http://www.santabarbaraca.com/docs/sideways-map.pdf


We took the trailer up to Buellton for Friday and Saturday as there was no place
at the beach in Santa Barbara for us. This is wine country, although is wasn't a
generation ago. When I saw the movie, Sideways, I just found it hard to believe
that they were actually in a wine areas as they weren't in Napa or Sonoma. But,
Italy is hot and dry and they do grow grapes there. And they grow them here
where the marine influences are felt.


Buellton is forty five minutes outside downtown Santa Barbara on highway 101, and in land, where it is
much warmer. It was ninety one degrees when we got here late in the morning on
Friday. Cooled off nicely in the evening though. This is where the warm offshore
winds are coming from. We are just inland of the coastal range.


There is a great bicycling road, Santa Rosa road, which gets little traffic as
it parallels the four lane 246 from Buellton to Lompoc and over from 101 to
highway 1. It rides up the south side of the valley and has a couple of nice
wineries along the way.


Belinda went wine tasting and noticed that one winery touted themselves as "Not
Featured in Sideways." Actually the owners hadn't even seen the movie.