Local Wine Events

Event ID #410553

Event Details

Tags:   Tour   Educational   Wine   Food  

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On Saturday special transportation for you leaves Las Vegas at 10:00 am for about a six hour trip to Burbank. On travel days to and from Las Vegas and Burbank you will be responsible for your own lunch and dinner. On the return trip we will leave Burbank after a hotel provided breakfast at the Hampton and then drive back to Las Vegas.

So from the "official start" of the tour on Sunday morning through the "official end" of the tour Friday morning everything is taken care of:

• All transportation

• All lodging (included lodging starts Saturday night and ends Friday morning)

• All meals (tips included)

• All activities (including wine tastings)

All lunches and dinners will feature wines paired with food except:

• Thursday lunch at Restaurant 4300.  We encourage everyone who wants to have wine with lunch to share one of their treasures they've purchased along the way with their new-found friends.

• Thursday dinner at Cafe Elegante will have table wine available, but those who prefer can open another favorite wine.

Itinerary

SANTA BARBARA WINE & FOOD PAIRING TOUR

This one-of-a-kind tour spans miles of vineyards, numerous varieties of wines, and a gamut of culinary styles.  Indulge in both the beauty and fruit of Santa Barbara County, the heart of the south-central wine coast.  Live the lifestyle of this bountiful area, sharing behind-the-scenes experiences with working viticulturalists, winemakers, and chefs. 

This six-night, five-day tour not only includes 6 breakfasts, but also wine paired with 5 lunches and five dinners (tips included). Key activities include: visiting working wineries, estates and vineyards; educational workshops in cooking and wine blending; and numerous wine tastings; and some free time to explore the quaint towns of Los Olivos and Solvang.

Lodging is in premium hotels.

This tour is limited to 20 to 28 guests touring in a comfortable climate controlled mid-sized coach.  At times the tour will break up into small groups that will rotate in neighboring tasting rooms for an up-close and personal experience.

We begin and end the official tour in Los Angeles traversing up the beautiful coast and into the valleys of Santa Barbara County.  

Here is a typical across-the-board review of Southern Utah Scenic Tours, described independently to Yahoo, that we believe accurately describe what most of our guests experience:

“We enjoyed activities, food, entertainment that we would not have done on our own! We had excellent meals, good hotels, and off-the-beaten-track experiences.”

This is not a typical “cattle car” big bus kind of tour.

We look forward to touring with you!!!

 

TOUR INFORMATION AND DAILY ITINERARY

This tour provides a great opportunity to see and experience Santa Barbara County Wine Country. It includes lodging, all meals (B breakfast; L lunch; and D dinner); activity fees; water and snacks, transportation and numerous wine tastings (WT). 

SUNDAY –  Depart from the Hampton Inn & Suites Burbank and motor up into the hills over Burbank for an extensive champagne brunch at the Castaway Restaurant.

Next we drive up the Pacific Coast to wine taste at Santa Barbara Winery and then continue on to wine taste in the barrel room of Whitcraft Wines in Santa Barbara.

For a shift in pace, we turn you loose in the Historic Arts District in the Heart of Santa Barbara. Enjoy unique shops, galleries, performing arts, historic sites, and museums.

By then you're ready for a wine and cheese mixer at Pierre LaFond Wine Bistro, followed by a multiple wine and food paired dinner prepared by the staff of specialty chefs. 

We then check in for the first of four nights at the Hadsten House Inn & Spa in Solvang.  

B L D 2WT

MONDAY – After a hot breakfast in the Hadsten dining room we ride our luxury coach to the home of Leonardo Curti. This famous chef of Trattoria Grappolo in Santa Ynez treats us to his cooking and wine paring class, followed by wine and lunch on the resulting dishes.

In the afternoon we explore the quaint Danish town of Solvang, which includes wine at three tasting rooms.

To cap the day we return to the luxurious Hadsten House Dining Room for a multi-course wine and food paired dinner.

B L D 3WT

TUESDAY – After breakfast we take the Roblar Winery and Vineyards Estate Tour through vineyards, sustainable gardens and "behind-the-scenes" of their winery and vineyard operations. For lunch we dine on Roblar’s fabulous wine and food pairing combinations.

In the afternoon we go to Artiste in Los Olivos for wine tasting, a blending workshop, and a nibble on sweet treats.

Afterwards you can choose to roam the historic and quaintly charming town of Los Olivos.

We have dinner at The Los Olivos Café and Wine Merchant, feasting on a seasonal multi-course meal with a blind tasting of wines to match.

B L D 1WT

WEDNESDAY – After breakfast we taste wine and cheese at Foley Estates Vineyard & Winery in the Santa Rita Hills.

Lincourt Vineyards treats us to a lunch paired with their wines, which they craft in small-lot fermentations and age in French oak barrels.

Firestone Vineyards in the Foxen Canyon gives us their executive tour through their vineyard, winery, barrel room, and then we sample select chocolates paired with Firestone wines.

In the evening we dine at Bobby Ostini’s Red Oak Restaurant inside the historic 1880 Union Hotel in Los Alamos. Featured is sophisticated red oak grilled food augmented with area wine pairings.

B L D 1WT

THURSDAY – After breakfast we rotate complimentary wine tastings in several wineries of The Wine Ghetto in Lompoc.  

Bring your own bottle of wine you’ve discovered on the tour to sip with original creations at a lunch prepared by chef and owner Sonseeah Gil at Restaurant 4300 overlooking the Village Country Club golf course.

It's back down the coast to check in at the Hampton Inn & Suites Burbank for a short rest.

That evening we go down the street to Café Elegante in Burbank for a Mideast feast and a performance by an authentic belly dancer.

After dinner we return you to the Hampton Inn & Suites Burbank for a restful night dreaming about our good times and good wine.

B L D 4WT

FRIDAY – We leave Burbank after a hotel provided breakfast at the Hampton and then drive back to Las Vegas.

SUMMARY

Sat April 28   – Fri May 4, 2012

Our cost to you is $ 2,199 per person double occupancy

Single occupancy is $2,99

Seats are limited and must be booked by April 1, 2012 (no fooling' :).

Our tours always exceed our guests' expectations.  Count on it.