, crafting vineyard-designated bottlings from cool-climate sites like Cebada Vineyard. Each wine is a study in precision and place, offering a thoughtful look at what small-lot sparkling can be. At her intimate El Paseo tasting room, the experience is just as personal—settle in for elegant pours, meaningful conversation, and even the chance to work on hand-cut puzzles alongside Laura or her husband, Paul.
Read all about Loubud Sparkling Wines.
9. Margerum / Barden Blanc de Blanc Sparkling Wine
Barden, part of the Margerum Wine Company, produces limited quantity, boutique wines made from grapes solely sourced from the world-renowned Sta. Rita Hills. Their Blanc de Blanc is made with 100% Chardonnay in the traditional method used in Champagne, France. It’s aged on the lees for 3 years, and has zero dosage, making it light and crisp with delicious notes of brioche and lemon curd. You can get it by the glass or bottle at their Santa Barbara tasting room. It’s not on any tasting list, but just ask and they will always pour it for you.
This Blanc de Blanc is made with 100% Chardonnay in the traditional method used in Champagne, France. It’s aged on the lees for 3 years, and has zero dosage, making it light and crisp with delicious notes of brioche and lemon curd.
10. Melville Winery Sparkling Wine
Like Kunin’s bubbles, both the Blanc de Noir Estate and the Blanc de Blancs are made in the traditional method with no dosage (added sugar) making it also is super dry. This urban tasting room is great for lounging with a glass of wine, and Melville’s Estate Winery is in Sta. Rita Hills. Both are also sold out, so now we wait….
11. Potek / Municipal Winemakers Sparkling Wine & Pét Nats
This fun, quirky brand doesn’t disappoint with its bubbly bottlings on both ends of the spectrum. One is made in the Champagne method, aged en tirage (on lees in the bottle) on its side for 10 years, the 10-Year Fizz sparkling Shiraz, making it one of the most special, rare wines they’ve ever released. The other is the club-only Mubbly, made from stuff like Arneis, Chardonnay, and Riesling picked at low sugars and then fermented to dryness in stainless steel. Bubbles are then added to the bottle for an easy drinker!
12. Pali Wine Co. Pét-Nat
Pali produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay sourced primarily from vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills and neighboring wine-growing regions. Pali has several releases of Bubbles: a bone-dry (zero dosage) méthode-champenoise Sparkling Wine–Pali Vineyard made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and a limited “Pét Moon Pink” Pét-Nat collab with Neighborhood Winery. They also have a tasting room in Lompoc’s Wine Ghetto.
Pétillant Naturel, or Pét-Nat, is an even more ancient way to make sparkling wine than the widely-used méthode champenoise (also called méthode traditionelle) originated in Champagne, France. In the méthode ancestrale, the wine is bottled with a crown cap before it even finishes its first fermentation, so it develops carbon dioxide as it goes. It’s not disgorged, often unfiltered, and can be made from any grape variety.
13. Paradise Springs Sparkling Wine
Info coming soon!
14. Riverbench Sparkling Wine – flights!
This iconic winery is located at the northern end of Foxen Canyon in Santa Maria Valley, and this Funk Zone tasting room always offers a flight of Champagne method sparklers all made in-house. They are a pioneer of sparkling wine and were the first in Santa Barbara County to plant Pinot Meunier (one of the 3 grapes allowed for Champagne in France) solely for the sparkling wine program. They make between 7-8 sparkling wines, and you can always get a flight (or join a Bubbles Club!) at either location. Read more about Riverbench here.
15. Santa Barbara Winery Sparkling Wine
A true original in Santa Barbara County, this bubbly comes from the county’s very first winery! The Sparkling Rosé is made from Pinot Noir in the Sta. Rita Hills, a renowned growing area for Pinot Noir. This is also available as sister label, Lafond Sparkling Rosé in the Sta. Rita Hills. They are made in the classic Champagne stye, aged for 16 months on the yeast in bottle before disgorging to add mid-palate texture. These wines are currently sold out.
16. SB Wine Collective Sparkling Wine – flights!
This spot carries wines from various wineries in Santa Barbara County, and changes its lineups periodically. In Fall 2022, find Fess Parker “Fesstivity” Blanc de Noirs, Fess Parker “Fesstivity” Brut Rosé (both Champagne method), and Final Girl Sparkling Viognier Pét Nat, all from Santa Barbara County grapes.
17. Skyenna Sparkling Wine
Skyenna’s Sparkling Brut UNA is a dry & crisp bubbly, made of 50% Chardonnay & 50% Pinot Noir grapes from Santa Barbara County.
See more! There are over 75 sparkling wine producers in Santa Barbara County.
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