Festival Highlights

Vintners Visa
April 17, 18, 19 & 20

Your long weekend pass to 12 of your favorite participating wineries! In addition to waiving tasting fees, participating wineries may be offering barrel tastings, special library selections, food & wine pairings. Valid from Friday through Monday. $35 per person or $25 when purchased with the festival ticket.

The following wineries are taking part in the Vintners' Visa program. In addition to your complementary tasting, each winery may offer special discounts, food pairings or other offers. Please note that not all wineries are open on all four days.

   
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Alere With roots firmly planted in the soils of Santa Barbara County's northernmost reaches, the vines are nourished by nature and tended by three generations. Visa holders receive 40% case discount and free shipping in California.
 
ampelos cellars A family run operation located in the Santa Rita Hills. We follow traditional winemaking practices producing limited quantities of Pinot Noir, Syrah and Syrah/Grenache wines.
 
Artiste Celebrate the fusion of art and wine. Winemaker Bion Rice composes neo-classical blends called "Impressionist Cuvées" that combine a sense of Old World style with a new World personality.
Baehner-Fournier The Eastern Santa Ynez Valley is hot! Bordeaux varietals love it and we grow three of them on our estate...Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Merlot. We blend them into our delicious V3, the only Bordeaux blend of its type in the Valley. At the Wandering Dog Wine Bar, Solvang.
Beckmen A family-owned and -operated winery producing ultra-premium, estate-grown Rhône varietals from our Purisima Mountain vineyard.
Bedford Thompson Limited-edition wines of varietal integrity from single vineyard sources: Syrah, Mourvedre, Grenache, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and dry Gewurztraminer. Visa holders enjoy light appetizers and 20% discount on all wine purchases.
Bridlewood Large Mission-style winery majestically sitting on 105 acres, surrounded by vineyards, trees, lakes, gardens, horses and picnic areas. Many award-winning wines. Come for the wine, stay for the experience.
Buttonwood Farm Sauvignon Blanc, Sustainable, Trevin, Betty, Garden, Cabernet Franc, Fun, Bret, Marsanne, Seyburn, Art, Syrah, Music, Karen, Zingy, Imbibers Club, Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cambria Cambria's proximity to the ocean and east-west orientation gives this 1,405-acre property the diversity it needs to grow Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah under perfectly suited conditions.
10% discount on wine purchases for all Visa holders.
Casa Cassara Taste our great handmade Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir. Plus, experience Syrah, Chardonnay and vineyard-designated limited-release wines. Visa holders enjoy a fruit & cheese buffet and 15% discount on purchases.
Carr World-class wines including Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Gris and Syrah. Our winery is located in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara. Come visit us and enjoy handcrafted wines while watching the winemaker hard at work.10% discount on wine purchases for all Visa holders.
Coquelicot Coquelicot (ko-klee-ko) is the name “en français” of the striking red poppy that graces the French countryside. Sustainable farming and gentle, meticulous winemaking techniques converge to produce limited production wines that are a true celebration of life.
Costa de Oro In addition to their line-up of estate-grown Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines, Costa de Oro are offering library wine tastings, live music and 15% off all wine purchases. Food is also available for purchase.
Visa holders are offered a 15% discount on all wine purchases.
Curtis Winery Exclusively committed to the crafting of Rhône-style wines. We are inspired by the extraordinary terrain of Santa Barbara County’s Santa Ynez Valley, which is today recognized as one of the world’s leading appellations for Rhône varietals. Visa holders are offered a 25% discount on all Curtis wines and merchandise purchases.
D'Alfonso - Curran Featuring Spanish and Italian varietals, Bruno's signature Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and Kris' incomparable Syrah.
Daniel Gehrs Since our start in 1990, our focus has remained the same - creating small lots of high quality wines, offered at reasonable prices. White wines include Chenin Blanc and Viognier; the red wine focus is on Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Demetria A family-owned winery focused on premium-quality Burgundy and Rhone-style wines using biodynamic farming methods and handcrafted winemaking techniques, resulting very-limited quantities of wine. Visa holders enjoy a special preview tasting of the soon-to-be released 2006 Cuvee Constantine and 2006 Syrah, and the newly released 2006 Cuvee Sandra Pinot Noir.
Dierberg This ideal combination of climate, aspect, soil and clonal material results in truly distinctive Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines. The exceptional planning, planting and farming of the Dierberg Vineyard is a key factor to the growing reputation of the vineyard for world-class Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines.
Visa holders are offered 20% discount off all wine orders for more than 12 bottles, or free shipping on more than 12 bottles.
Dragonette Dragonette Cellars is a partnership between brothers John and Steve Dragonette and close friend Brandon Sparks-Gillis who joined forces in order to pursue a mutual, long held dream to make wine in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.We are passionate and committed to producing small lots of ultra-premium Pinot Noir, Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc.
Fiddlehead Cellars Head Fiddle, Kathy Joseph, specializes in Sauvignon Blanc from the eastern part of Santa Ynez Valley and Pinot Noir from her Fiddlestix vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills.
Fontes & Phillips Our hand-crafted wines are the culmination of years of effort. We use the finest grapes from select vineyards to produce small-production ultra-premium wines.
Foxen The Foxen boys have been making wine together for 20 years at the historic Rancho Tinaquaic tasting room.
Gainey Vineyard For over 20 years, the Gainey family has produced ultra-premium wines from the Santa Ynez and Sta. Rita Hills. Visitors are welcome at our beautiful Spanish-style winery.
Harrison-Clarke 12 acres of Rhône varietals in limestone and clay in Ballard Canton. Limited-edition Syrah, Grenache and Grenache Rosé wines.
Tasting is at Wine Country in Los Olivos.
Hitching Post Wines Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley make hand-crafted, food-friendly, "Soulful Pinots, year in and year out" (Jim Laube).
Huber Cellars Proprietors Norman and Traudl Huber are dedicated to growing grapes of flavor and quality and crafting wines of distinction. All Huber wines are handcrafted in small lots to ensure the highest quality expression of the estate vineyard and the Santa Rita Hills area. Visa holders are offered 15% discount on all estate wines except Charlotte's Reserve and Hafen.
Imagine Hand-crafted by our winemaker, Ross Jay Rankin, we feature small lots of our Paradise Mountain Syrah and Viovnier, plus Chardonnay, PInot Noir, Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon.
Ken Brown Wines With the benefit of nearly 30 years experience in this region, Ken’s goal in founding Ken Brown Wines is to focus on exceptional Pinot Noir from leading vineyards in Santa Rita Hills and several other select locations in the county. The line-up also includes limited bottlings of Chardonnay and Syrah. Visa holders will also be able to taste a pair of older library wines.
 
