Wine Country - Santa Ynez Valley’s premier place for fine wine, hand rolled cigars and craft beers.

“Official Tasting Room”

Here in California’s Central Coast there are some very talented winemakers that are too small to have their own tasting rooms – they’re usually one-person operations, and after all – they need to be in the cellar making the wine! We are very pleased that the following have chosen Wine Country as their “unofficially official” tasting room:

Core	Flying Goat Cellars	Great Oaks Ranch	Huber
J. Wilkes	Qupé	Silver	Taz
Verdad	Waltzing Bear	Woodstock Ridge

And although we can’t have their full line of wines open every day, we do try to have one or two available to taste and a good sampling available for purchase. Plus, the winemakers themselves will often pop in, and we will often schedule tastings where they are here pouring their latest releases.

	Core Dave and Becky Corey started CORE Wines in 2001 and the couple is involved in every aspect of their family run business. Their focus is working with Rhône varietals from the Alta Mesa Vineyard in Santa Barbara County. “Alta Mesa Vineyard – a good attitude and a high altitude” Click here to visit the Core website.
	Flying Goat Cellars It's all about Pinot! Mostly Pinot Noir, a little bit of Pinot Gris and even a sparkling, bubbly Rosé de Noir. It’s finicky, unpredictable, sometimes quarrelsome – but so delicious, intriguing and complex when coaxed into becoming wine. Click here to visit the Flying Goat Cellars website.
	Great Oaks Ranch The Great Oaks Ranch and Vineyard grows Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc grapes. The varietals and their clones were carefully chosen and yield grapes which are now in high demand by several wineries in the area. Every year, a few tons of their best Sauvignon Blanc, their favorite Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon and their ripest Syrah are reserved to be made into Great Oaks Ranch and Vineyard wines. Click here to visit the Great Oaks Ranch website.
	Huber Cellars One of the oldest vineyards in Sta. Rita Hills produces Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. The estate also produces the inky-dark Dornfelder - you have to try it! Click here to visit the Huber Cellars website.
	J. Wilkes J. Wilkes always produces small, handcrafted lots of the finest grapes into wines of distinction. By sourcing grapes from carefully selected sites and then using a combination of modern and traditional winemaking techniques, J. Wilkes wines continue to show the best characteristics of traditional Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc. Click here to visit the J. Wilkes website.
	Qupé A modern Stone Age winery, Qupé is dedicated to producing handcrafted Rhône varietals and Chardonnay from California’s Central Coast. We employ traditional winemaking techniques to make wines that are true to type and speak of their vineyard sources. Our goal is to make wines with impeccable balance that can be enjoyed in their youth, yet because of the good acidity from cool vineyard sites can also benefit from ageing. Click here to visit the Qupé website.
	Silver Benjamin sums up his winemaking philosophy: “My focus is to enhance the multidimensional character of each varietal—to reflect the personality of the vineyard and the grape in perfect harmony in each of my wines! That’s what makes winemaking exciting!” Click here to visit the Silver website.
	Taz Taz produces Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah from extraordinary vineyards: Fiddlestix in Sta. Rita Hills, Cat Canyon near Los Alamos and North Canyon in Santa Maria Valley. Click here to visit the Taz website.
	Verdad Verdad's mission is to make small amounts of delicious wines using Spanish grape varietals. Their goal is to make wines which express the true flavors of the varietal and the unique terroir in which they're grown. Click here to visit the Verdad website.
	Waltzing Bear Waltzing Bear Wines is an artisan wine producer located in Santa Maria, California dedicated to producing small lots of ultra-premium wines. Their primary focus is Central Coast Pinot Noir, with Petite Sirah and Viognier rounding out their portfolio. Click here to visit the Waltzing Bear website.
	Woodstock Ridge From a small estate vineyard in the hills to the east of Wine Country comes an outstanding Sangiovese.