It was the hit film "Sideways" that put the Santa Ynez Valley on the map, said Francesca Angelini in The Times. Fifty years ago, this beautiful wine region two hours' drive north of Los Angeles was ...
Santa Barbara County's Santa Ynez Valley is leading the way in the wine region's sustainability movement with the best organic, biodynamic, and minimal intervention wineries. Once a rural ranching ...
Santa Ynez Valley north of Santa Barbara, California rivals Napa Valley and Sonoma for its high-quality wines, particularly pinot noir, chardonnay and syrah. With more than 200 wineries and tasting ...
Forbes: How Santa Ynez Valley Quietly Stole The Spotlight From California’s Prestige Wine Regions
Occupying a swath of Santa Barbara County, Santa Ynez Valley has evolved from rural ranching and vineyard hinterland, into a world class culinary and lodging destination that’s giving Sonoma and Napa ...
How Santa Ynez Valley Quietly Stole The Spotlight From California’s Prestige Wine Regions
Los Angeles Times: Make your way through the Santa Ynez Valley, 20 years after it all went ‘Sideways’
When Alexander Payne’s wine-drenched dramedy “Sideways” first came out, Santa Ynez Valley didn’t have the luster of Napa or the breadth of the Russian River Valley. It still doesn’t match the ...