{"id":9003,"date":"2018-04-19T18:09:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T01:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9003"},"modified":"2018-04-19T17:13:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T00:13:12","slug":"cocktail-corner-santa-barbara-wine-countrys-vintners-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=9003","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail Corner: Santa Barbara Wine Country\u2019s Vintners Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Courtesy Santa Barbara Wine Country\u2019s Vintners Festival.<\/p><\/div>\n

A spirited toast to all things alcoholic! by\u00a0Leslie Dinaberg\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This weekend is the 36th Anniversary of Santa Barbara Wine Country\u2019s Vintners Festival on Saturday, April 21, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the beautiful River Park in Lompoc<\/a>\u00a0(CA-246 & Sweeney Rd., Lompoc).<\/p>\n

The festival is a wonderful opportunity to taste a prestigious list of wines from more than 100 local wineries<\/a> and savor delicious bites from a bevy of local foragers, farmers, and restaurants. In addition to the beautiful setting, there’s also live music and culinary demos throughout the day, as well as Bubba,\u00a0the prized Parker Ranch bull of The Bear and Star<\/a>, the excellent Los Olivos restaurant specializing in \u201crefined ranch cuisine\u201d that is intrinsically intertwined with the 714-acre Fess Parker Home Ranch.<\/p>\n

Festival attendees will have the opportunity to meet Bubba and learn how the team at The Bear and Star and its celebrated Chef John Cox sources farm to table from their own ranch, including fresh produce, wagyu beef, chicken, rabbit, and duck. Alongside that, The Bear and Star will get your mouth watering with their 30\u2019 smoker where they will showcase Smoked Wagyu Beef Albondigas with Guajillo Chile and Queso Fresco.<\/p>\n

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Bubba is the prized Parker Ranch bull of The Bear and Star, a Los Olivos restaurant offering a \u201crefined ranch cuisine\u201d that is intrinsically intertwined with the 714 acre Fess Parker Home Ranch. Courtesy photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Additional food purveyors include:<\/p>\n

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\n555 Bar and Lounge “By Marriott”<\/a>
\nBara’s Fresh Almond Pate<\/a>
\nBiker Spice
\nBlack Bow Sweets<\/a>
\nBottlest Winery, Bar & Bistro<\/a>
\nBrasserie Solera<\/a>
\nCalifornia Coast Naturals<\/a>
\nCattaneo Brothers<\/a>
\nCecco Ristorante<\/a>
\nCentral Coast Specialty Foods<\/a>
\nFrankland’s Crab & Co.<\/a>
\nHeritage Fine Meats & Sausage<\/a>
\nHippy Pop<\/a>
\nHitching Post II<\/a>
\nil Fustino<\/a>
\nImlakesh Organics<\/a>
\nIndustrial Eats & New West Catering<\/a>
\nJessica Foster Confections<\/a>
\nLe Sorelle Imports<\/a>
\nLeonardo’s Cucina Italiana<\/a>
\nLori’s Lemonade<\/a>
\nLos Olivos Olive Oil and Olive House<\/a>
\nLunaOlivo<\/a>
\nMesa Salsa Company<\/a>
\nQuality Time Dinner<\/a>
\nSanta Barbara Popcorn Co.<\/a>
\nSanta Rita Organic Farm
\nSB Paella Catering<\/a>
\nScratch Kitchen & Bar<\/a>
\nSolvang Olive Press<\/a>
\nSucculent Caf\u00e9<\/a>
\nSuro Cha Inc<\/a>
\nThree Flies On A Knife<\/a>
\nValle Eatery<\/a>
\nValley Grind Coffee<\/a>
\nWinfield Farm<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some of the tasty bites available at the Santa Barbara Vintners Festival. Courtesy photos.<\/p><\/div>\n

