The Valley Project ★ 4.3
Funk Zone tasting room with a chalk mural mapping Santa Barbara County's six AVAs. One of the few rooms where viticultural geography is central to every pour.
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The Valley Project maps all six Santa Barbara County AVAs in a chalk mural across its Funk Zone tasting room wall, the best single-room education in the region's wine. Bouchon backs its Californian kitchen with a Wine Spectator-awarded list downtown, and Loquita pours Spanish vermouths and bottles beside its paella on lower State.
Bouchon Santa Barbara ★ 4.2
Longest-running Wine Country restaurant in Santa Barbara since 1998. Wine Spectator Award. Santa Barbara County cellar, paired with a seasonal kitchen.
Loquita ★ 4.0
Spanish vermouths, gin and tonics, and Santa Barbara County wines alongside full tapas and paella. Suits aperitivo-style drinking as much as a full dinner.
The Valley Project ★ 4.3
Funk Zone tasting room with a chalk mural mapping all six Santa Barbara County AVAs. One room where viticultural geography anchors every pour.
TipAsk for a flight spanning all six AVAs to understand the difference between Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir and Happy Canyon Cabernet in one sitting.
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