The Festival

In its 38th year, the Santa Barbara Vintners Festival is truly the Original Santa Barbara Wine Festival.

Taste wines from 50+ wineries and savor regional cuisine from dozens of restaurants, chefs, and food producers. Meet winemakers and winery owners and learn first-hand why Santa Barbara County was named 2021 Wine Region of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Stop by the Bubble Lounge to sample the region’s best sparkling and enjoy live music and culinary and viticulture demonstrations. 
 
An Early Entry Admission ticket grants access to the festival at noon, 60 minutes prior to General Admission tickets, providing the opportunity to interact more personally with winemakers, owners, and chefs in a more spacious, open, and uncrowded environment. 
 
Transportation options are available from neighboring cities to ensure you have a safe, stress-free, and comfortable ride to and from the festival.

VINTNERS VISA
THURSDAY, October 6 - MONDAY, October 10, 2022

Stay for the whole weekend and enjoy the Vintners Visa. Over the Vintners Festival weekend, enjoy complimentary wine tastings at 12 Santa Barbara Wine Country tasting rooms with a 5-day Vintners Visa Ticket. Choose from dozens of participating wineries, an incredible value at $50/pp.

For your convenience, when you purchase your ticket, you'll select from which tasting room location you'd like to pick up your Vintners Visa.

The Wines

Taste wines from over 50+ 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

Back by popular demand, visit the 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.

2022 Bubble Lounge Participants
Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard
J. Wilkes
Kessler-Haak Vineyard & Wines
Riverbench Vineyard & Winery
Sanford Winery & Vineyards
Stolpman Vineyards
Strange Family Vineyards

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, visit 12 Barbara Wine Country Tasting Rooms with your Vintners Visa weekend pass (Thursday, October 6th - Monday, October 10th).

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

For individual purchase or as an add-on to a Festival ticket. This ticket does NOT include the Grand Tasting.

The Tickets

Early Entry
$125

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
$95

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

Locals Discount
$75

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, ​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/or children between the ages of 6 - 20.  A special wrist band indicating your non-drinking status will be worn 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.

Transportation

If you opt to stay in Solvang, the festival is a short walk from most hotels – and the best option for getting to and from the festival. On-site parking is available, but we highly encourage attendees to walk, carpool, or take a ride-share to ensure convenient, reliable, and safe transportation to and from the festival.

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