Santa Barbara County Wineries

Santa Barbara County Wineries by Janet Penn Franks. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781930401570.

Santa Barbara Countys internationally acclaimed wine region offers visitors and residents a memorable wine-tasting odyssey. The area features unique tasting rooms set among bucolic, vineyard-covered valleys and rolling hills and in the charming villages of Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, Los Alamos, and Solvang, as well as in the city of Santa Barbara. In Santa Barbara County Wineries, author and photographer Janet Penn Franks makes the tour of the county s many early and newly established wineries easy, fun, and informative. She profiles 50 of the area s premier wineries and includes six wine-tasting venues representing 26 additional wineries, providing wine tasters with clear and simple directions to the vintners and wines of their choice. Her striking color photographs illustrate these perfect destinations for wine sampling, gourmet gifts, attractive décor, and enchanting landscapes. Franks user-friendly guide outlines the setting and history of each profiled winery, its precise location, the winemaker s specialty, tasting-room hours, and contact information. Special recipes to match featured wines are also included, as well as a list of available lodging for overnight visitors to this spectacular wine region.