The Firestone Vineyard: An Idyllic Setting For Alfresco Picnics and Wine Enthusiasts
Santa Barbara hotels are truly great destinations for an unforgettable vacation. One of the most admired hotels in Santa Barbara is the Inn By The Harbor Hotel located at W. Montecito St., Santa Barbara. The hotel offers a one of a kind experience of enchantment, as it is located by the sea, and shows off a Spanish Colonial ambience. The Inn serves its guests continental meals and wines that you will surely enjoy.
For wine enthusiasts, however, there is a better way to get a taste of Santa Barbara’s locally aged wines.
The Firestone Vineyard was established in 1972 by the Firestone family composed of the legendary tire innovator Harvey Firestone, his son and the former US Ambassador to Belgium, Leonard Firestone, and Leonard’s son, Brooke Firestone. At present, Firestone Vineyard advances its acclaimed record for being the first estate winery in the County of Santa Barbara when Bill Foley acquired the winery in September 2007.
The Firestone Vineyard has two tasting rooms: the Santa Ynez Valley Tasting Room and the Paso Robles Tasting Room. Paso Robles Tasting Room in Paso Robles, which was founded in early 2007, is quite far from Santa Barbara. The Santa Ynez Valley is on the other hand located in Los Olivos, California, a few miles away from Santa Barbara County where the Inn by the Harbor hotel is located.
Surrounded by 500-acre estate vineyards, the Santa Ynez Valley Winery features its barrel cellar, fermentation cellar, crush pad, and bottling line as the processing equipments for vine to the bottle production. Recently, the winery remodeled and expanded its tasting room that displays its island bar and picture windows overlooking the estate vineyards and the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley.
The tasting room is open to the public from 10 AM to 5 PM daily, while tours are offered at 11:15 AM, 1:15 PM, and 3:15 PM. Each wine enthusiast is charged a $10 tasting fee, inclusive of a keepsake crystal logo glass from Firestone. Popular places where the tour guide could take you are the estate vineyards, the demonstration cork tree, and into the production of fine wine from vine to glass. With the tour comes a relay of the history of the winery, the Firestone story, and the like. The Firestone Vineyard also offers tours and tasting package deals catering to large groups, with a fee of $15 per person.
When you are at the Firestone Vineyards, you will definitely experience an exceptional alfresco picnic adventure while tasting a variety of delicately and deliciously preserved wines.
July 21st, 2010 at 9:54 pm
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