When Alexander Payne’s wine-drenched dramedy “Sideways” first came out, Santa Ynez Valley didn’t have the luster of Napa or the breadth of the Russian River Valley. It still doesn’t ...

Sitting just above Santa Barbara, the Santa Ynez Valley is home to farm-fresh dining, incredible wineries, luxury accommodations and unforgettable activities from biking to hot air balloon rides.

The Santa Ynez Valley covers six distinct regions ... and helped put the sleepy town of Los Alamos on the map. Co-owners and husband-and-wife-team, Greg and Daisy Ryan, honed their skills at ...

By Elycia Rubin Before Alexander Payne’s 2004 film Sideways shined a spotlight on the Santa Ynez Valley, it was mostly in-the-know oenophiles and moguls seeking an out-of-the-way escape who were ...

It’s never a bad time to head north to the Santa Ynez Valley for a weekend of wine tasting ... and Industrial Eats in Buellton enter the map. Nicole Adlman is a cities manager at Eater ...

A new CalFire Severity Zone Map adopted by Solvang City Council Tuesday identifies an increased proportion of the city in ...

Before the classic 2004 film “Sideways” made the Santa Ynez Valley the Central Coast’s wine capital, these rolling hills were very much horse and cowboy country. Nowhere is that legacy more ...

Santa Barbara County's Santa Ynez Valley is leading the way in the wine region's sustainability movement with the best organic, biodynamic, and minimal intervention wineries. Once a rural ranching ...

“Pinot is a very thin-skinned grape … very delicate.” The movie put Santa Ynez Valley on the map for vacationing A-listers who wanted to experience the locations, and locals, for themselve ...