Kenneth Volk Vineyards Ken Volk has been making Santa Barbara and Central Coast wines for more than a quarter century and has earned a reputation for crafting world-class wines, particularly Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from the Santa Maria Valley. Visa holders receive 10% off all wine purchases.
Koehler Koehler Winery's friendly and inviting tasting room is open daily from 10 am to 5 pm. Weather permitting, guests may also partake of a sip of wine on the spectacularly beautiful grounds, surrounded by the Koehler family's own remarkable menagerie of unusual animals and exotic birds.
La Vie Established in 2000, La Vie Vineyards produces stylized, long-aging Pinot Noir and other wines such as Chardonnay, Riesling, Viognier and Syrah.
Lafond Winemaker Bruce McGuire was one of the pioneers in the development of Pinot Noir and Syrah. Bruce controls the total process, from the selection of varieties and clones in the vineyard, to farming practices, cultivation, pruning and when to pick. Accordingly the wines reflect his style and philosophy of winemaking.
Lucas & Lewellen The vineyards of Lucas & Lewellen are located in the three principal wine grape growing regions of Santa Barbara County: the Santa Maria Valley, the Los Alamos Valley, and the Santa Ynez Valley. From the finest estate grown grapes come the finest wines. Visit us to taste our premium handcrafted Santa Barbara County wines.
Visa holders are offered a 10% discount on all non-sale wines.
Mandolina Known for approachable style and excellent quality at reasonable prices, Mandolina produces estate-grown Italian varietals including Pinot Grigio, Barbera, Nebbiolo, Moscato, Sangiovese, and ever popular Super-Tuscan blends of Bordeaux and Italian varietals.
Visa holders are offered a 10% discount on all non-sale wines.
Oreana Winery Devoted to the production of Pinot Noir, Syrah and micro-batches of sparkling wine at Santa Barbara's downtown winery.
Presidio Producing Pinot Noir, Syrah and Chardonnay from their cool climate estate vineyard west of Santa Rita Hills.
Rancho Sisquoc To the Chumash Indians of the area, "Sisquoc" meant "gathering place". Rancho Sisquoc is again a gathering place, this time for wine lovers.
Open House with light appetizers.
Rideau We invite you to visit our charming Tasting Room and Winery for the most incredible wine tasting experience. When you enter the Old Adobe Tasting Room, you will feel as though you have stepped back in time to a place that has captured the feel of New Orleans and our owner's Creole heritage.
Visa holders are offered exceptional discounts on half cases and cases.
Riverbench Planted in 1973, Riverbench is one of Santa Maria Valley's first vineyards. The estate and reserve Pinot Noir and Chardonnay wines are made in limited quantities and are available exclusively at their Tasting Room.
Roblar Roblar Winery is located in the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley. The rustic tasting room and winery are set on a beautiful 38 acre vineyard. Roblar Winery is an experience. The entire facility was designed to reflect the owners’ passion for quality living.
Visa holders receive 15% off all purchases.
Royal Oaks

