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Located right next door to the famed Hitching Post 2 restaurant in Buellton (which was so memorably immortalized in the movie Sideways), Hitching Post Wines recently opened its first-ever tasting room, after almost 40 years of winemaking. Photo by Leslie Dinaberg.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Leslie Dinaberg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

You know the saying, \u201clocation, location, location?\u201d Well, sometimes it takes a while for the right one to become available\u2014but in the case of Hitching Post Wines<\/a>\u2019 long-awaited tasting room, it was well worth the wait!<\/p>\n

Located right next door to the famed Hitching Post 2<\/a> restaurant in Buellton\u00a0 (which was so memorably immortalized in the movie Sideways<\/em><\/a>), Hitching Post Wines recently opened its first-ever tasting room, after almost 40 years of winemaking.<\/p>\n

The spacious, nearly 12-acre property, formerly occupied by Loring Wine Company<\/a>, belongs to Frank and Jami Ostini and\u00a0Gray and Charlotte Hartley. The new tasting room is housed in a mid-century farmhouse with trailing walkways and outdoor seating areas with a view of the Santa Ynez Mountain landscape\u2014including the Ostrich Farm<\/a> next door. Throughout the property are walkways and casual picnic areas that invite guests to linger over a bottle of wine while taking in the dramatic landscape. Dogs are welcome, too. Longtime friends, Gray Hartley and Frank Ostini have been making wines in Santa Barbara County since 1979. With Pinot Noir as their primary focus, the winery\u00a0produces about 17,000 cases a year.<\/p>\n

The other beauty of this location is easy access to Hitching Post 2’s Santa Maria Style BBQ food pairings. Coming soon will be an expanded lunch menu served from a refurbished 1970s Vintage Airstream trailer.<\/p>\n

Hitching Post Wines, 420 E. Hwy. 246, Buellton,\u00a0805\/688-0676, hitchingpost2.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Originally published in the Winter 2019 issue of Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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