Monday, February 16, 2009

Valentine’s Weekend in Santa Barbara Wine Country

We’re coming off a very exciting (and much needed) vacation in Santa Barbara and Paso Robles wine countries. I usually go a little “Clark Griswold” when mapping out my itineraries but, Little Barrel was slammed last week (in a good way!) and we decided to let other people’s recommendations guide our way. This weekend proved that there is always more to discover no matter how much you think you know about wine.


We were also fortunate enough to stay at our friend’s cabin that’s perched on a hill overlooking the Santa Ynez Mountains and the green foothills that roll across the valley. This has been home base to a couple Little Barrel photo shoots and we’ll name our first born after Eli – who keeps letting us indulge in his slice of the vineyard lifestyle.

Here’s a list of the wineries that we visited. Some are places we frequently visit and others were recommended by people we met along the way.

Dierberg/Star Lane
Melville
Qupe
Demetria
Firestone

We also toured Paso Robles yesterday. Here’s a list of the places we stopped by:

Tablas Creek
Zin Alley
Booker
Terry Hoage
Linne Calodo
Grey Wolf

People write us for recommendations – which we love – and we'll send you a more thorough list of suggestions. Andrew@littlebarrel.com

- Andrew