Decorate Your Own Santa Barbara Chocolate Bar
Twenty-Four Blackbirds and Wine Cult launch weekly tours, classes, and pairings.
Author: Matt Kettmann
Santa Barbara’s Beloved Bartenders
Meet the friendly folks who’ve been pouring your cocktails for decades.
A Santa Barbara Summertime Smorgasbord
A collection of recent cooks, eats, and drinks; plus, Smuggler’s Cove takes over Test Pilot and stories you may have missed.
Who’s Pouring for Indy Hops?
Meet the seven breweries & brewpubs serving you suds and stamps at 10 locations across Santa Barbara County this month.
Pinot Pours and More at Taste of Sta. Rita Hills
Michael and Marlene Robinson take over Los Olivos tasting room and wine club.
Jonesy’s Fried Chicken Brings Southern Comfort to Old Town Goleta
Dairy farm descendant Kyle Jones combines Mississippi and California roots into elevated fast food.
Golfing for Wine & Community Clinics
Report from the Third Annual Vintners Foundation Golf Tourney; plus, tasting reports from my backyard, Château d’Yquem at San Ysidro Ranch, and Mt. Carmel chardonnay at S.B. Club.
Quality Time with San Ysidro Ranch’s Château d’Yquem Collection
The Montecito resort recently purchased 138 vintages of the world’s cherished famous dessert wine.
A Chardonnay Climb Up Mount Carmel
Tasting two decades of Brewer-Clifton and Mail Road wines from this iconic Sta. Rita Hills vineyard.
Full Belly Files | Back to the Firestone Walker Beer Fest
My return to the greatest beer bash on the planet after a four-year hiatus; plus, tasting at Clos Solène, dinner at the home of Top Winery, Gala’s Pintxos & Pours, and stories you may have missed.
