events

While the winery is not open to visitors every day, you are certainly welcome to make an appointment to visit us - just email us and let us know when you'd like to stop by.

Winery Open Houses

Spring Open House

April 21-22, 10am - 6pm

At the Winery, Lompoc

Join us at the winery as we kick off the 2012 vintage during Vintners' Festival weekend! We'll have all of our current wines available for tasting, and we just might pull out a few from the library. Come hear what Peter predicts for the 2012 growing season and vintage.  The winery is located at 1601 West Central Avenue, Unit F in Lompoc - Click here for a map. 

Although not normally open to the public for tasting, we do open a few times each year for our Open Houses - please sign up to our mailing list to receive email notifications of these events.

Other Events

We hope to see you at one of our "on the road" events that follow.

Stars of Santa Barbara

January 26th, 7-9:30pm

The Peninsula Hotel, Beverly Hills CA

Hosted by Learn About wine, who have long known that Santa Barbara winemakers are producing some of the best bottlings in the world. Now you can share in the excitement by tasting over 100 established and up-and-coming wines of the region, while learning about them from the owners, winemakers and winery executives themselves at the 9th Annual STARS of Santa Barbara Wine" event.Our wines will be available to taste at the Sommelier table.  Click here for details and tickets.

Pinot Days

January 28

Barker Hangar, Santa Monica CA

Saturday's Grand Tasting will showcase over 125 phenomenal producers of pinot noir. Consumers will be able to sample up to 400 pinots from every important domestic pinot noir region, from the Russian River Valley to the Santa Lucia Highlands, Oregon to Carneros, the Anderson Valley to the Sonoma Coast to the Santa Rita Hills. Come to Barker Hangar to taste the highly acclaimed 2007 vintage, and talk with the gifted winemakers who created these beautiful wines. Local specialty food purveyors will serve delectables that pair well with pinot. Click here for details and tickets

World of Pinot Noir

March 2-3

Shell Beach CA

Taste around the World of Pinot Noir with more than 80 producers of Pinot Noir – each a different producer than the Grand Tasting on Friday. While you are tasting globally, enjoy locally-grown, produced and prepared appetizers from Central Coast chefs, caterers and specialty food purveyors. As always, Kent Torrey returns with his incredible cheeses from The Cheese Shop of Carmel. As you taste from Austria to Australia, New York to Oregon, and all throughout California’s Pinot Noir regions, make sure to stop by the Silent Auction area to bid on something special for your own cellar. Admission price includes a WOPN crystal glass to remember the day. 

Peter will be a panelist for the seminar “Natural Winemaking – Highest Respect or Neglect?” This promises to be a lively discussion and tasting, so be sure to sign up for that WOPN event!

Click here for details and tickets

Santa Barbara County Vintners’ Festival

April 22, 1-4 pm

The Carranza, Los Olivos CA

Join us and the 100+ members of the Vintners’ Association as we kick off the spring season and the arrival of the 2012 vintage!  All members will be there pouring their latest wines and will be joined by local chefs, caterers and specialty food purveyors sampling tasty appetizers. Two live and lively bands will fill the air with music and a silent auction will benefit local charities.  This is a new location for the Vintners’ Festival this year, and is located on Zaca Station Road between Firestone Meadow and Hwy 154.  Details will be available on the SBCVA website