{"id":7907,"date":"2017-06-02T19:56:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T02:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7907"},"modified":"2017-06-02T11:06:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T18:06:33","slug":"cocktail-corner-santa-barbara-wine-food-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7907","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail Corner: Santa Barbara Wine & Food Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo courtesy Santa Barbara Wine & Food\u00a0Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

A spirited toast to all things alcoholic! By Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This month marks the 30th anniversary of the\u00a0Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History<\/a>‘s beloved wine festival, and they are commemorating the event with a new name\u2014the\u00a0Santa Barbara Wine & Food Festival<\/a>\u2014which more accurately reflects the bounty of sips and bites found at this signature fundraiser.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Santa Barbara Wine & Food\u00a0Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

While the food and the wine have always flowed freely at the festival, this year events manager\u00a0Meridith Moore<\/a> has set a goal to have 50 food vendors on the roster this year to accompany the 50 wineries. \u201cMy hope is that the name change will help to attract even more of Santa Barbara county\u2019s incredible food vendors and highlight the ones that have been participating all these years,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

As of press time, food vendors include:\u00a0Barbareno<\/a>,\u00a0Benchmark<\/a>,\u00a0Bob’s Well Bread<\/a>,\u00a0Brophy Bros.<\/a>,\u00a0Buena Onda<\/a>,\u00a0Ca’ Dario<\/a>,\u00a0Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf<\/a>,\u00a0Chooket\/Your Cake Baker<\/a>, Corazon Cocina<\/a>,\u00a0Country Catering<\/a>,\u00a0Farmer Boy<\/a>,\u00a0Finch and Fork Restaurant<\/a>,\u00a0Gelson’s ~ Santa Barbara<\/a>,\u00a0Helena Avenue Bakery<\/a>,\u00a0Hippypop<\/a>,\u00a0Il Fustino<\/a>,\u00a0Industrial Eats<\/a>,\u00a0La Mousse<\/a>,\u00a0La Sorelle<\/a>,\u00a0Loquita<\/a>,\u00a0Michael’s Catering<\/a>,\u00a0Mr. E’s Freeze<\/a>,\u00a0Mulberry Love<\/a>,\u00a0Pacific Pickle Works<\/a>,\u00a0Pico<\/a>,\u00a0Renaud’s Patissiere and Bakery<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0Slate Catering Co<\/a>,\u00a0Solvang Bakery<\/a>,\u00a0The Bear and Star<\/a>,\u00a0The Berry Man<\/a>,\u00a0Tondi Gelato<\/a>,\u00a0Via Maestra 42<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Whole Foods Santa Barbara<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Santa Barbara Wine & Food\u00a0Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

Wineries pouring this year include:\u00a0Alexander & Wayne<\/a>,\u00a0Alma Rosa<\/a>,\u00a0Andrew Murray Vineyards<\/a>,\u00a0Area 5.1<\/a>,\u00a0Arthur Earl Winery<\/a>,\u00a0Au Bon Climat<\/a>,\u00a0Babcock Winery<\/a>,\u00a0Beckmen Vineyards<\/a>,\u00a0Bedford Winery<\/a>,\u00a0Blair Fox<\/a>,\u00a0Brander Vineyard<\/a>,\u00a0Brewer-Clifton<\/a>,\u00a0Buttonwood<\/a>,\u00a0Byron by Nielson<\/a>,\u00a0Ca Del Grevino<\/a>,\u00a0Cambria<\/a>,\u00a0Carr Vineyards and Winery<\/a>,\u00a0Casa Dumetz<\/a>,\u00a0Cebada<\/a>, Consilience<\/a>,\u00a0CORE<\/a>,\u00a0Crawford Family Wines<\/a>,\u00a0Dierberg<\/a>,\u00a0De Paola<\/a>,\u00a0Epiphany Cellars<\/a>,\u00a0Falcone Family Vineyards<\/a>,\u00a0Feliz Noche<\/a>,\u00a0Fess Parker Winery\u00a0& Vineyard<\/a>,\u00a0Fiddlehead Cellars<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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Photo courtesy Santa Barbara Wine & Food\u00a0Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

Flying Goat Cellars<\/a>,\u00a0Foxen<\/a>,\u00a0Gainey Vineyards<\/a>,\u00a0Grassini Family Vineyards<\/a>,\u00a0Hilliard Bruce<\/a>,\u00a0Jaffurs Wine Cellars<\/a>,\u00a0<\/u><\/span>Jamie Slone<\/a>,\u00a0<\/u><\/span>Kalyra<\/a>,\u00a0<\/u><\/span>Ken Brown Wines<\/a>,\u00a0<\/u><\/span>Kenneth Volk Vineyards<\/a>,\u00a0<\/u><\/span>Koehler Winery<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Kunin<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>LaFond Winery<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Larner Wines<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Longoria<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Loring Wine Company<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Lumen<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Margerum Wine Company<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Melville<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Mosby Winery & Vineyard<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Municipal Winemakers<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Notary Public Wines<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Oreana<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Palmina<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Point Concepcion<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Potek<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Pure Order Brewing Company<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Qup\u00e9<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Rancho Sisquoc Winery<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Refugio Ranch<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Rideau<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Sagebrush Annie’s<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Santa Barbara Winery<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Silver Wines<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Spear Winery<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Star Lane Vineyard<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Sunstone Winery<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Tablas Creek<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Tatomer<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Tercero Wines<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Third Window Brewing<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span>Toucan Wines<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/u>Transcendence Wines<\/a>,\u00a0Vogelzang<\/a>,\u00a0Whitcraft Winery<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>Zaca Mesa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The beautiful grounds of Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (2559 Puesta del Sol) are a wonderful spot to appreciate\u00a0being out in nature, and what better way to enjoy a summer weekend than sipping wine\u00a0underneath the oaks along Mission Creek? Especially when the proceeds go to support the work of the museum. The event takes place on Saturday, June 24.<\/p>\n

Guests 21 and older may purchase admission on the Museum\u2019s website (www.sbnature.org\/winefestival<\/a>). This event is always a sellout, so if you want to join in the fun, act quickly or you not get tickets.<\/p>\n

Hope to see you there. Cheers!<\/p>\n

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