DAY-TRIPPING IN THE SANTA YNEZ VALLEY
(As appeared in Wine Country This Week-10/06/20)
Zaca Mesa Winery
Sip, Savor, Taste, Escape, Decompress
A wine tasting outing to Zaca Mesa Winery is an exquisite, relaxing sensual experience. Surrounded by vineyards, rolling hills, sunflowers peeking at you, a canopy of old California oaks overhead, you will unwind, escaping the pressures of today’s world. Over a dozen picnic tables and high-top tables, well-spaced apart, allows Zaca Mesa to offer tastings of their award-winning wines, in a safe, inviting setting ... you won’t want to leave.
Currently Zaca Mesa offers two different tasting menus: The Mixed Flight (including an elegant Chardonnay with grapes sourced from Zotovich Vineyards in the Sta. Rita Hills), and their 2016 Estate Recusant, an Amphora aged Grenache/Mourvedre blend. If you prefer a strictly Red Flight, you will be treated to their 2016 Clydesdale (100% Estate Syrah, 94 points from Wine Enthusiast) in addition to several other reds, reflective of the terroir. Either selection will tease and entice your palate. You will always find something new and exciting crafted by winemaker Kristin Bryden and her team.
Zaca Mesa is also completing a new event space (for the future) and Club Member Lounge. The lounge will be available for club members within the next month, to sit out on the front patio, and be mesmerized by the vineyards and serene setting stretching before you. There is also an outdoor wedding venue, among the vines, that will eventually accommodate 150 guests.
Visit their website to reserve your table on weekends. Walk-ins will be seated during the week, as space allows, but advance reservations are suggested. Bring a picnic lunch or snacks to accompany your wine, as you sit, sip, savor, relax and exhale; experience Shangri-La among the vines.
(Virtual tastings with Garrett Black, brand ambassador and certified sommelier are also available. See website for details).
Don Sonderling is a freelance writer covering California’s Wine country lifestyle and culture-from the Central Coast up through the Napa Valley. He can be reached at: donsonderling@gmail.com
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