Urban Winery Trail Santa Barbara
Over thirty wineries now make up the renowned santa barbara urban wine trail.
Urban winery trail santa barbara. And with that you ve only scratched the surface of santa barbara s urban wine trail. Their goal was to offer both novices and aficionados the opportunity to learn about and taste the wines of many different varieties and styles crafted from the county s best vineyards. The first thing to know is that the urban wine trail includes two wine centric areas the historic presidio neighborhood in downtown santa barbara 8 tasting rooms and 1 tasting room nearby but also the funk zone with a current 16 tasting room locations. In 2007 a group of eight like minded winemakers decided to come together to create the santa barbara urban wine trail.
To make the trail easier to navigate we ve identified five neighborhoods of santa barbara and color coded each of the wineries on the map. Founded in 1982 au bon climat which means a well exposed vineyard produces internationally recognized pinot noir chardonnay and pinot blanc wine from grapes grown in california s santa barbara county. Founded in 1962 the santa barbara winery is the oldest winery in the county and has influenced the development of the santa ynez valley as a world class growing region. We ve numbered them in the order they joined the trail.
The urban wine trail has grown so much in the last couple years it seems like it s time to give a recent update on all the happenings. We hope you ll enjoy exploring each neighborhood on the trail. Santa barbara winery funk zone. Address urban wine trail reviews.