805 Living – The Drinks Issue

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“We feel that opening the tasting room at Hotel Californian and planting the Margerum Estate Vineyard in Los Olivos are the two greatest decisions we’ve made as a company,” explained Doug Margerum, a living legend of local winemaking. “The tasting room has allowed us to essentially have a restaurant again, with the goal of becoming…

As Director of the Santa Barbara Culinary Experience and writer behind Petite Wine Traveler, I’m thrilled to bring you exclusive interviews with the incredible people shaping SBCE 2025. This series for the Santa Barbara Independent highlights the makers, storytellers, and flavor-chasers whose work defines our region’s vibrant food and wine scene. I recently sat down…

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This renowned sybarite’s latest venture is a second tasting room in Los Olivos where you can enjoy his appropriately branded Sybarite sauvignon blanc alongside oysters and/or a bento box with such delicacies as Buri sashimi yellowtail with yuzu kosho and Dungeness crab baked with vanilla bean sauce in what is one of the most exceptional…

The People Have Spoken, and These are Their Winners… We sure are living in interesting times. Whether you adore or abhor what’s happening in Washington, you can’t deny the news coming from our capitol, not to mention overseas, is relentless. So, let’s pause. Let’s breathe. Let’s take a moment to focus on what’s good here…