{"id":7814,"date":"2017-01-27T18:36:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T02:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2017-01-27T17:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T01:38:59","slug":"cocktail-corner-meet-the-winemakers-of-los-alamos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail Corner: Meet the Winemakers of Los Alamos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_79800\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79800\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-79800 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_20161122_135726.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Roth &amp; Craig Winchester\u2019s Lo-Fi 2014 Chenin Blanc are among the Los Alamos wines being poured at Bob's Well Bread Bakery on Feb. 4. \" width=\"486\" height=\"650\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-79800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Roth &amp; Craig Winchester\u2019s Lo-Fi 2014 Chenin Blanc are among the Los Alamos wines being poured at Bob&#8217;s Well Bread Bakery on Feb. 4. Courtesy photo.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong>A Spirited Toast to All Things Alcoholic! By <a href=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/2017\/01\/cocktail-corner-not-vodka-water\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leslie Dinaberg\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take a road trip to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/stories\/2015-10-08\/californias-next-great-food-and-wine-destination\" target=\"_blank\">Los Alamos<\/a> next weekend when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobswellbread.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob&#8217;s Well Bread Bakery<\/a> presents Meet the Winemakers of Los Alamos on Saturday, February 4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\"><span class=\"s1\">This popular monthly\u00a0tasting series\u00a0invites guests\u00a0to come meet\u00a0the people behind some of Los Alamos\u2019 best known wineries, including Angela Osborne of A Tribute to Grace, Mike Roth and Craig Winchester of Lo-Fi Wines and Ryan Roark of the Roark Wine Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p8\">The following complimentary wines will be <span class=\"s1\">paired with Bob\u2019s Well Bread Bakery foods (which are really delicious, by the way!):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s1\">Angela Osborne\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">A Tribute to Grace 2015 Grenache &amp; a Ros\u00e9 of Grenache<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s1\">Mike Roth &amp; Craig Winchester\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Lo-Fi 2014 Chenin Blanc<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s1\">Ryan Roark\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Roark Wine Company 2014 Malbec<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p15\"><b><\/b><span class=\"s1\">Here&#8217;s a little background about the winemakers. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79761\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79761\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-79761 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clip_image004-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of A Tribute to Grace \/ Angela and Grace.\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-79761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of A Tribute to Grace \/ Angela and Grace.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s1\">Angela\u00a0Osborne<\/span><span class=\"s9\"><b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b>of <a href=\"https:\/\/gracewinecompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Tribute to Grace<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">is a New Zealand born winemaker who moved to California in 2006 with the dream of making Grenache. New Zealand\u2019s climate is too cool to ripen the beautiful, sun-loving Grenache grape, so she\u00a0searched the world and ended up in California where both sunshine and entrepreneurial spirit are abundant. In 2007 she sourced her first Grenache fruit 33 miles inland, nestled high above the Pacific Ocean, from the Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard. This high-desert vineyard provides the perfect balance of heat and light. Osborne named her label after her Grandmother Grace, and her most beloved attribute. A Tribute to Grace\u2019s winemaking intention is to capture this spirit, and stay as close to nature as humanly possible. The trio is completed by the grape itself, which encapsulates grace.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79916\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79916\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79916\" src=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/11986507_492016267624083_5013559861426775222_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Lo-Fi Wines.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-79916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Lo-Fi Wines.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p13\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lofi-wines.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lo-Fi<\/a>\u00a0Wines<\/strong> is a partnership between two lifelong friends, Mike Roth and Craig Winchester, who believe in hand crafted honest wines that are made for every day drinking. Wines to be enjoyed not to be collected. Easy drinking, lower alcohol wines made to pair well with all types of foods, from pizza to pat\u00e9. Lo-Fi believes in neutral barrels, native yeasts, little to no sulfur additions, and no adjustment of pH. They love whole cluster fermentation and carbonic maceration. Lo-Fi Wines embrace a nothing added, nothing taken away philosophy that gives birth to wines that are young, vibrant and alive. But in all reality, Lo-Fi is less about what it is and more about what it is not. It is not over manipulated. It is not over extracted. It is not over ripe and it is not over priced. Less is more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s1\">Native Texan Ryan Roark of <a href=\"http:\/\/roarkwinecompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Roark Wine Company<\/strong><\/a> studied abroad in France,<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79759\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79759\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79759\" src=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0 Photo courtesy of Roark Wine Company.