![]() Across the street, don’t miss tasting Municipal Wines in their tasting room at Shelter Social Club’s Alamo Motel. Casa Dumetz shares a connected space with Babi’s Beer Emporium and Valle Fresh Tacos help make this a destination for locals and visitors. She also makes wines for her label Feminist Party with a blend of Grenache, Syrah, and Mourvèdre. Visitors can taste her Casa Dumetz Pinot Noir as well as her Clementine Carter label offerings of Grenache Rose, and several Grenache Blancs. Her wine tasting room in Los Alamos is an eclectic and inviting space to sample the bounty of the area. She eventually launched her winemaking career, which she considers to be the ultimate expression of creativity and peacemaking. She studied political science and journalism-and earned a Fulbright in Macedonia to study potential paths to peace. Winemaker Sonja Magdevski took a circuitous path to become one. The wine list features the owners’ favorites from AA Badenhorst Ramnasgras Cinsualt from South Africa and Domaine Chapel’s Juliénas as well as local Foxen Cuvee Jeanne Marie, Longoria Pinot Noir and Storm Sauvignon Blanc. Moules Frites feature local Santa Barbara Hope Ranch mussels with mustard saffron and wine. They make delicate French gnocchi with fonduta and herbs. Wild Burgundy snails with parsley and garlic are served with artisan bread baked down the street at Bob’s Well Bread. Copper pots and vessels hang from hooks in the kitchen. The inviting, light-filled dining room at Bell’s provides the perfect setting for their French-inspired bistro menu-helmed by a husband and wife team, and Per Se alums. A deck by reception looks out at the surrounding landscape of vineyards and farms. With modern and rustic touches throughout, their cozy rooms have white linens, striped blankets, and hanging bar doors leading to new marble bathrooms. In the evening, guests gather at the fire-pit. Designed by Ten Over Studio, this midcentury gem property has a pool next to their open-air cocktail bar and Norman restaurant. The five-acre property perched on a hill overlooking the Santa Rita Hills, has 33 guest rooms. The recent full renovation of the Skyview Los Alamos transformed the 1959 motel into a luxury boutique hotel. Inside the town, along Bell Street (the main road passing through) small hotels, cafes, tasting rooms, and surprising adventures fill the historic town. In the spring, especially after major rains, the wild flowers create massive, dramatic splashes of color that have been affectionately dubbed “Super Bloom”–dotting the terrain, ranches, farms and wineries surrounding Los Alamos. This optimal climate for growing grapes helps local winemakers craft some of the most award wining wines in the state.ĭriving the winding, gentle roads in this region reveals vineyards, meadows and picturesque hillsides. ![]() In this appellation, cool ocean breezes from the Pacific flow up through the vineyards into the Santa Rita Hills. The historic town of Los Alamos is nestled in the heart of Santa Ynez Valley’s idyllic wine country, north of Santa Barbara.
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