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Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Wed Dec 10, 2025 | 2:22pm

Travel the Wine World via The Factory’s Portfolio Tastings

Here’s how to taste globally renowned bottlings in a casual setting on East Haley Street in Santa Barbara.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Thu Nov 06, 2025 | 4:30pm

Toya Banks’s ode to her sister-friends stretches from Chicago’s South Side to Santa Barbara.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Tue May 27, 2025 | 10:38am

After nearly two decades in the Central Coast wine industry, Kira Malone releases her own label.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Sat Jul 20, 2024 | 10:00am

Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley will be honored as “Vintners of the Year” by their fellow winemakers and growers during August’s “Wine & Fire” event.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Mon Mar 18, 2024 | 12:07pm

Satellite S.B.’s second annual natty wine faire coincides with the opening of The Factory event space.

Sip This By Vanessa Vin | Tue Jun 27, 2023 | 9:20pm

The special tasting in Goleta offers vintage tunes and vintage wine.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Thu Oct 20, 2022 | 3:52pm

This memoir details how the wine industry saved Santa Ynez Valley author Adam McHugh.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Mon Sep 05, 2022 | 10:32am

Talking enzymes with Santa Barbara County winemaker power couple Bruno D’Alfonso and Kris Curran.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann & Macduff Everton | Tue Aug 16, 2022 | 12:15pm

Macedonia, journalism, and grenache unite at Casa Dumetz in Los Alamos.

Bottles & Barrels By Matt Kettmann | Sun Jul 31, 2022 | 6:32am

This native Santa Barbara winemaker’s hard work is paying off.