Our wine tasting adventure began with lunch at a great local eatery: Los Olivos Grocery. They have the best Santa Maria style Tri-tip around, along with other locally grown produce.

Sunstone Vineyards and Winery is located 30 minutes north of Santa Barbara and is one of the most beautiful wineries and tasting rooms in the Santa Ynez Valley. Sunstone's tasting room is reminiscent of some of the small wineries in the Provencal French countryside, featuring a kitchen complete with a wood-burning oven and two stone barrel-aging caves built into the hillside.