Los Olivos District AVA Members

Gathering for a Historic Photograph

Mary Ann Norbom
February 4, 2016

Members of the new Los Olivos District AVA gathered for a historic photograph on January 26.

Forty of the Central Coast's most prominent winemakers,winery and vineyard owners gathered on the grounds of The Old Mission Santa Ines on Jan. 26 to celebrate the formation of the Los Olivos

(LOD) AVA.

Prolific wine industry photographer Bob Dickey, helped organize the occasion, along with winery owner, Fred Brander who led the effort to have the Valley's newest AVA approved.

Wine Country This Week

Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards

The Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards tasting room offers guests a wide variety of wines to choose from. They craft an impressive array of wines from 26 grape varieties that are grown on their 400 estate acres in Santa Barbara County’s three distinct microclimates, creating a diversity of wine styles to suit every taste preference.

A portrait of winemaker Megan McGrath Gates smiling

"Uncorked", an AVA panel featuring Louis Lucas

Thursday, June 12, 2014
5:30 pm

The Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum at 3596 Sagunto Street in Santa Ynez

Louis Lucas, one of the original founders of the Santa Ynez Valley wine grape industry, will share a bit on the history of grape growing in the area and the Santa Ynez Valley AVA at this panel discussion.  

 
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Louis Lucas, pioneer grape grower

Estate Vineyards

The vineyards of Lucas & Lewellen are located in the three wine growing valleys of Santa Barbara County: Santa Ynez Valley, Los Alamos Valley, and the Santa Maria Valley.

These valley vineyards benefit from a rare transverse mountain range topography, an east-west orientation which channels the cool ocean air of the Pacific into the coastal valleys, allowing warm days and cool nights to produce a long, gentle growing season.

The scenic Goodchild Vineyard in Santa Maria

Vine Damage Hit-and-Miss from Early Frost

Autumn 2008
Santa Maria Times

Santa Barbara County, CA – An unexpectedly early frost as the grape harvest heads into the final stretch has resulted in hit-and-miss damage, with vineyards in the Santa Ynez Valley apparently suffering more than those in the Santa Maria Valley.

Temperatures on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights dipped into the 40s in many places, 30s in a few, and even as low as 26 in isolated areas of the Santa Ynez Valley, with the coldest readings occurring on different nights in different locations.

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