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An unmistakable blue-purple clear Syrah crimson in the glass. Toasty and roasty in the nose, glazed shish-ka-bob vegetables, a shrill young pepper storming through cinnamon and ginger-glazed licorice, carrying angelic darling boysenberry and rose-hips SO saline, SO petrichor, SO gratingly gorgeous–I haven’t tasted anything like this South of Sonoma Coast. Continue »
Jun 18, 2021 at 9:05 AM
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May 26, 2021 at 9:21 AM20 Questions with… Doug Margerum - Edible Homefront
This week we are kicking off a new series called ’20 Questions with…’—where we ask light-hearted yet thought-provoking questions to some of the most fascinating people in the food and wine world. Continue »
Apr 13, 2021 at 11:33 AMCalifornia Dreaming
A LOOK AT HOW THE CULINARY SCENE IN THE SANTA BARBARA REGION HAS EVOLVED SINCE JULIA’S TIME THERE. Continue »
Apr 13, 2021 at 8:22 AMNatural History of Wine: Entomology & Margerum- Santa Barbara Independent
How could a tiny, enigmatic insect change the way that nearly all winemaking grapes are grown across the globe? Continue »
Mar 15, 2021 at 2:18 PMWelcome Back to Santa Barbara Wine Country with Doug Margerum- Santa Barbara Wine Country
Join us in a virtual wine tasting with Doug Margerum of Margerum Wine Company for an inside look into Santa Barbara Wine Country and learn more about Margerum Wine Company! Watch now! Continue »
Feb 26, 2021 at 1:59 PMCOVID Does Not Affect the Grapes by UCSB Alumni Milestones
Winemaker Doug Margerum, ’81, will go to great lengths to create some of the finest wines in the world. Continue »
Feb 1, 2021 at 9:34 AMYear In Review: Best Wine 2020 by The Written Palette
Barden Wines Fonte White Blend, Sta. Rita Hills 2018: The wine combines Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, and Pinot Gris to form a wine with lots of structure, depth, and nice acidity. Continue »
Jan 7, 2021 at 3:08 PMWinemaker Doug Margerum promotes other businesses as well as his own.
The 30th best wine of 2020 in the nation came straight out of Santa Barbara County. In wine vocabulary, and according to a senior editor of Wine Enthusiast Magazine, the Margerum M5 White Rhône Blend “sizzles the palate with acidity and ashy, chalky tension, delivering flavors of kiwi, lychee and more stone fruit.” Continue »
Dec 17, 2020 at 11:19 AMSANTA BARBARA WINEMAKER Doug Margerum never fails to impress us with his innovative approaches.- Entree News
SANTA BARBARA WINEMAKER Doug Margerum, whose long-time reputation for Burgundian sensibilities in his Rhône varietal winemaking, never fails to impress us with his innovative approaches. Doug’s latest creation is Mute-Age, a Grenache-based Vin Doux Natural fortified with barrel-aged brandy and aged on his winey roof for 2 years in 34-liter glass demi-johns. Continue »
Nov 11, 2020 at 2:20 PM