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Sip, Savor, and Stroll
$99/person, 1hr 45min
This is an authentic wine tasting experience in Downtown Santa Barbara. Get to know this city by taking a stroll among the maze of tasting rooms, mixing with the locals while you sip a renowned vintage and take it all in.
Details:
- Meeting location: 38 W Victoria St, Santa Barbara, 93101
- Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/yGtLqmZetKDyuM7X9
- Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in with your tour guide Joseph outside the front door of the Santa Barbara Public Market
- Cut off time for booking same day is 12:30pm (text Joseph for confirmation at 908.295.4712)
- Gratuity for your guide has not been included in the ticket price and therefore left to your discretion
- Full refund for cancellations with 24 hour notice (contact Joseph for confirmation)
Sundays at 2:30pm
Wine Tasting Experience plus Wine & Food Pairing
Age: 21+
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Sip, Savor and Stroll
About The Tour:
This is not a typical wine tasting tour! Begin your journey with a sensory experience plus a wine and savory food pairing with a local wine maker. Take a stroll through historic Downtown Santa Barbara with a local oenophile guide to a very glam lounge-like tasting room. Have a perfect ending to a wonderful afternoon in the birthplace of Santa Barbara at a lush, outside patio with scenic views of the American Riviera.
Schedule:
- First stop kick things off with a wine flight of 3 whites and 3 reds from the collection of favorite varietals handcrafted and poured by the wine maker himself. The aromatic experience takes pinpointing wine notes to the next level. Learn why the proper balance of acid, spice, fruit, and tannins in their 3 Santa Ynez Valley red wines accentuates and complements the elements of the savory bites of the artisanal, Italian 3-part pizza.
- After the tasting experience, we stroll down to our next stop where your guide will point out specific places of interest.
- We conclude our adventure in La Arcada Plaza. We begin with a 5-glass traditional wine tasting handcrafted by a Master Sommelier. You will learn about their Rhône and Bordeaux varietals, vineyards and wine styles.
B.L.T. (Breakfast, Lunch and Treat)
$55/person, 2hr
Travel is about immersing yourself in the local culture. One way to do that is through food.
Enjoy the “skip the line” benefit of a private table in establishments where reservations are not accepted while learning about the history of each tasting venue without walking away feeling stuffed. You will also learn how to successfully navigate the Santa Barbara foodie scene like a seasoned local.
Details:
- Meeting location: 1316 State Street, Santa Barbara 93101
- Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/BXoJgyckEddwZYFm9
- Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in with your tour guide Joseph outside the front gate of 1316 State Street
- Cut off time for booking same day is 7:30am (text Joseph for confirmation at 908.295.4712)
- Gratuity for your guide has not been included in the ticket price and therefore left to your discretion.
- Full refund for cancellations with 24 hour notice (contact Joseph for confirmation)
Saturdays at 9:30am
Food Tasting Experience
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B.L.T. (Breakfast, Lunch and Treat)
About The Tour:
Enjoy four stops in the easily walkable, one block area of Arlington Plaza located across the street from the iconic Arlington Theatre on State Street in downtown Santa Barbara’s historic cultural arts district. Experience a unique epicurean journey, that explores the rich local food culture.
Each visitor will taste food from three locally owned small businesses in Arlington Plaza, while learning more about each restaurant. Portion sizes are designed to allow room for lunch at the end of the tour, at either of the three restaurants, or at any of the recommended restaurants discussed on the tour.
Schedule:
- First Stop: breakfast tasting of authentic Hellenic cuisine. Choose either a sweet or savory phyllo.
- Second Stop: lunch tasting of Californian cuisine. Choose either a vegetarian or non-vegetarian mini sandwich.
- Third Stop: treat tasting of French cuisine. Choose a total of two Parisian macarons from an assortment of flavors.
- Fourth and Final Stop: A tour and talk about the history of Arlington Plaza.
Flights & Bites
$99/person, 1hr 45min
Centered around the historical site of one of only four Spanish fortresses in California called presidios, the charm of El Paseo will be the picturesque backdrop to your adventure. After the great earthquake of 1925, El Paseo became Southern California’s very first shopping center. Now home to an impressive collection of high end restaurants and premier boutique wineries, the lovely courtyards are perfect seating areas to enjoy an afternoon of wine tasting and tasty bites.
