If you live in Santa Barbara or plan a trip there, make a point to stop by Margerum Wine Company. With a hip tasting room down near the beach, just off State Street, the winery offers a wide variety of wines, all made with local fruit. Beyond the Margerum wines, you’ll find Doug Margerum’s second label called Barden, made exclusively with grapes grown in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. Continue »
“Producers fall into one of two camps: Those who take less conventional paths, and those who take the purist route of blessing Rhône grape varieties. Both options can yield decisions results. Margerum’s M5 is a white Rhône-style blend, similar to Châteauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, offering a mix of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Viognier, Roussanne and Picpoul Blanc grapes. Proprietor Doug Margerum prefers cold fermentations, which preserves the freshness of the fruit flavors” Continue »
Doug Margerum has been involved in the Santa Barbara food and wine scene for over 35 years. In 2001, Margerum Wine Company started in a small 240-square-foot cold room behind Brander Vineyards. The philosophy: return winemaking to its previous form of production: handmade and personal. Continue »
Margerum Amaro & chocolate article featured in the new issue of Food & Home. Continue »
A 2-minute video describing our region. Impossible! We have too much to offer! Still, we created the richest two minutes we could, knowing there is always more. Continue »
Tastings are on the patio, and spill out onto tables and chairs along the sidewalk. There is an indoor space with a bar that makes Margerum feel like an actual wine bar. Availability inside depends on current local covid restrictions. The Margerum tasting room is one of a few tasting rooms on the Urban Wine Trail that offers its own full food menu. Continue »
This week, we sit down and chat with Doug Margerum of Margerum Wine Company. We talk alot of food and wine with some funny stories. We also tasted two of his wine selections. Continue »
Doug Margerum Shares 18 Vintages of His Signature Red Rhône Blend Continue »
This year the Grenache Association is asking all wine lovers to raise a glass of Grenache and toast wine savant and entrepreneur Steven Spurrier who passed on March 9, 2021. Continue »
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 »
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