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Stearns
Wharf Vintners![]() 217G Stearns Wharf Santa Barbara, California 93101 (805) 966-6624 Hours 10-6 Fee: $5 for 6 wines 805-966-6624 This is a tough one to place. They do a broad range of tasting of California wines but they are in the process of reintroducing their own label.
For now, however, they are an excellent place to taste local and California wines. The store is located near Moby Dicks, right on the wharf. Their tasting room is up a flight of stairs and through a craft shop. However, if you make the trek, you will find a charming tasting room reminiscent of an old-world pub. Unlike some tasting rooms, Stearns Wharf allows you to choose from dozens of wines lined up along the bar. It is here that I discovered the Chimere Pinot Noir and Mosby Pinot Grigio long before I made it to their tasting rooms. Both wines were quite excellent and were among the early shapers of may "Santa Barbara wine respect." (It's one thing to write a series of web pages on local wines and it's quite another to realize how truly excellent many of them are!) The location of this tasting room is prime wharf territory and offers fabulous views of the city over the ocean inlet.
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