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1. River Bench Winery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
2. Rancho Sisquoc Winery
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4.5 based on 119 reviews
Rancho Sisquoc Winery has been crafting quality wines in small quantities for over 45 years. We grow over 300 acres of superb vineyards for our award winning estate wines. Located in northern Santa Barbara County on the Sisquoc River, 14 miles east of Santa Maria, Rancho Sisquoc is part of an 1852 Mexican land grant. The Chumash Indians called this area "Sisquoc", which meant "gathering place". Today, Rancho Sisquoc is again a gathering place, this time for wine lovers. We welcome visitors to our Tasting Room and to enjoy our beautiful picnic grounds.
Reviewed By Clemmie_11 - Pismo Beach, United States
Low key beautiful setting with approachable wines and some deli selections or you can bring your own food and picnic under the oaks. Winery dogs add to the warmth of welcome. Not to miss for some relaxation and a change of pace from the typical tasting room. By the glass or flights available.
3. Foxen Vineyard
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4.5 based on 112 reviews
Reviewed By citronjimmerz - Irvine, United States
Arrived at 12:15 PM for my appointment only to find out that it had been cancelled somehow. The staff pulled a rabbit out of the hat and found a table for tasing for us. I had a Pinot flight and she had a mixed flight of whites and reds. All were good, a couple were outstanding. I ended up buying 6 bottles and a baseball hat as a gift. So $341 and I saved the tasting fee.
4. Bien Nacido Vineyards
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4.5 based on 6 reviews
5. Tres Hermanas Winery
6. Cambria Winery & Vineyards
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4.5 based on 56 reviews
Santa Maria Valley
Reviewed By 561laureenm
Friendly tasting room and delicious wines! They often have free live music in the summer on weekends. We have also brought our own lunch in the past and bought a bottle of wine....outdoor tables and one great picnic bench that overlooks the vineyard (grab that if you can!)
7. Riverbench Vineyard and Winery
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4.5 based on 54 reviews
Certified-sustainable boutique winery dedicated to Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and sparkling wines from a single vineyard on the bank of the ancient Sisquoc River, known as the Santa Maria Bench. Riverbench Vineyard was established in 1973, when the first Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes were planted on the property. Since then, some of the most renowned wineries in Santa Barbara County have purchased Riverbench fruit for their own wines. Take in the vineyard views from our Santa Maria Valley tasting room - a restored 1920’s craftsman style house on the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail. Their spacious garden is ideal location for a wine country picnic.
8. Kenneth Volk Vineyards
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4.5 based on 31 reviews
Reviewed By jimcN847LY - Port Hueneme, United States
We are frequent visitors to the Los Olivos and Foxen Canyon wine areas. We belong to several clubs, scattered from Lompoc to Santa Maria, and kept hearing about this Kenneth Volk place, way out in the hinterlands. Because our regular place in Buellton was booked long in advance of the Memorial Weekend, we wound up taking a room in Pismo Beach, so on the drive to one club pick-up, I took the turn to Sisquoc, and we decided that it was time to check this out. Well, all the stories we've heard were true: some really great service, and a very unusual line-up of wines, mixing the familiar with some "What is *that*? Never heard of it before." We did not join the club - already belong to too many - but we bought three bottles of things that intrigued us, and took a flier on their "Mystery Box" special, which turned out to be very worthwhile. Prices are right in line with the rest of the Foxen Canyon area, despite being a little off-the-beaten-path. I'm not going to call this the best there is, as we truly enjoy several other places as much or more, but we will be back now and then, and we heartily recommend KVV.
9. Presqu'ile Winery
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4.5 based on 120 reviews
Join us at our winery and tasting room in Santa Maria. Open Fridays 11am-6pm; Saturdays-Thursdays 11am-5pm. Offering a warm and gracious experience at the our tasting bar in our beautiful, state of the art winery in Santa Maria, guests may taste a flight of Presqu'ile wines, each expressing the unique characteristics of the Santa Maria Valley terroir. Club members also gain access to our club only outdoor lounge as well as our bocce ball and horseshoe pit. Members also receive an exclusive extra pour and their tasting is complimentary. We also offer tours by reservation at 11am and 2pm daily. This 75 minute tour and tasting provides guests with an overview of the Presqu'ile story, estate, wines and winery. Wines are tasted throughout the experience as guests tour the tasting room, cave, white wine and red wine levels and the outlook terrace. The tour concludes with a side by side tasting of three Presqu'ile Pinot Noirs paired with tasty bites. By appointment | $45 per person.
Reviewed By nathalieaJ8622JD
How to start, we have been members for over 4 years. Great great wine, great great staff, it’s like a family fusion over there They all are holding hands to make the best wine and to make you feel soooo welcome. And then you have Chef Julie! She is a gift from heaven! When the wine is excellent and so is the food!,, So is life. Thank you presqu’ile wine family.
10. CORE Wine Company Tasting Room
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4.0 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By tennisman35
An old bank building houses Core's tasting room in Orcutt. The wines are blends made in the Rhone style and all of the ones we sampled were very good to excellent! It is a husband/wife affair and their wines are made from sourced grapes, with the wine making centered in Lompoc. (There is a tasting room in Lompoc also.) Our server was very knowledgeable, the tasting room serves as a hub for some community events, and features music the old-fashioned way-vinyl!
