Foxen Canyon Wine Trail (Santa Maria Valley)
Shots along the Foxen Canyon Wine Trail in the Santa Maria Valley California (2/20/12). CDH. I have no copyrights for the song. Pictures are mine.
Rancho Sisquac Winery in Santa Maria, California
Rancho Sisquac is one the first wineries in Santa Barbara County. Located on a ranch of over 300 acres, Rancho Sisquac is a short detour of the old Foxen Canyon Wine Trail. Bring your own picnic or purchase gourmet snacks and enjoy their picturesque grounds while sampling one of their award winning Cabernet's.
Rancho Sisquac's tasting room is open Monday through Thursday, 10am-4pm and Friday through Sunday, 10am - 5pm. For $10, they will pour you your choice of 6 wines and the glass is your to take home.
Trails to Riverbench Winery in Santa Maria, CA
This is Riverbench Winery in Santa Maria, CA on Foxen Canyon Rd. in the Santa Barbara area. riverbench.com
Visit trailstowine.com for a list wineries across the United States.
Santa Maria Valley Wine Region
Pacific Coast Professional Media produced this video for Visitor Television and the Santa Maria Valley Wine Country. Santa Maria is located on the Central Coast of California. Bonnie Ernst is the videographer/editor.
Santa Maria, California - History and Facts
The Santa Maria Valley, stretching from the Santa Lucia Mountains toward the Pacific Ocean, was the homeland of the Chumash people for several thousand years
Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail
The Santa Barbara Urban Wine Trail features 15 wineries located within blocks from the scenic Pacific coastline and Downtown Santa Barbara. For more information, go to urbanwinetrailsb.com.
Chamisal Vineyards - Edna Valley
Located half-way between San Francisco and Los Angeles, not too far south of the Paso Robles appellation, this area has gained recognition as one of the premier Chardonnay and Pinot Noir regions in California. It is often compared to the Santa Maria Valley AVA closer to Santa Barbara.
2012 Riverbench Vineyard & Winery Mesa Pinot Noir Rich & Beautiful Santa Maria, California Red Wine
Riverbench Vineyard & Winery
2012 Mesa Pinot Noir
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California – Santa Maria Valley
Fairfield Inn & Suites Santa Maria, Santa Maria Hotels - California
Fairfield Inn & Suites Santa Maria 3 Stars Santa Maria, California Within US Travel Directory This hotel is located off Highway 101 in Santa Maria. It has a fitness center with cardiovascular equipment, and offers spacious rooms with cable TV, and free Wi-Fi.
Rooms at the Fairfield Inn & Suites Santa Maria include a seating area and flat-screen TV. They come equipped with a coffee maker and ironing facilities.
In the morning the Fairfield Inn serves a continental breakfast with cereal and fresh fruit. The hotel also offers a local restaurant dinner delivery service.
The Santa Maria Foxen Canyon Wine Trail is situated 30.4 km from Fairfield Inn & Suites Santa Maria. Santa Maria Fairpark is 5 km away.
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Fairfield Inn & Suites Santa Maria, 2061 North Roemer Court CA 93458, USA
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History Of Pioneer Families Santa Maria Part 3
Pioneer Families of Santa Maria California
Real People Talk About Their Lifes in Santa Maria
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Introducing Presqu'ile Winery
Our first video introducing the world to Presqu'ile Winery in Santa Maria California.
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Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Santa Maria - Santa Maria Hotels, California
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Santa Maria 3 Stars Santa Maria, California One of our top picks in Santa Maria. Located in Santa Maria, this hotel is a 15-minute drive from Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center. An outdoor pool, 24-hour business center and spacious rooms with kitchenette facilities are offered.
A 37-inch flat-screen cable TV is available in every room at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Santa Maria. Decorated in natural colors, each room and suite includes a stovetop, microwave and small fridge. A work desk and seating area are provided.
The Foxen Canyon Wine Trail is nearby, situated between Santa Maria and Olivos. La Purisima Mission State Historic Park is 45.1 km from Santa Maria Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites.
Guests can dine at the on-site Portabella Bar & Grill. Open for breakfast and dinner, it serves local produce and wines.
A well equipped gym is offered at the hotel. Free Wi-Fi is available in the public areas.
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Travel Diaries ♥ Santa Maria Volcano Hike
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Hiking Santa Maria Canyon ledge deer trail
Foxen Winery and Vineyard: An interview with co-founder Dick Doré (Sideways 10th anniversary)
I recently headed up to the Santa Maria area to visit on my favorite vineyards and wineries: Foxen. Founders Dick Doré and Bill Wathen started making sustainable wine together at Foxen in 1985. Visit their tasting rooms daily from 11am to 4pm and taste some our their fantastic varietals. Here's my interview and tasting tour with Dick for the 10th anniversary of the movie Sideways.
How to Find Great Wine Tasting in Santa Ynez
Santa Barbara Wine Tours
Eric from SantaBarbaraWineTours.org talks about the Santa Barbara Wine Country, what kind of wines are made there and a couple of his favorite wineries that the wine tourist can visit to imbibe some truly delicious California wine.
Santa Barbara is a perfect place for wine tasting tours for a bunch of reasons. For one thing, it boasts a host of wineries, vineyards and tasting rooms serving up top quality wines made from in a diversity of styles from an array of grape varieties.
