Few places are better known in California for Syrah than Stolpman Vineyard in Santa Barbara County’s Ballard Canyon, shown here under stormy autumn skies. One of the few places on the Santa Barbara Coast with truly calcareous soils, Stolpman has been a benchmark Syrah producer for decades.

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