\" width=\"200\" height=\"273\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-79759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Roark Wine Company.<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p15\"><span class=\"s1\">learning the ropes of grape growing and winemaking from a small family winery. The French family managed every aspect of the business from farming, to winemaking, to sales and marketing. After moving to Santa Barbara, he wound up in vineyard management and uncovered a jewel of Chenin Blanc grapes from vineyards planted in the 1960s. He purchased the grapes and made 60 cases at a friend\u2019s winery.\u00a0That small batch was\u00a0Roark\u2019s\u00a0first step in becoming a winemaker. Patterning his approach after the French family, Roark is a one-man show farming his own land, picking the grapes, making the wine, hand bottling the wine and selling it by mail order. He relies on word of mouth. His adherence to simplicity extends to his facility, living in his winery; minimalism lets him cut all the extraneous costs, keeping his wine affordable.\u00a0Roark Wine Company specializes in small batch winemaking showcasing variety, vintage and place letting the land and fruit speak for itself.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\">Since its inception in 2014, locals, travelers and journalists alike have embraced<b>\u00a0<\/b><strong>Bob\u2019s Well<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79760\" style=\"width: 293px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79760\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-79760\" src=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\" alt=\"Courtesy Bob's Well Bread Bakery.\" width=\"283\" height=\"189\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-79760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Courtesy Bob&#8217;s Well Bread Bakery.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p13\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Bread<\/strong>\u00a0artisan breads and bakery.Bob\u2019s Well Bread\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">is<\/span><span class=\"s11\">\u00a0committed to products that are\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">hand-made with only the finest ingredients and natural starters. No added preservatives will be found in any of their baked items, and they strive to source ingredients locally using farmers and growers who practice the purest growing initiatives.\u00a0They allow their loaves to take their time, and practice old world European traditions and techniques to make the very best breads and baked goods possible.\u00a0Their commitment to being \u201cwell bread\u201d means doing good things,\u00a0supporting the community and donating what they don\u2019t sell to local food banks.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s11\">These\u00a0practices\u00a0showcase Los Alamos and the Central Coast and have elevated\u00a0the region to a respected culinary destination. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\">Meet the Winemakers of Los Alamos takes place on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Saturday,\u00a0February 4,\u00a0from\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">1 \u2013\u00a03 p.m. at\u00a0<\/span>Bob\u2019s WELL BREAD\u00a0Bakery,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">550 Bell St., Los Alamos,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"tel:(805)%20344-3000\">805\/344-3000<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cheers! \u00a0<\/span>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/blog\/cocktail-corner\/\">here<\/a> for more cocktail corner columns.<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-27286\" class=\"post-27286 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-beverage category-cocktails category-news tag-cocktails-and-mocktails tag-stolen-fruit-mixers\">\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9448 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/9997-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Leslie Dinaberg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i>When she\u2019s not busy working as the editor of <\/i>Santa Barbara SEASONS<i>, Cocktail Corner author Leslie Dinaberg writes<\/i><i>\u00a0magazine articles, newspaper columns and grocery lists. When it comes to cocktails, Leslie considers herself a \u201cgoal-oriented drinker.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div>\u00a0Originally published in <a href=\"http:\/\/sbseasons.com\/DswsM\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Santa Barbara Seasons<\/em><\/a> on January 27, 2017.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-7814\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-7814\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-7814\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-pocket\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-pocket sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814&amp;share=pocket\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pocket\"><span>Pocket<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7814&amp;share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Spirited Toast to All Things Alcoholic! 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