Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara

Gretchen Neuman
VinoVerve Editor

As if Santa Barbara doesn’t sound pleasant enough for you, this AVA tops it! Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara sounds beachy and bucolic.

This American Viticultural Area is located in Santa Barbara County in California. It is located between and and abutting the Los Padres National Forest and the Lake Cachuma Recreation Area. Currently, there are six wineries in the AVA:

• Cimarone
• Grassini
• Happy Canyon Vineyard (HCV)
• McGinley
• Star Lane
• Vogelzang

The AVA became official November 9, 2009.

Please note that this map is not to be used for navigation….

This entry was posted on December 7, 2009 at 12:01 am and is filed under AVA, California, Gretchen Neuman, Stephen T Colbert Memorial Better Know an AVA, Win(e)ding Roads. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.