The Wines

Taste wines from over 70 wineries while you meet winemakers and owners who share the details of why our wines are among the most elegant and sophisticated.

Santa Barbara Wine Country produces globally recognized wines from one of the most diverse growing valleys in the world.

Education, experience, passion and wisdom are poured into every bottle. 

Our Wine Country offers more varietals than any other wine region so you will surely find cases to take home.

​Enjoy the rare opportunity to taste an exceptional number of wines in one, gorgeous place!

The Bubble Lounge


New this year is our Bubble Lounge!

Sample our supply of exceptional sparkling wines produced by wineries all over the region.
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Lush couches and quick conversation will make this one of our most popular spots. 

The Food


​​Seated in one of the lushest growing regions of the country, Santa Barbara Wine Country
attracts top chefs from around the world.  Their creations are inspired and unique.

Savor gourmet food from over 30 regional restaurants and chefs,
​whose establishments are open all weekend.

Watch live cooking demonstrations and sample organic foods from our best farmers. Fill
your weekend with as many as you can get to, then come back for more!

​​The Vintners Visa
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Over the Vintners Festival weekend, enjoy the hospitality of 12 Santa Barbara Wine Country
Tasting Rooms with a Vintners Visa Weekend Ticket
(Thursday, April 19th – Monday, April 23rd).

Choose from dozens of participating wineries, an incredible value at $50/pp.

For individual purchase, or as an add-on to a Festival ticket.
​This DOES not include the Grand Tasting.

​First Responder Invitational
During this annual celebration of the Santa Barbara Vintners Festival, we would like to take the opportunity to invite our First Responders that fought day and night for our lives and safety, to be here to celebrate with us.

Our goal is to have 100 sponsored First Responders in attendance.

We hope you will help us make this happen for the important people in our community!

We are asking our attendees, wine and food participants, and community partners to help us sponsor their attendance of the 36th Annual Santa Barbara Vintners Festival. Donations can be made in increments of $25, $50, $75

The Tickets

Early Entry
$100

This ticket grants you a 60-minute early entry at 12pm into the festival, providing the opportunity to
interact more personally with winemakers, owners and chefs in a more spacious, open and uncrowded
environment.

General Admission
$70

This ticket grants you access to all the day’s tastings and festivities at River Park in Lompoc, CA, starting
at 1pm.

(SOLD OUT!!) Locals Discount
$55

This ticket is for guests living in Santa Barbara County and is available to the first 250 buyers.  This ticket grants you access to all the day’s tastings and festivities at River Park in Lompoc, CA,
​starting at 1pm.

Non-Drinking
$25

​The reduced price of this ticket is for those who are not drinking, whether that is designated drivers and/orchildren between the ages of 6 - 20.  A special wrist band indicating your non-drinking status will beworn so that everyone knows.
Children under 6 are complimentary.
All tickets are non-refundable.
The festival is held rain or shine. No pets are allowed.

The Details


In its 36th year, the Santa Barbara Vintners Festival is truly the Original Santa Barbara Wine Festival. .  
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The highlight of the weekend is the Festival Grand Tasting on Saturday, April 21 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m (Early Entry begins at 12:00 p.m.) at the beautiful River Park in Lompoc, the home of the original 'Wine Ghetto". Enjoy new release wines from over 100 participating member wineries, food sampling from more than twenty food purveyors, live music, wine and culinary demonstrations, local artisans, participation in the silent auction, and free parking all included in the ticket price. 

For the first time ever this year, experience the Bubble Lounge. Sample our supply of exceptional sparkling wines produced by wineries all over the region. Lush couches and quick conversation will make this one of our most popular spots. 
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Want to visit up to twelve tasting rooms on an all-inclusive wine tasting pass?  Get a Vintners Visa Wine Country Tasting Pass  for unique and complimentary offerings at your choice of twelve participating tasting rooms from Thursday - Monday.  Over 40+ wineries and tasting rooms are participating in this program. An opportunity that is truly unsurpassable.

LOCATION

TRANSPORTATION

Buses: We partner with Santa Barbara Airbus to provide convenient and comfortable round-trip
transportation to and from the Festival. Advance ticket purchase is required. $30 per person, round trip from Santa Barbara.

Pick-up: Fess Parker Doubletree Resort At Calle Puerta Vallarta

Bus Transportation - Santa Barbara
Depart Santa Barbara 11:00 a.m.
Arrive at the Festival 12:00 p.m.
Depart Festival 4:00 p.m.

Within Lompoc
The City of Lompoc's Transit (COLT) will add a stop at our event location - River Park - on April 21st. This is only to available using the RED LINE route. Tickets are $1.25 each way.

Solvang & Buellton
This bus services two locations. Bus departs Hotel Corque on Alisal Rd. in Solvang at 11:00am on
Saturday, April 21, 2018. Arrive to the pick-up location by 10:45am. Bus departs Santa Ynez Valley
Marriott on McMurray Rd in Buellton at 11:30am. Arrive to the pick-up location by 11:15am. You will
arrive at the Festival by 12pm.
​Departure from the Festival is at 4pm.

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