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By K. Reka Badger, Cheryl Crabtree, Robert Holmes

ISBN-10: 0972499377

ISBN-13: 9780972499378

California's such a lot celebrated primary coast wineries invite you on an impossible to resist trip . . . to the congenial tasting rooms of an enormous and unspoiled paradise. With The California listing of excellent Wineries as your advisor, you will wander via world-famous Santa Barbara County, domestic to the landmark cellars of Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Maria Valley, and Santa Rita Hills. you are going to meander the scenic again roads of San Luis Obispo in your method to Edna Valley's top-rated wineries. you are going to trip to rustic Paso Robles, the place the winemakers themselves will pour you a pitcher in their targeted blends and specialties. This totally up-to-date, moment version is a necessary, updated advisor to boutique tasting rooms, operating ranches, warehouse wineries, and intimate, family-owned vineyards.

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ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 800 cases. OF SPECIAL NOTE: Estate vineyard is organically grown and farmed entirely by hand without large mechanical equipment. Small, ultraboutique winery; wines available only in tasting room. Winemaker Blair Fox is often in the tasting room, pouring wine for guests. NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: Wildling Art Museum (art of the American wilderness); historic buildings in Los Olivos and Ballard; Clairmont Farm Lavender Company; Quicksilver Miniature Horse Ranch. BUTTONWOOD FARM WINERY & VINEYARD Scenic Alamo Pintado Road winds its way through a bucolic five-mile valley between Solvang and the village of Los Olivos.

101 via Santa Rosa Rd. APPELLATIONS: Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Ynez Valley. HOURS: Strictly by appointment. TASTINGS: Custom-tailored to visitors’ wishes. TOURS: By appointment. THE WINES: Chardonnay, Grenache, Grenache Blanc, Grenache Rosé (dry), Merlot, Nebbiolo, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir, Sangiovese, Tempranillo. SPECIALTIES: Vineyard-designated Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays, vineyard-designated Syrahs, Spanish varietals. WINEMAKERS: Kris Curran, Bruno D’Alfonso. ANNUAL PRODUCTION: 5,000 cases. OF SPECIAL NOTE: Depending on the winery operations, it may be possible to arrange a tasting hosted by the winemakers.

Winemaking began on the Central Coast in 1782 when Franciscan missionaries planted grapevines near the city of Santa Barbara. By the turn of the twenty-first century, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties were home to more than 50,000 vineyard acres supporting fifty-five different varieties of wine grapes. The counties’ three-hundred-plus wineries produce an astonishing array of wines, including Rhône-, Burgundy-, and Bordeaux-style offerings, Cal-Italian blends, and distinctly regional wines.

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