Details:
- Meeting location: 814 State St Ste 38, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Fm5sj7YrojwRpDhy7
- Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in with your tour guide Joseph outside the patio area of Sevtap Winery Tasting Room
- Cut off time for booking same day is 10am (text Joseph for confirmation at 908.295.4712)
- Gratuity for your guide has not been included in the ticket price and therefore left to your discretion
- Full refund for cancellations with 24 hour notice (contact Joseph for confirmation)
Saturdays at 12pm
Wine Tasting Experience with amuse-bouche
Age: 21+
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Flights & Bites
About The Tour:
Located in the Historic Presidio Neighborhood, which is the birthplace of Santa Barbara, you will visit two family owned small businesses that have an outside patio that is the perfect atmosphere for wine tasting. Everyone who works there has a knowledge of wine and the wine making process. They will walk you through a specifically prepared wine flight. Your host will pair each flight with tasty bites.
After the tasting experience, your guide will point out specific places of interest for you to explore.
Bubbles & Pink
$85/person, 1hr 30min
Experience the best alternative to Champagne on the Urban Wine Trail in the hip Funk Zone. This Californian sparkling wine flight gives a nod to the women who made wines that sparkle what they are today: Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, Lilly Bollinger and Jeanne-Alexandrine Pommery to name a few. Get ready to taste rich tones of pear, mixed with a hint of tangerine and orange zest. It is clean and refreshing with zippy acidity and triple crème brie on the finish. Like those famous ladies, this elegant and refined sparkling wine flight is one that is all about making a statement.
Next stop is a winery whose pedigree hails from Rutherford, California, the jewel of the Napa Valley Wine World. This all rose wine flight is elegant and boldly feminine with subtle hints of strawberry. The bouquet carries a dusting of rose petals and newly blossomed honeysuckle.
Details:
- Meeting location: 137 Anacapa St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/E1k2BZAz7Kf7CedL8
- Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in with your tour guide Joseph outside the front door of Riverbench Tasting Room
- Cut off time for booking same day is 12pm (text Joseph for confirmation at 908.295.4712)
- Gratuity for your guide has not been included in the ticket price and therefore left to your discretion.
- Full refund for cancellations with 24 hour notice (contact Joseph for confirmation)
Saturdays at 2pm
Wine Tasting Experience
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Bubbles & Pink
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Sip & Stir
$85/person, 1hr 30min
Created for the wine curious visitor looking for that authentic Santa Barbara in town wine tasting experience and a well-crafted cocktail… but with an Instagram-ready presentation designed by a highly respected Los Angeles mixologist.
This tour offers bits of local history and details about the hip Funk Zone area wine scene and Downtown SB area cocktail culture from a local guide who is not only an oenophile, but is also a cocktail enthusiast. Both venues are less than a 1 block walking distance of one another.
Details:
- Meeting location: 120 State St, Santa Barbara, 93101
- Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/
xCDof2BiavBupiEr9 - Please arrive 10 minutes early to check in with your tour guide Joseph outside the front door of Melville Winery Tasting Room
- Cut off time for booking same day is 2pm (text Joseph for confirmation at 908.295.4712)
- Gratuity for your guide has not been included in the ticket price and therefore left to your discretion.
- Full refund for cancellations with 24 hour notice (contact Joseph for confirmation)
Saturdays at 4pm
Wine Tasting & Cocktail Experience
Age: 21+
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Sip and Stir
About The Tour:
First we make a targeted stop on Santa Barbara’s famed Urban Wine Trail to enjoy a tailored five glass traditional wine tasting from a renowned family owned and operated estate winery with roots in Sonoma County’s Knights Valley.
Next we take in the Funk Zone’s lively cocktail scene with a presentation of mixological cocktail alchemy at one of Santa Barbara haute de gamme bars lavishly designed by acclaimed “Million Dollar Decorator” interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard. This is where you will witness the beauty and skill that goes into making one of these signature cocktails and then enjoy a drink that you will never forget.
The tour ends with recommendations for further drinking and dining.
Paranormal Encounters
1hr 30min, $55/person
Walking tour through unique haunted locations in Presidio East with paranormal sensory experiences and using ghost hunting equipment.
Fridays at 7pm
Walking Tour
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Creepy Cocktail Crawl
1hr 15min, $50/person
2hrs, $75/person
Bar crawl with either 2 stops or 3 stops to hear creepy tales told over cocktails.
Fridays at 9pm
Cocktails
Age: 21+
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Ghost Hunt
1hr 30min, $55/person
Walking tour through unique haunted locations in both Presidio East and West with paranormal sensory experiences and using ghost hunting equipment.
Saturdays at 7pm
Walking Tour
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Saturdays at 9pm
Cocktails
Age: 21+
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Wine Pair-a-Normal
1hr 45min, $75/person
Wine Tasting followed by a walking tour through unique haunted locations in Presidio West using ghost hunting equipment.
Sundays at 5pm
Wine Tasting
Age: 21+
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Spooky Stroll
1hr 30min, $55/person
Walking tour through unique haunted locations in Presidio East with bonus story and paranormal investigation using ghost hunting equipment.
Sundays at 7pm
Walking Tour
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