Laurie Jervis

Jan 23, 2025 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Sometimes, it’s better to focus on a casita — a cozy cottage — and how it centers one’s life. That’s the step Fabian and Megan Bravo took when they renamed their wine brand Casita de Bravo to celebrate, perhaps, how when one door closes, another door opens. The couple, residents of Buellton with their son, Elliot, 4½, and dog, Yogi, have combined decades in winemaking, hospitality and wine marketing.

Jan 20, 2025 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

America’s best wine festival, The Garagiste Wine Festival, will return to Solvang on Feb. 7-8 with more than 30 of the Santa Barbara and Central Coast region’s most exciting micro-production winemakers.

Jan 15, 2025 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Moving one step closer to forming a wine business improvement district that would levy a 1% assessment on all direct-to-consumer sales of Santa Barbara County wines, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday encouraged public testimony during which three industry members heartily endorsed the plan. The hearing was activated by the supervisors’ 5-0 vote on Dec. 17 to adopt a resolution of intent toward establishing the Santa Barbara County Wine Improvement District, or SBCWID.

Dec 25, 2024 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Loubud Wines has opened a tasting room in the courtyard of the historic El Paseo in Santa Barbara. The wine label, founded by winemaker Laura Hughes in 2015 and now co-owned and operated by Hughes’ husband, Paul, focuses on sparkling and rose wines made from grapes sourced from vineyards throughout the Sta. Rita Hills. The new tasting room, which includes an outdoor patio, can be found in the courtyard of El Paseo.

Dec 19, 2024 | noozhawk.com | Laurie Jervis

Before you dive into the Santa Ynez Chamber of Commerce’s 12 Days of Christmas Scavenger Hunt, take a hint from me: Listen to the lyrics from “The Twelve Days of Christmas” until the song is stuck in your head and you’ve memorized every single “gift.”Here are the lyrics!Sing it with me!“On the first day of Christmas,my true love gave to meA partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas,my true love gave to meTwo turtle doves,And a partridge in a pear tree.