Matt Kettmann
Senior Editor at Santa Barbara Independent
Contributing Editor at Wine Enthusiast Magazine
Senior editor at Santa Barbara Independent, contributing editor for Wine Enthusiast, and written for New York Times, TIME, Wine Spectator, Smithsonian, etc.
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
independent.com | Matt Kettmann
A shared Japanese heritage is bringing together two Santa Barbara–based food industry entrepreneurs, as the founders of The Sando Truck and Good Kitchen Products (GKP) are plotting a Father’s Day Funk Zone pop-up to share their wares with all.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.com | Matt Kettmann
[Click to zoom] ‘Pinot Noir at Midnight’ – Heather Daenitz | Credit: CourtesyThe winning photo, called “Pinot Noir at Midnight,” features vineyard workers in the heart of the Sta. Rita Hills picking grapes under the cover of darkness. The photograph was made for Story of Soil Winery during the harvest of 2020, taken a little before midnight at La Rinconada Vineyard. Daenitz believes the judges found the image “arresting” because it was taken at night.
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3 weeks ago |
independent.com | Matt Kettmann
We were lucky to find anywhere to sit amidst the Sunday lunchtime rush on the patio of Linden Square, Carpinteria’s brand new food hall development that opened last week. The Rolfshark, a rose from LambruscoThe line for Third Window’s smashburgers spilled far beyond its front door, and Tina’s — the smaller sibling to Montecito’s beloved Bettina — sported only a slightly shorter wait, though we were warned it might take up to an hour for the pizzas to come.
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Matt Kettmann
The clear tent housing the White Buffalo Land Trust fundraiser at Grimm’s Bluff. Even though we’ve got another week to go, my month of May is making out to be a remarkably memorable stretch of food-and-drink fun amidst an especially action-packed year.
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1 month ago |
independent.com | Matt Kettmann
After nearly two decades of hustling behind the scenes for countless other winemakers and grape growers, Kira Malone is ready to run her own race. The accomplished decathlete and mother of two daughters unveiled her Pars Fortuna line of pinot noirs late last year, finally achieving what she’s sought since entering the wine business as a Cal Poly grad back in 2008. “How do I propel myself with my passion, which is winemaking?” she’s been pondering for years.
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Michael Benedict, who co-founded Sanford & Benedict Vineyard in Santa Barbara County a half century ago, died this week at age 83. He helped prove Pinot Noir could thrive here, and that revolution has never stopped gaining speed. https://t.co/cTwT3E640Q @SBCWines @SanfordWinery
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