Santa Barbara trip

[Innkeeper]

Zaca Mesa and Brander are two of my favorites. If you want to see a beautiful facility as well as decent wine, Firestone. If you get up to Paso Robles (a couple of hours north), the Bonny Doon tasting room that Zenda mentioned is worth the trip, particulaly if you are into herbs and such. On the way back into town you go right by Peachy Canyon if you are into zin. If you go out the highway east, Tobin James is our very fav. To get there you go right by Aerciero/EOS which also has more than wine to offer.

You really don't have to go up to Paso though. There are lots to do and see right in the Santas Barbara, Maria, Ynez area. If you stop at Wine Country in Solvang, they can get you oriented, let you taste wines from different wineries, and will point you in the right direction.