Cocktail Corner: 2016 Live Downtown Art & Wine Tour

Downtown Art & Wine Tour, courtesy Downtown Santa Barbara.

Downtown Art & Wine Tour, courtesy Downtown Santa Barbara.

A spirited toast to all things alcoholic! By Leslie Dinaberg

Downtown Art and Wine Tour

Art and wine are always an excellent pair, and this year’s 2016 Downtown LIVE Art & Wine Tour is adding a fun new twist to the mix: Live Art!

Each of the participating venues north of Carrillo Street—including 10 West Gallery, Bella Rosa Galleries, Churchill Jewelers, Distinctive Art Gallery, Engel & Vӧlkers, Imagine X Functional Neurology, Indigo Interiors, The Painted Cabernet, Santa Barbara Arts, Santa Barbara Public Market and Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery—hosts a LIVE cultural event paired with a Santa Barbara restaurant and regional winery.

“Our ingenious venues are exhibiting everything from painting, spinning, live photo development—even aerialists, all performed LIVE,” says Maggie Campbell, Downtown Santa Barbara Executive Director.

Downtown Art & Wine Tour, courtesy Downtown Santa Barbara.

Downtown Art & Wine Tour, courtesy Downtown Santa Barbara.

You can sip from your choice of ten wineries and one brewery along your cultural journey. Participants include: The Brander Vineyard, Buttonwood Farm Winery & Vineyard, Cebada Wine, Fess Parker Winery, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co, Grassini Family Vineyards, Margerum Wine Company, Presidio Vineyard & Winery, Sanford Winery & Vineyards, Standing Sun Wines, Summerland Winery, Wine + Beer and Windrun Wines.

Downtown Art & Wine Tour, courtesy Downtown Santa Barbara.

Downtown Art & Wine Tour, courtesy Downtown Santa Barbara.

Food offerings included in the ticket price are from: Blush, bouchon Santa Barbara, Brasil Arts Café, C’est Cheese, Ca’Dario, Chase Restaurant & Lounge, Enterprise Fish Co, Finch & Fork, Los Arroyos Mexican Restaurant, Nectar Eatery & Lounge, Nothing Bundt Cakes, opal restaurant and bar, Paradise Café, Pascucci, Patxi’s Pizza, Persona Wood Fired Pizzeria and Viva Santa Barbara.

Tickets, which are $65 for the tour and include the Final Party, may be purchased at www.DSBLiveArtWine.Nightout.com, or at the Downtown Santa Barbara office (27-B E. de la Guerra St., M-F, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., check or credit card only). A limited number of tickets are available, so advance purchase is a must if you don’t want to miss out on the fun.

For more information, please call 805/962-2098, ext. 804 or visit www.DowntownSB.org. The festivities take place in Downtown Santa Barbara on Thursday, May 26, from 5:30-10 p.m. Hope to see you there!

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Leslie Dinaberg

When she’s not busy working as the editor of Santa Barbara SEASONS, Cocktail Corner author Leslie Dinaberg writes magazine articles, newspaper columns and grocery lists. When it comes to cocktails, Leslie considers herself a “goal-oriented drinker.”

 Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine on May 13, 2016.

Cocktail Corner: Drink Pink

The pink-a-licious "Pink Dragon" at the Biltmore's Ty Lounge (courtesy photo)

The pink-a-licious “Pink Dragon” at the Biltmore’s Ty Lounge (courtesy photo)

A spirited toast to all things alcoholic! by Leslie Dinaberg

October is the perfect time to think pink and drink pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Why not try the pink-a-licious “Pink Dragon” at the Ty Lounge at the Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore (1260 Channel Dr.)? Made with Casamigos blanco tequila, Trimbach Liqueur Framboise, peach and strawberry shrub and exotic dragon fruit, this pretty-in-pink drink is not just tasty, it’s good for the soul:  10% of your proceeds benefit Cancer Center of Santa Barbara.

Another pink drink option is next weekend’s Crown the Town “Breast Drink” edition.  On Saturday, Oct. 12,  from 3–6 p.m. guests can go on a self-guided quest to find the “breast drink” in town!  Arch Rock Fish (608 Anacapa St.), Eureka! (791 Chapala St. in Paseo Nuevo), Chase Restaurant & Lounge (1012 State St.), Finch & Fork Restaurant (31 W. Carrillo St. in the Canary Hotel), Wildcat Lounge (15 W. Ortega St.) and Blue Agave (20 E. Cota St.) will all be pouring specialty “pink-infused” cocktails in honor of the occasion.  At the final stop guests vote on their favorite pink drink and the winner is crowned.

Sounds like a great girls night out to me! Presale tickets are just $30 and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Breast Cancer Resource Center of Santa Barbara.

If you know of any other pink drink celebrations in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, please let me know. I’d love to share them with our readers.

Cheers!

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Originally appeared in Santa Barbara SEASONS Magazine.

Leslie Dinaberg

Leslie Dinaberg

When she’s not busy working as the editor of Santa Barbara SEASONS, Cocktail Corner author Leslie Dinaberg writes magazine articles, newspaper columns and grocery lists. When it comes to cocktails, Leslie considers herself a “goal-oriented drinker.”