Kunin Wines is small on production, but big on quality. I stopped by the bungalow that houses the winery on the Urban Wine Trail in Santa Barbara when I was there this summer. The tasting room is fresh and airy, a perfect locale to sip a flight of whites. My favorite Kunin was the 2009…
Tag: santa barbara
Barbera, Budget Buster, California, Nebbiolo, Red Blend, Sangiovese, Santa Barbara County
Review: Area 5.1 Majestic 12
by wineforthewin •
Remember how I raved about Area 5.1’s White Light? Well, I liked the winery’s Majestic 12 just as much, if not more. This red wine blend is jammm-my. Playing along with the alien theme throughout the whole wine tasting room, Majestic 12 is named after a secret committee allegedly formed in 1947 to recover a UFO that…
Blends, Budget Buster, California, Travel
Review: Area 5.1 White Light
by wineforthewin •
I trotted through the Urban Wine Trail in Santa Barbara after a friend suggested the route when I told her my boyfriend and I were celebrating our anniversary on the American Riviera. While on the trail–which has the feel of a bar hop swapping cocktails for wine–the lovely people at Oreana Winery suggested we check…
California, Data
Wine boom!
by wineforthewin •
The number of wineries in California has more than doubled since 2000. Check out this visual I made using government data that hits home the point: [iframe src=”https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?containerId=gviz_canvas&q=select+col0%2C+col1+from+1tO-MziwU76aqioVVbJ_cHClwI0mweGE-U_3XpX8+order+by+col0+asc+limit+10&viz=GVIZ&t=COLUMN&uiversion=2&gco_forceIFrame=true&gco_hasLabelsColumn=true&width=600&height=400″ width=”100%” height=”400″] And California wine is a $61.5 billion industry. That’s billion with a B. Yet, at the same time, California’s share of the U.S. wine market…