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 ...

Every other year, Santa Barbara winemakers kick off their Blundstones and ditch their puffy jackets to don fancy gowns and tuxedos for the Santa Barbara Wine Auction. This year’s main event is at the ...

SANTA YNEZ, Calif. Music, food and good wine. That’s what Fred Brander of The Brander Vineyard focused on for the 48th Annual Harvest Festival in Santa Ynez The sold out event gave a taste of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tectonic abnormality twenty million years ago created the unicorn wine region of Santa Barbara County. getty Chase Carhartt, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. Anytime is a good time to visit Buellton, in the wine ...

On the Central Coast, a single day in the Santa Ynez Valley can become something you carry with you for years — if you’re willing to slow down and make it ...

Taste of the Santa Ynez Valley returns to Central Coast wine country Oct. 2-5. with a six-town celebration exploring the region’s food and wine, and the people behind it all. The festival highlights ...

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 Ynez Valley is a wine region just north of Santa Barbara. There are five adorable small towns, all with a unique charm and flair. The biggest and most popular one is Solvang, a town with many ...

Santa Barbara wine has quietly topped Europe's best wine lists for years. Here's the geology and growers behind its overlooked reputation.