Holiday Wine Specials It’s the holiday season which means, the specials are rolling in. I am seeing a lot of wine special emails and texts rolling in deep (along with a lot of other specials). While, I do find the incessant emails/texts annoying af, I also...
A Very Brief History of Santa Barbara Wine Not so long ago Santa Barbara was known for a lot of things, but wine was not at the top of the list. Most people don’t know when the grapevines started. In the 19780’s Father Junipero Serra planted grapevine...
Holiday Events in Santa Barbara (October – December) Halloween 2024 is fast approaching and then before we know it, it’s Thanksgiving and then all those other winter holidays. Whether you live in Santa Barbara or coming for a visit there are a lot of...
100 years of Celebrating Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days with Fiesta Fiesta is a week long event with all sorts of fun celebrations in honor of The Old Spanish Days. The official celebration kicked off in1924 to help celebrate the opening of the new Lobero...
The Funk Zone wasn’t always as popular as it is today. Years ago it was much more funky with a couple of wineries, galleries, a restaurant or two and storage units, more artist lofts. 12 years ago, wine tastings were free. FREE. The Funk Zone: Small but mighty...
Things to do in Santa Barbara: We’ve updated and added new tours! Taste Santa Barbara Food Tours was started around 2014 and began as one downtown food tour. Over the years, the tour has had the pleasure of starting to work with new local tasting partners and...
