Santa Barbara is geographically diverse, culinarily astute, and gorgeous in all directions — the perfect formula for the wine country we all need right now.
Bryan Babcock, who’s been making wine since the 1980s, was a central figure in the formation of Santa Rita Hills as its own AVA, and his winemaking style is radically creative. Much like Randall Grahm of Bonny Doon fame, Babcock learned the rules in order not so much to break them, but to improve on them. He developed a unique “gravity-assisted” canopy system that allows vines to thrive, and his concept of “agristhetics” approaches the vineyard and its surrounds as a work of art.
The center of the tasting experience is the redwood deck, built around and under the estate’s gorgeous oak trees, where you can hang out on comfortable couches and taste through the menu with a charcuterie and cheese plate — and you can even bring along your dog! I tasted through a flight with CEO Laura Booras and, quite frankly, wanted to fill my cellar with the 2017 Riverbench Sparkling Pinot Meunier, a lush, yeasty, berry-forward wine that will continue to age well.Zaca Mesa and TREAD are a classic Santa Barbara anchor brand and a new pioneer label all wrapped into one.
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