ABC and a stroll up State Street
So…we had lunch out on Stearns Wharf and enjoy the view and then do a tasting at the ever so kitschy Municipal Winemakers and now we decide to head to Au Bon Climat or ABC as they call it here....
Municipal Winemakers and the “Funk Zone” wineries
I have wanted to visit Municipal Winemakers for a while. We stopped in on our last trip through Santa Barbara a year and a half ago only to find that they were sold out and had no wines to taste! ...
A Cloudy afternoon at the View (Winebar not the talk show!)
I spent an afternoon with Joey at the View Wine Bar (420 South Rampart Las Vegas at Tivoli Village) awhile ago and shared with you in my Adventures in Sauvignon Blanc blog. Well today I took Michael along for lunch at...
Wilson Creek, so much more than Almond champagne
I will admit to a bit of snobbery. I really had no desire to go to Wilson Creek in Temecula. I mean you find bottles of their Almond champagne in Long’s Drug Stores (well you did when they were around). ...
Sparkling Wine, Champagne and those tiny bubbles
I had the opportunity to go to a Sparkling wine tasting last month. Michael doesn’t do the sparkling wines so off I went on my own. The tasting was seated and set up like a class and I did...
Wines I can’t forget, part two
More on great wines that I can’t forget. We started this in the last blog with my list of the 15 wines that I want to drink again. These are wines that stand out in my memory. Most were tasted...
Wines that I can’t forget, part one
Michael and I do quite a bit of wine tasting on our vacations. As you know if you have read our blog before, we love to visit wineries taste and get the feel of a winery. Often you can get...
The Lompoc Wine Ghetto
Breakfast at Sides Day 3 in Santa Barbara wine country and breakfast at Sides Hardware and Shoes was in order. I had a goat cheese and summer squash tart and a latte. Michael had Challah toast with a blueberry compot. ...
Foxen Canyon & Los Olivos
Foxen Canyon Road After breakfast at the hotel it was still early so we decided to drive through Foxen Canyon. We started on 154 and headed north on Zaca Mesa past the Saarloos & Sons vineyards. Right about where you...
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