Tag: Santa Barbara
Vinography Images: Around the Bend
The road into Santa Barbara’s Happy Canyon snakes around vineyards and a majestic oak, as vines show their winter silhouettes
Vinography Images: Mustard and Lime
The bright yellow of mustard flowers and the bright white of calcareous earth brighten a vineyard in Santa Barbara County.
Vinography Images: Winter Colors
A winter storm darkens the sky behind the rows of vineyards that line the road through Happy Canyon in Santa
Vinography Images: Lunar Landscape
A full moon hangs over the otherworldly landscape of the Santa Ynez Valley just before dawn, where in the distance,
Vinography Images: All The Colors
A glorious sunset casts enough light to electrify a vineyard showing its fall colors on the crest of a hill
Vinography Images: The Coming Colors
Autumn colors will soon be showing up in vineyards throughout northern California, as they are here in the Gainey Vineyard
Vinography Images: The Change
After spending the whole spring and early summer growing leaves, vine shoots, flowers, and the beginnings of clusters, grapevines are
Vinography Images: Happy Moon
A nearly full moon rises over vineyards in the Happy Canyon AVA of Santa Barbara County. Happy Canyon was established
Vinography Images: Vineyard Moonrise
A full moon rises over Armour Ranch Road in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara. Yes, this is a
Vinography Images: Beginning a Vineyard
New plantings, protected from the nibbling teeth of animals by white plastic tubes, glow gold in the evening sun at
Vinography Images: Seeking Tendrils
Green tendrils of new growth on a Syrah vine make fractal shapes against a gray spring sky in Santa Barbara
Vinography Images: Spring Storms
A spring rainstorm clears over the Dierberg Star Lane Vineyard as mustard blooms in the foreground of the green Happy
Book Review: Winemakers Writ Large
How do you capture the spirit of an entire wine region? This isn’t just an academic question, it’s something that
Vinography Images: House of Syrah
House of SyrahLOS OLIVOS: The Stolpman Vineyards’ Villa Angeli sits at the crest of a hillside vineyard near Los Olivos,
Vinography Images: Up For Warmth
Up for WarmthSANTA YNEZ, CA: A Cabernet vineyard at Dierberg Star Lane Vineyards sits above the fog in Santa Ynez,
Vinography Images: Winter Hills
Winter HillsLOS OLIVOS, CA: The winter hills are still brown as the first hints of green show up between the
Vinography Images: The New Place
The New PlaceCUYAMA, CA: Hundreds of acres of new winegrape vineyards have been planted with Chardonnay, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and
Vinography Images: Coiled Spring
Coiled SpringLOS OLIVOS, CA: The terraced Saarloos & Sons Windmill Ranch vineyard in Ballard Canyon wraps around the brow of
Vinography Images: Gaining Ground
Gaining GroundBUELLTON, CA: Late evening light spills into the rows at Gainey’s “Evan’s Ranch” Pinot Noir vineyard in the Santa
