"My favourite Santa Barbara winery Au Bon Climat and two I hadn’t known about before, namely Margerum (started in 2001) and Jamie Slone (opened in 2015 by Jamie Slone, a professional race car driver, and his wife Kym)."

Jamie and Kym Slone are an adventurous couple who love to Wine, Dine, Travel and Entertain! After a 30 year journey of touring wine regions all over Europe and the United States, they began to pursue their dream of producing wine by hosting guests at their gorgeous tasting room in Historic Santa Barbara. Their trip in 1999 to Provence (speci cally Avignon and the Chateauneuf du Pape region) began a love affair with Rhone style wines.

Move aside, France: Our local winemakers are making a name for themselves in the rosé game ... and they’re delicious. Jamie Slone Wines is one the Wine Collection of El Paseo’s smallest boutique wineries, producing approximately 800 cases per year. This strawberry-tinged rosé is sure to go fast!

Last, but ooo am I looking forward to it, is the Jamie Slone winery. The new kids on the block, Jamie and Kym Slone, have put together a very alluring package. From the beautiful architecture to the classic label they had me hooked. Throw in one of my favorite winemakers Doug Margerum, and you have a recipe for success. They have only been open 20 months and already have over 200 club members. That’s (favorite expletive goes here) impressive!

One of the most personal wineries and tasting rooms operating in Santa Barbara County as part of the Urban Wine Trail is former race car driver’s Jamie Slone’s, Jamie Slone Wines. The destination Tasting Room is located in Downtown Santa Barbara’s Wine Collection of El Paseo. This is at Historic El Paseo in The Presidio neighborhood.

Jamie Slone Wines is moving into a space at 23 E. De la Guerra St. in downtown Santa Barbara’s El Presidio area, and will serve wine made by local Doug Margerum. Happy Canyon Vineyards is also reportedly considering opening a wine-tasting room in neighborhood.

A new premium wine tasting room has opened at the historic downtown El Paseo in Santa Barbara.
Jamie Slone wines is on De La Guerra at the entrance to the Street in Spain walkway that features a narrow path through the shopping area. Next door is the Casa de la Guerra courtyard.

Local wineries expand with new tasting rooms in Los Olivos and Santa Barbara.

The Wine Collection of El Paseo brings together six dynamic wine projects – some well-established, some brand new�that aim to leverage the romantic, upscale appeal of Santa Barbara’s historic Presidio neighborhood. “This area is so cool,” winemaker Doug Margerum told me this week, after I bumped into him along one of El Paseo’s meandering cobblestone pathways. “But I don’t know if everyone walking this area realizes just how much we’ve got going on here, just off State.”

As a lover of Santa Barbara and even bigger lover of Santa Barbara wine, I’m happy to announce and cheers to Santa Barbara’s newest wine tasting neighborhood, the Wine Collection of El Paseo. Located in the heart of fine dining and high-end shopping on State Street, these 6 ultra-premium wine tasting rooms are the perfect pairing for an afternoon (or two!) of wining, dinning and shopping.