As for geographical diversity, you can choose from four AVAs, or designated wine appellations, for your Santa Barbara wine tours: Santa Ynez Valley, Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara, Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley, in the beautiful Santa Ynez Mountains of Santa Barbara County. These AVAs are home to over 100 wineries, many of which produce world-class wines. In fact, two wines produced in Santa Barbara County were included in Wine Spectator's top 100 wines of 2010: Tensley's Syrah Santa Barbara County, Colson Canyon Vineyard 2008, at no. 17; and Zaca Mesa's Syrah, Santa Ynez Valley 2006, at no. 29.
Just to clarify, that's no. 17 and no. 29, not just in California or America, but in the world (California in general did very well this year with fourteen of the top twenty, and four of the top five wines being from the Golden State). As this result makes clear, some of the world's best Syrah is made in the Santa Barbara Wine Country, one more reason that Santa Barbara wine tours are well worth your while. The region is also renowned for its other Rhone varietals including Grenache, Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne and Mourvedre.
Two other varietals that Santa Barbara wineries excel in are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. These cool climate, Burgundian varietals do especially well in the Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley appellations, both excellent locations for Santa Barbara wine tours. The east-west orientation of the mountains surrounding these AVAs allow cooling fogs to roll in from the Pacific Ocean during the morning, and later in the day, on-shore breezes keep things cool. This maritime influence combined with the area's terrain -- which is located on the oceanic Pacific Plate rather than the continental North American Plate -- and soils favored by the Burgundian varietals, have allowed the wine makers of these two appellations to achieve stunning successes with both Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
Their Pinot Noirs have received more than their fair share of accolades. In fact, some Santa Barbara wine tours are focused solely on visiting wineries that excel in producing stunning wines from this popular grape variety, and speaking of California Pinot Noir in general, 2007 was a fabulous year for this famously difficult to grow and vinify fruit; the best year ever, in fact, according to California Wine author James Laube, who writes in the September 2009 issue of Wine Spectator that, The breadth and depth of quality in 2007 California Pinot Noir is unparalleled...2007, offering the greatest assortment of outstanding wines in the 25 years I've been tasting and writing about Golden State Pinot. A number of Sta. Rita Hills wines are featured among his picks for the top Pinots of 2007.
Santa Barbara wine tours have much to offer. First and foremost, an incredible number and variety of fantastic wineries and vineyards to visit including: the beautiful Curtis Winery, the environmentally conscious Sunstone Vinyards and Winery, the unassuming Kalrya Winery, the stately Bridlewood Estate Winery, the quaint Brander Vineyard, the elegant Gainey Vineyard, the cozy Buttonwood Farms Winery, the bucolic Beckman Vineyards, the rustic Foxen Winery, the colorful Blackjack Ranch Vineyards and Winery, and the grand Fess Parker Winery. Besides the wineries, Santa Barbara wine tours let you enjoy golden Southern California sunshine, sweeping, bucolic vistas, fine restaurants and friendly people when you embark on your own Santa Barbara wine tour.
One of the best ways to do that is by limousine. Click on the link for info on renting your own Santa Barbara wine tours limo.
Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Santa Maria in Santa Maria CA
Prices: . . .. .. ... . .. .. ... . . . . Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Santa Maria 2100 North Broadway Santa Maria CA 93454 Located in Santa Maria, this hotel is a 15-minute drive from Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center. An outdoor pool, 24-hour business center and spacious rooms with kitchenette facilities are offered. A 37-inch flat-screen cable TV is available in every room at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Santa Maria. Decorated in natural colors, each room and suite includes a stovetop, microwave and small fridge. A work desk and seating area are provided. The Foxen Canyon Wine Trail is nearby, situated between Santa Maria and Olivos. La Purisima Mission State Historic Park is 28 miles from Santa Maria Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites. Guests can dine at the on-site Portabella Bar & Grill. Open for breakfast and dinner, it serves local produce and wines. A well equipped gym is offered at the hotel. Free Wi-Fi is available in the public areas.
Foxen Winemaker Dinner at Los Olivos Wine Merchant & Cafe
Anchors Aweigh! This five course dinner was impeccably paired with the wines of one of Santa Barbara County's founding vineyard, Foxen.
Holiday Inn and Suites Santa Maria - Santa Maria, California
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Located on El Camino Real between the beautiful cities of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara, Santa Maria is a place where fresh produce, local wineries and a Mediterranean climate combine to create a wonderful atmosphere. No matter what brings you to this California city, you're sure to enjoy your trip.
At the Holiday Inn® & Suites Santa Maria you are near Vandenberg Air Force Base, as well as area companies, including Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Denmat, Raytheon and Babe Farms. We have a 24-hour business center and more than 1,800 sq. ft. of event space.
When it comes to leisure activities, there are plenty of options near our hotel. Santa Maria is home to recreation areas like Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, historic attractions such as La Purisima Mission and Santa Maria Museum of Flight. The Foxen Canyon Wine Trail features favorite, boutique wineries, including Cambria, Fess Parker, Firestone and Kenneth Volk, and it is a great way to spend a day exploring the area. If you prefer non-alcoholic activities or are traveling with children, play a round of golf at one of the many courses or visit the Santa Maria Valley Children's Discovery Museum.
Our Santa Maria, CA hotel's amenities are sure to make your stay a great one, whether you're here to do business or to enjoy the sights. Make your reservations today to enjoy our outdoor pool, whirlpool, fitness center and the Portabella Bar & Grill.
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