Santa Barbara County
Santa Barbara County is a wine region in the United States. A stretch of California coast where the valleys run east to west, letting cool ocean air reach far inland.
Where it is
Map data: Natural Earth
Places in Santa Barbara County
Sta. Rita Hills
An east-west Santa Barbara County AVA where Pacific air funnels inland, creating a cool growing environment.
Santa Ynez Valley
A Santa Barbara valley running east to west, open to ocean air at its western end and markedly warmer inland.
Producers in Santa Barbara County
Sandhi Wines
A Sta. Rita Hills winery founded by sommelier Rajat Parr and winemaker Sashi Moorman, making Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from purchased vineyard fruit.
Tyler Winery
A Santa Barbara County producer founded in 2005 by Justin Willett, focused on vineyard-specific Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Verdad
A California producer founded by Louisa Sawyer Lindquist, whose first wines in 2000 included Albariño; she later planted the biodynamic Sawyer Lindquist Vineyard.