One of the Valley's best kept secrets. A boutique winery known for its handcrafted wines at reasonable prices, we offer wines for every palate. The wines are elegant and complex.
Visa holders receive 15% off all purchases.

Saarloos & Sons THE BEST WINE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF! Rare Family Production Wines: Saarloos & Sons Wines Located in a historic 1886 Los Olivos home with seated tastings, picnic area, fire pit and retail store.
Sanford

Sanford planted the area's first Pinot Noir in its Sanford & Benedict vineyard. Pinot Noir has thrived in the Santa Rita Hills ever since, and so has Sanford Winery. The pioneering winery's Pinot Noir ranks among the best and most distinctive in the world.

Santa Barbara Winery Santa Barbara winery's grapes come from the Lafond Vineyards in the Santa Rita Hills of the Santa Ynez Valley and from neighboring vineyards. The winery produces Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah varieties that have excelled in the micro climate of the western end of the valley which is strongly influenced by the cool breezes from the Pacific, the foggy mornings and the warm days.
Scott Cellars Producing small lots of hand-crafted wines, Scott Cellars features Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah and a Zinfandel/Syrah blend available exclusively through its tasting room.
Silver Crafting superior Rhône, Italian, Burgundian and Bordelaise varietals from local vineyards carefully chosen for the production of terroir driven wines.
Tasting is at Wine Country in Los Olivos.
Stolpman Established in 1977, Stolpman Vineyards produces estate grown fruit from our vineyard off Ballard Canyon. Syrah, Sangiovese and Roussanne are our primary varietals. We will be featuring our new line of La Coppa wines, an assortment of cheeses, breads and light appetizers and live music by Bo Dugger!
Visa holders receive 10% discount on wine purchases and 20% on a case or more.
Summerland

Summerland wines are approachable in both price and style, exhibiting excellent varietal character with a Central Coast flavor profile that is suitable to a wide variety of foods. The wines of the Central Coast Collection are not just winning awards, but are winning friends one glass at a time. Visa holders are offered a 15% discount on all wine purchases.

Sunstone

Sensuous estate and reserve wines made from Sunstone's own certified-organic vineyards. Bordeaux and Rhone varietals.

Thorne Thorne Pinot Noir finds its roots in the Rio Vista vineyards, located on the eastern slopes of the Sta. Rita hills appellation. Blends of clones 777, 115 and 2A.
Tres Hermanas Specializing in small-lot Syrah, Viognier, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Muscat Canelli, Refosco and Cuvées.
Zaca Mesa An estate winery dedicated to growing and handcrafting Rhône varieties (Syrah, Viognier, Roussanne and Grenache) offering a unique experience to share.