Explore standout wedding and event venues across the Santa Ynez Valley

Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center opens, honoring indigenous culture in Southern California.

One of the year's most anticipated restaurant openings, Little Mountain, is celebrating its namesake small village with a world of personality.

Massimo Falsini, the steward of the Rosewood Miramar Beach’s culinary offerings since 2018, has joined forces with the hotel’s recently arrived director of wine, Rob Smits.

In a sunlit studio in Santa Barbara, artist and actor Loan Chabanol lets her paintbrush do the talking.

This October, Michelin-recognized Bibi Ji and the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara joined forces for a Supper Club to benefit the museum. 

Visiting the new Strange Family Vineyards tasting room in downtown Los Olivos feels like stepping into a secret garden.

Alberto Battaglini of Verona, Italy, has reopened Pony Espresso as Pony Cocktails + Kitchen with chef Jonny McDermott at the helm.

There’s a lot on offer at Drovers Doughnuts, which is owned and operated by Loren Ollenburger and his wife, Sarah. 

STICA has settled into Santa Ynez as the grab-and-go counterpart to sister restaurant S.Y. Kitchen.

There goes the little king,” says Ryan Dobosh, owner of Buellton’s bright new coffee shop, as his toddler son, Roger, bursts into the kitchen with his mother, Grace Gates.

Creativity takes center stage at the new Artiste Winery & Gallery in historic Santa Ynez.

Twenty years ago, Dale Hampton, the pioneer Santa Barbara County grape grower, planted 20 acres of Syrah near Los Olivos

 In the heart of downtown Santa Ynez, a 100-year-old barn that once housed a saddle shop has found new life as The Hardt—a design studio, workshop, and event venue.

Meet three of the Central Coast’s winemaking couples