by David & Tonya | Jan 20, 2017 | Blog, Santa Barbara County Wineries
Los Olivos, CA A huge, huge, thanks to Keith Saarloos from Saarloos & Sons for taking time out of his day to give our party of 14 a personal vineyard tour and a private tasting. He didn’t have to due to his broken rib pain…but he did. By far one...
by David & Tonya | Apr 24, 2015 | Blog, Santa Barbara County Wineries, Wineries
Santa Barbara, Ca. Sometimes you walk into a place and you just instantly get a feeling. A feeling that makes you happy and a feeling that sparks your curiosity. For us, Santa Barbara Wine Collective did just that. The space is industrial with its roll up garage...
by David & Tonya | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog, Santa Barbara County Wineries, Wineries
Santa Barbara, Ca. If you haven’t noticed by now, we are huge lovers of wines produced from Santa Barbara County. Guess you could say they have always been our first love. One of the very first tasting rooms we ever visited was Santa Barbara Winery, which is...
by David & Tonya | Jan 17, 2015 | Blog, Santa Barbara County Wineries, Wineries
Los Olivos, Ca. We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and that your New Year’s brought lots of good cheer…and a lot of great wine! We’re starting 2015 off with a winery we just visited, Larner Vineyard & Winery, located smack dab in the heart of...
by David & Tonya | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog, Santa Barbara County Wineries, Wineries
Los Olivos, Ca. On our trip to Los Olivos a couple weeks ago, we stopped in Dragonette Cellars for a tasting. We have always been huge fans of their Pinot Noir and were looking forward to visiting them again. On this particular day, we started our adventure with a...
by David & Tonya | Jul 9, 2014 | Blog, Santa Barbara County Wineries, Wineries
Santa Barbara, Ca. Our day of wine tasting was coming to a close as we headed out the door of Corks n’ Crowns when we noticed the sweetest black dog sitting atop a small flight of steps at the back end of the building. The sign above read, Chatter-Drake wine...
Hello, we are David & Tonya. Husband and wife, parents, just a couple simply following a passion. We love to taste wine, visit wineries, travel, cook, eat, shop (mainly Tonya), listen to great music and raise our two amazing kids. We enjoy documenting everything along the way and sharing our findings with you. We hope our personal experiences will be useful to you on your next trip. Welcome to our adventure as we continue to explore...Cheers! 
