Destinations
Executive & aspirational travel for the Central Coast
Hope Family cabernet is No. 10 on list of world’s top 100 wines
For the first time in Wine Enthusiast magazine’s 30 years of ranking the World’s Top 100 wines, a wine from Paso Robles made the Top 10. Austin Hope 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon is No. 10 in the magazine’s 2019 ratings. Hope Family Wines president and winemaker Austin Hope said when I met him at the winery’s Read More →
Read More →Tri-county Rhones make Wine Spectator’s Top 100 list
Five wines from tri-county vintners have been ranked among the world’s Top 100 by Wine Spectator magazine. Tensley Wines’ 2017 Colson Canyon Vineyard syrah from Santa Barbara County is the highest rated from the area at No. 14 in the 2019 list. Three other wines, also Rhones, are in the top 22. They are Denner Read More →
Read More →Vodka and latkes on menu at Bettina
Husband and wife team Brendan Smith and Rachel Greenspan, owners of restaurant Bettina in Santa Barbara’s Montecito Country Mart, will offer a Vodka & Latke Night on Dec. 22 and Dec. 23 to celebrate Hanukkah. Vodka & Latke Night includes a trio of latkes with toppings of persimmon and apple compote; crème fraiche and caviar; Read More →
Read More →Hotel Cerro will open in SLO in January
The Hotel Cerro will open in the heart of downtown San Luis Obispo in January. The luxury hotel, at 1125 Garden St., will offer 65 rooms and suites ranging from 350 to 920 square feet. All accommodations feature goose-down duvets and fine linens over luxurious platform beds, and extra-large bathrooms with glass walk-in showers, plush Read More →
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215-room Hyatt House hotel coming to Channel Islands Harbor
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Read More →Santa arrives early at Rosewood Miramar Beach
Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito marked the official start of the festive season Nov. 27 with the inaugural Miramar tree lighting celebration on the resort’s Great Lawn. More than 1,800 people gathered together to enjoy a dynamic show that included memorable musical performances, the season’s first “snowfall,” the arrival of Santa, a spectacular light show Read More →
Read More →Distiller bets on enthusiasm for Central Coast craft liquor
Central Coast flavors in all stages of distillation deliver a powerful aroma of sugar, wine and spices just one step inside the door of Calwise Spirits. In the back room, founder Aaron Bergh tweaked the flow of the still, cooling down the “tail” cut of a batch of rum — what’s left after he’s extracted Read More →
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