Special Events
Featured Local Winemaker Series
Our popular Featured Local Winemaker series continues! A great way to get turned on to wines you haven’t tried and to learn more about the wines and winemakers you may have already been acquainted with. Check out our interviews and blogs!
Enjoy the benefits of our Monthly Featured Local Wines:
By the glass – As a tasting flight – And stock up with 20% off all three monthly featured wines
both online and in our merchant. Stock up and SAVE!
Visit our YouTube Channel and SUBSCRIBE to get to know our local winemakers right along with us!
2020 Guest Winemakers Calendar:
- January: Jeff Nelson and James Sparks of Liquid Farm
- February: Kris Curran and Bruno D’Alfonso of D’Alfonso-Curran
- March: Lane Tanner of Lumen
- DUE TO COVID-19 INTERRUPTIONS IN OUR REGULAR BUSINESS, THE FOLLOWING FEATURED WINEMAKERS WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL WE ARE ABLE TO RESUME BACK TO FULL OPERATION.
- April: Brian Babcock of Babcock
- May: Chris Kiranbay of Saint K
- June: Joey Tensley of Tensley
- July: Matt Dees of Jonata
- August: Kris Beverly & Marisa Clendenen Matela of Bevela Wines
- September: Pierre LaBarge of LaBarge Winery
- October: Adam Tolmach of Ojai Vineyard
We had the privilege of featuring these following local winemakers and their incredible wines
Follow links to our blogs to discover more about each of these winemakers:
2017-2018 Featured Winemakers:
- Michael Larner of Larner Vineyard and Winery
- Ryan Carr of Carr Winery
- David Delaski of Solminer
- Dick Dore of Foxen Vineyard & Winery
- Eric Mohseni of Zaca Mesa Winery
- Garrett Gamache of Ground Truth
- Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat
- Bion Rice of Sunstone Winery
- Ernst Storm of Storm Wines
- Karen Steinwach Buttonwood Winemaker
- Jessica and Peter Stolpman of Stolpman Vineyards
- Dieter Cronje of Presqu’ile
- Jeff Fischer of Habit
- Greg Brewer of Brewer-Clifton
- Rick Longoria of Longoria
- Matt Brady of Samsara
- Chuck Carlson of Carlson Wines
- Sarah Holt Mullins of Rancho Sisquoc Winery
- Doug Margerum of Margerum Wine Company
2019Featured Winemakers:
- Sonja Magdevski of Casa Dumetz.
- Kat Gaffney of Spear Winery
- Norm Yost of Flying Goat Cellars
- Louisa Lindquist of Verdad Wines
- Karen Steinwachs of Seagrape Cellars
- Josh Klapper of Timbre Winery
- Mike Speakman of Westerly
- Tara Gomez of Kita Winery
- Aaron Walker of Pali Wine Co.
- Rick Hill of Labyrinth
Follow us on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram) or sign up to our email list to be the first to know when we close our doors for exclusive local winemaker dinners— a few of our past winemaker dinners have featured: Wes Hagen of J.Wilkes (formerly Clos Pepe), Dick Dore and Bill Wathen of Foxen Wines, Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat, and Bob Lindquist of Qupé.
our local featured artists
We are blessed to be among breathtaking vineyards and numerous farms and ranches, but Santa Barbara Wine Country is also home to an abundance of talented artists. We have the pleasure of hosting the work from many of these artists at the Los Olivos Café.
From November 5th through January 7th, artist Marilyn Dover Benson’s work will be on exhibit at the Los Olivos Café. Marilyn is British-born and educated and after traveling extensively world-wide, now considers the beautiful Central Coast of California her home. A self-taught artist, she began painting 11 years ago. She is the President of the six-member Brush & Palette Art Group. She commenced staging solo shows at wineries up and down the coast, and the feat of which she is most proud is selling 22 PAINTINGS IN ONE DAY AT FIRESTONE WINERY! She is the recipient (four times over) of the “Best of the Best” award at the annual Grapes and Grains event in Santa Maria, California. Her art is available for purchase during this time.
