Weekend In The Sta Rita Hills - Wine & Fire

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Hit the Wine Ghetto in Lompoc before heading over to the La Purisima Mission for the big wine bash this afternoon. This is put on by the Sta Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance.  Tasted at several tastings rooms (free tastings if you had the passport).  Lots of good wine being made in the area. Worth a look at. Closer to home than Napa and Sonoma.  Went to lunch with friends in Lompoc and then headed out to the Mission for more food and wine. All the Pinot producers in the area were there. Even a few from the Santa Ynez area who buy Pinot grapes from the Sta Rita Hills producers.

Ran into several people I knew. Everyone loves to come out to this event. It did not disappoint . Food was abundant. Great barbecue. Whole roasted pig, great ribs, beautiful beef sliders  shrimp tacos. roasted duck.  Lots and lots of wine. 30 Wineries pouring their juice.

They had a silent auction which it seemed most people did not know about. I bid and won 4 items.

This has been a long day. Great but tiring.