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2023 Best Urban Tasting Room- The Independent
“We are thrilled to have won for Best Urban Tasting Room,” said Doug Margerum, whose elegant space in the Hotel Californian is not to be missed. “It’s a tasting room like no other in Santa Barbara,” he said. “A fabulous menu for dining all day and night, extensive outdoor seating, space for private parties for tastings, lunches, and dinners, and an enthusiastic and well-trained staff to educate and illuminate. With two brands to taste — Barden and Margerum — it is an experience like no other.” Readers were also happy with their hours that spill into the evening — noon to 8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, and noon to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Runner-Up: Grassini Family Vineyards Continue »
Oct 19, 2023 at 8:46 AM
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A bit of a twist at Margerum’s new tasting spot in Los Olivos - Food + Home
Doug Margerum is at it again, this time with a gem of a new tasting room in Santa Barbara Wine Country’s charming Los Olivos. The spot offers a new twist on wine-pairing: a bento box with your vino tasting. Margerum has been raising his glass to customers and friends for over 40 years in Santa Barbara’s hospitality trade, as a restaurateur and winemaker. Known for impeccable wines that he fashions for his own label, as well as consulting gigs to budding and wannabe winemakers, his talents have consistently set a high bar and earned respect for his Santa Ynez Valley estate wines. Continue »
Oct 17, 2023 at 2:46 PM
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How To Spend A Day in Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone 2023 - Adventures of a Carry-on
Margerum Wines: Great news, Margerum Wines has now opened a tasting room just steps from the Santa Barbara Funk Zone–across the street from the Hotel Californian. Doug Margerum has been a key player in the Santa Barbara wine scene for over 35 years and he makes really good juice. Continue »
Oct 13, 2023 at 11:19 AM
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The Best Rosés and White Wines to Order Online This Fall - Hollywood Reporter
Doug Margerum has always been at the forefront of spectacular wine and food. From launching Santa Barbara’s Wine Cask restaurant in 1981 and establishing it as the region’s epicenter of culinary mastery while helping build global awareness for Central Coast winemakers, to the 2001 debut of Margerum Wine Company and a downtown Santa Barbara tasting room perched in the Funk Zone. Continue »
Oct 2, 2023 at 9:04 AM
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