Wine tasting has quickly become one of my favorite ways to spend a day or weekend. While I have never been a big wine drinker, I think I can count on one hand the number of times I have purchased a bottle of wine, I love wine tasting. I always go into a tasting with an open mind because I truly don’t know what type of wine I like. After a few wine tastings, I quickly learned that I hate Chardonnay and love Sauvignon Blanc and that Rosé does not taste the way I want it to. Champagne is my all-time favorite so anything sparkling is always fabulous.
Now, the reason I have jumped on the wine tasting bandwagon and tell all my friends to go and spend the weekend in Los Olivos and Santa Ynez area is because you cannot beat the vibe. Just picture it, you are outside in gorgeous weather, either at a vineyard or a tasting room, you are feeling good, everyone is lovely and inevitably dressed in floral and you get to learn about wine!
Let me take you through my itinerary that made for a wonderful 3-day weekend. I also happened to have been proposed to in the gorgeous rolling hills, so be prepared for my heavily swayed views of the romanticism of our local wine country.