Participating wineries include:<\/p>\n

Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards<\/a>
\nAmpelos cellars<\/a>
\n\u200bAu Bon Climat<\/a>
\nBabcock Winer & Vineyards<\/a>
\nBaehner Fournier<\/a>
\nBernat Winery<\/a>
\nBien Nacido & Solomon HIlls<\/a>
\n\u200bBrander Vineyard<\/a><\/span>
\n\u200bBrewer-Clifton<\/a>
\nBottlest<\/a>
\nBrick Barn Wine Estate\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
\n\u200bBridlewood Estate Winery<\/a>
\nBrophy Clark Cellars<\/a>
\nButtonwood Farm Winery<\/a>
\nCa’ Del Grevino Estate and Winery<\/a><\/span>
\nCarr Winery<\/a>
\nCasa Dumetz<\/a>
\nClos Pepe Estate<\/a>
\nCambria Winery<\/a>
\nChamisal Vineyards<\/a><\/span>
\nCnagy wines<\/a><\/span>
\nCoquelicot Estate Wines<\/a>
\nCrossHatch Winery<\/a>
\nDierberg & Star Lane Vineyards<\/a>
\n\u200bDragonette Cellars<\/a><\/span>
\nFerguson Crest<\/a>
\nFess Parker Winery & Vineyard<\/a>
\nFiddlehead Cellars<\/a>
\n\u200bFlying Goat Cellars<\/span><\/a>
\nFOXEN and foxen 7200<\/a><\/span>
\nGainey Vineyard<\/a>
\nGrace & Vine<\/a>
\nGrassini Family Vineyards<\/a>
\n\u200bHilliard Bruce<\/a>
\n\u200bHitching Post Wines<\/a>
\nImagine Wine<\/a>
\n\u200bJaffurs Wine Cellars<\/a><\/span>
\nJamie Slone Wines<\/a><\/span>
\nJ. Wilkes<\/a>
\nKaena Wine Company<\/a>
\nKen Brown Wines<\/a>
\nLafond<\/a>
\nLieu Dit Winery<\/a>\u200b
\nLions Peak Vineyards<\/a>
\nLucas & Lewellen Vineyards<\/a>
\nLumen Wines<\/a>
\nMalene Wines<\/a><\/span>
\nMargerum Wine Company<\/a>
\nMartian Ranch & Vineyard<\/a>
\nMelville Winery<\/a>
\nMontemar Wines<\/a>
\nMunicipal Winemakers<\/a>
\nNielson<\/a>
\n\u200bPence Vineyards & Winery<\/a>
\nPresqu’ile
\n\u200b<\/a>\u200bQup\u00e9 Wine Cellars<\/a>
\nRancho Sisquoc<\/a>
\nRefugio Ranch Vineyards<\/a>
\nRiverbench<\/a>
\nRoblar<\/a>\u00a0Winery<\/span>
\nRusack Vineyards<\/a>
\n\u200bSamsara<\/a>
\n\u200bSanford Winery & Vineyards<\/a>
\nSanta Barbara Winery<\/a>
\nSpear<\/a>
\n\u200bStolpman Vineyards<\/a><\/span>
\nSweetzer Cellars<\/a>
\nTemperance Cellars<\/a>
\n\u200bThe Central Coast Group Project<\/a>
\nToccata wines<\/a>
\nToretti Family Vineyard\u00a0<\/a>
\nTyler Winery<\/a>
\nZaca Mesa Winery<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

This year’s festival also includes the Bubble Lounge,\u00a0a unique and playful opportunity to enjoy a bubble machine and DIY bubble bottles! Sip on world-class bubbles while you blow some bubbles into the wind to melt your cares away. The line-up includes:<\/p>\n

Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards
\nFess Parker Winery & Vineyard
\nFlying Goat Cellars
\nImagine Wine
\nLucas & Lewellen Vineyards
\nMunicipal Winemakers
\nPence Vineyards & Winery
\nRiverbench Winery
\nSanford Winery & Vineyards<\/p>\n

The Rent Party Blues, one of the top blues bands in California, performs alongside another local favorite, The Bryan Titus Trio.<\/span>
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Can’t get enough of Santa Barbara County wines? This weekend you can also visit\u00a0up to 12 tasting rooms on an all-inclusive wine tasting pass with a\u00a0Vintners Visa\u00a0Wine Country Tasting Pass\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0for unique and complimentary offerings at your choice of\u00a0twelve participating tasting rooms from Thursday – Monday. \u00a0Over 40+ wineries and tasting rooms are\u00a0participating in this program. An opportunity that is truly unsurpassable.<\/p>\n

Need a bit more incentive? The Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation also has a silent auction that benefits\u00a0<\/span>the Enology\/viticulture program at Allan Hancock College (hancockcollege.edu<\/a>\u00a0) as well as\u00a0<\/span>DirectRelief.org<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 and its medical relief activities at home and around the globe.\u00a0<\/span>Local vintners are digging deep into their cellars as well as creating unique private events to compile an unprecedented offering of auction lots for this year\u2019s Santa Barbara Vintners Festival Silent Auction. Only Vintners Festival Grand Tasting attendees will have access to the array of unique wine lots including over two dozen impressive large format bottles such as a double magnum of Brewer Clifton Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills<\/i> and a 5 Liter bottle of Qupe 2013 Syrah, Bien Nacido Vineyard \u201cHillside\u201d Estate<\/i>.\u00a0 Among the one-of-a-kind collections will be a 6 bottle sampler displayed in an engraved wooden box from Kenneth Volk Vineyards. Bidders will also be able to access private events including a private tour and tasting for 4 at Presqu\u2019ile Winery\u2019s beautiful hilltop winery overlooking the Santa Maria Valley and a private vineyard tour, tasting and lunch for 4 at Martian Ranch & Vineyard. Proceeds from the silent auction will provide scholarships for two Allan Hancock Enology\/viticulture students as well as a grant to the Enology\/viticulture department.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition, this year we are working to raise money to support Direct Relief in the replenishment of their First Responder Backpacks. Participants will have an opportunity to donate directly towards the items to fill these kits, many of which were used during Direct Relief\u2019s response to the Thomas fire and Montecito mudslide in recent months. Visiting the Silent Auction pavilion is a great way to get your hands on some great wines as well as support the community,\u201d says Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation President, Elaina Kroll.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information about the Santa Barbara Vintners Foundation, go to sbvf.org<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit sbvintnersweekend.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cheers! Click\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for more cocktail corner columns.<\/p>\n

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\"Leslie<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s not busy working as the editor of Santa Barbara SEASONS, Cocktail Corner author Leslie Dinaberg writes<\/i>\u00a0mag<\/i>azine articles, newspaper columns and grocery lists. When it comes to cocktails, Leslie believes variety is the spice of life. Send your suggestions to Leslie@sbseasons.com.<\/i><\/p>\n

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons<\/em><\/a> on April 19, 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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