White Wine Tasting in Santa Barbara County

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Chardonnay has a Romantic "Fruit Forward" Feel.

The Best way to start any day wine tasting in Santa Barbara County is to have a plan and carry it out. This can become a reality on trusting a Wine Tour Guide or find your personal wine guru to lead the way. The goal is to find great wines you planned which change your perception of habitual experience. Whether it is path traveled in the past or having the power to toss aside the wines that disappoint you.

Head to Melville on Route 246. The "Inox", will cure what ever aches in your broken pallet. A soft yet overwhelming sense of clarity that a stainless steal Chardonnay provides.

The fruit can explode in your pallet while a unitary progression of tropical flavors will guide you through the path that Wine Maker Greg Brewer had planned for you.

I hear many times I just don't like white wine. This is either the idea that all great Chardonnay wines are Buttery/ Creamy. This oak hides mistakes in the viticulture. I think a chardonnay that does not have this mask can show, even the below average wine drinker, a better representation.

All wine drinkers need to learn to "go through" the process of experiencing.

Let Me tell you I don't mean Get Hammered, Wasted, Smashed or any other average tasting room shinanagans.

Smell the wine it changes constantly. Take your time it is meant to be enjoyed

Where can You Buy Melville Chardonnay? 

Great Question...

Well the internet is a great source for purchasing if you do not have the time to drive to Southern California.
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Here is a Detailed Map 

A Fantastic Adventure Awaits

Make sure all precautions are taken and a Designated Driver is key!!





Starting in one spot North is just a suggestion. Your plan is a "Choose your own adventure", model where the team of tasters decides the most practical route to locations.



Enjoy

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Heading East Towards Santa Inez Valley 

Kris Curran Will Never Disappoint

If you love Grenache Blanc as much as I do, a must is Kris Curran 's balanced style of seamless wonderful!!!

It pops on your pallet not effervescent, but the acid moves over your tongue like a soft blanket of enthusiasm. This feeling will rush down your back in an effort to please your salty senses. Wow does it happen just like that? The answer is "Yes yes it does". The reason I know is because of a year in and year out harvest is the artistic play ground for these modern Grape Scientists. They keep producing the best wine because they process the best fruit. Curran creates this magical atmosphere in the Solvang tasting room. Formerly the Wine Maker for Sea Smoke now is the head winemaker at Foley Vineyards. Awesome stuff with just right the right structure to make your pallet "Scream" for some prosciutto. It would be terrible idea to miss this inspirational figure in Wine Country.

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Food For The Soul 

Panino is a Great Picnic Choice 

Fill Your Basket Then Head Towards Beckman Vinyards

Once you hit Alamo Pintado head North to the fork in the road. Turn right and look for the signs.

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This adventure would fall apart if you decided to not eat a hearty meal. I recommend whole grains to keep up your energy. Plenty of protein to balance your stomach and a constant flow of H2O to replenish the body.

There are many shops for pastries,boutiques, and a few high quality sandwich deli eateries like Panino. A small family owned shop which open at 11:00 and is closed after the lunch rush at three.

Match with this yummy lunch a wine that will give you the strength to move on.

Wine Tasting in Wine Country 

Made Famous By "Sideways"

Alexander Payne's "game changer", enabled a wine revolution in the U.S. spawning from the 1970's to present artistic impression.

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Keep Your Focus In Santa Ynez 

Be Ready for the Greanache Rose

This wine will knock your socks off. This wine sells out every year. A perfect match for your sandwich and cheese platter.

Gather what supplies are needed and head to the picnic benches,and what a view from the duck habitat created by the Beckman Family. This is the best place to eat lunch in the Valley.. There wines are great all of their Rhone Whites are spectacular.

Their Flagship would have to be their Grenache. A favorite of many and sells out every year. They make the limited supply of the Rose. To die for!!

The will power of a focused white wine taster is a tough road, but press on we must.

California's King (Chardonnay) is a Symphony lead by Pioneers 

Alma Rosa- Reflection of The Soul

With so much room for artist creation, Chardonnay is a multi-functional Varietal with plenty of room for artistic impression. It can slow down time to almost complete rest or wisk you on your way to finding a harmony of bright tropical flavors which change through every sip.

For experienced by drinkers know the last stop of a wine tasting trip is often the pinnacle of all the day's adventure.

Heading South West down Santa Rosa Rd. will bring of cooler climate and into to a World of tradition.

Richard Sanford know the ends and outs of the Santa Rita Hills. He has studied these micro climates for over four decades ground cultivation. The careful attention to the progress of the sun, through out the Fall, is common practice for Richard. He believes that every hill has it's own character to bring to the metaphoric wine making table.

Alma Rosa was established in 2005, this is where all the magic happens. It follows the movers and the shakers of the wine industry. Wines are directly effected by these individuals. The heart of the wine is cultivated by growers and showcased by winemakers.

 

Richard Sanford of Alma Rosa Winery & HIs Organic Wines

Richard Sanford of Alma Rosa Winery in Santa Barbara County discusses his famous certified organic Burgundy Style Wines. Filmed by Deborah Gavito, owner of Counter Restaurant in NYC.

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Santa Barbara County Whites 

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What is This Chardonnay Stuff? 

Why is it The King of Whites or Queen?

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If Cabernet Sauvignon is the king of red grapes, Chardonnay is the queen of whites. The variety is California's most widely planted winegrape, with 94,000 acres reported in 2007.

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