Wine Tasting
Open 7 Days a week offering select local wines and beers for consumption and tasting. Located at 515 Bell Street right downtown across from the chevron station. 805-344-3315.
While a great portion of the vineyard can be seen along highway 101 as you travel north to Los Alamos, these gentlemen have their tasting room in Solvang. A few of the eating establishments in town carry their wine.
805-686-9336 llwine.com
The Los Alamos Valley has the most vineyard acreage of any area of Santa Barbara County. With the cool ocean breezes wafting in over Lompoc and Vandenberg AFB, the valley is one of the coolest growing regions in California. The climate here is well suited to growing chardonnay, pinot noir, syrah, viognier etc. Small vineyards have been around the valley for many years and now the big boys have discovered it's potential.
Beringer & Meridian, Kendall Jackson, Sutter Home, to name a few, have vineyards on both ends of town. A drive along highway 135 toward Santa Maria will take you through some of these large acreage vineyards.
There are projects underway along highway 135. Both Kendall Jackson Wine Estates and Beringer, parent company of Meridian, have applied with the county to build processing facilities. Beringer would like to put its facility on White Hills Vineyard just west of Los Alamos.
Closer to town on highway 135, and on a much smaller scale, is Camp I, where Michael Werk is in the process of applying for a winery permit. He has already planted 4 acres of chardonnay and pinot noir with 9 acres to yet be planted. He anticipates making 7500 cases a year when in full production.
Approximately 5 miles down the road and mostly tucked behind San Antonio Creek and its willows, is Wind Willow Farm run by Audrey Ackerman. Audrey sells her orange Muscat to White Horse winery. Leaving town and traveling south on highway 101, exit after 3 miles on Alisos Canyon to find the Bedford Thompson vineyard and tasting room. Keep traveling along Alisos to dead-end into the famous Foxen Wine Trail. For and entire list of vineyards in our back yard, consult the Vintners' Association.
