As we officially celebrate Fiesta here at the Santa Barbara Winery tasting room with the Flamenco Arts Festival fundraiser on August 1, Santa Barbara will be busy hosting numerous other celebrations all over town with the start of the 84th Annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta.
This long celebratory weekend is one that Santa Barbara locals look forward to all year. The spirit of the community is brought together for a four day period from July 30-August 3 to celebrate and raise awareness of Santa Barbara’s diverse cultural heritage. The ongoing festivities provide an opportunity for fundraising to benefit local charities and nonprofits. This stretch of activities, shows and parades provide a wonderful background to explore the town, whether you are a local or visiting from out of town.
Go wine tasting, support local restaurants, shop at the Mercado De La Guerra (a temporary open air market), and head over to State St. to watch the Fiesta Parade. The tradition has been picking up steam with each year that passes since the first parade, which took place on August 13, 1924. So splash some color into your wardrobe and be part of the festive mood brought on by the celebration of community.
To see a full list of events, check out the Old Spanish Days Fiesta official website.
Joanie Hudson, Assistant Tasting Room Manager, Santa Barbara Winery
Bruce and his whole crew are at the 
Over the years we have learnt which parts of the vineyard and which clones produces consistently outstanding wines, but there are surprises. For the past few years we have been experimenting with tying each individual cane to prevent canopy leaves from shading the fruit.
Obviously, a very slow and costly process, but with the results of the 2007 vintage now in, we will be doing a lot more of it in the future. Most, if not all of the vines where this was done, will end up in our special limited bottling. Both Winemaker Bruce McGuire and David Lafond were impressed by the results.
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