Tag: Tasting Room

Join us for Santa Barbara Restaurant Week 2023

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Join us for a special tasting menu in honor of Santa barbara restaurant week: April 14th – 23rd

Red wine pouring into an ABC glass in the tasting room.
An invitation to join ABC in the tasting room for Restaurant Week April 14th-23rd

Indulge in the unparalleled delights of Santa Barbara County’s extraordinary wines, as acclaimed by the prestigious Wine Enthusiast Magazine, which has crowned it the “Wine Region of the Year”. Unleash your taste buds during the restaurant week and relish in the delight of our curated Restaurant Week Tasting Flight.

Furthermore, this delightful event serves a noble purpose. All proceeds from this celebration will be generously donated to the California Restaurant Association Foundation (CRAF) to support ProStart®. The foundation supports and manages this remarkable program and reaches over 13,500 students each year in 140 public high schools throughout California, including our very own San Marcos High School.

Check out our special tasting menu below, offered at just $25!

NEW! Curated Private Tastings

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Vintage wines stored in the Au Bon Climat library at the winery.

Not just a tasting, but an event. Treat yourself and impress your friends. Join us for a unique and memorable wine tasting experience curated especially for you! With our expansive breadth of vintages and classic and off beat varietals, we can create a wine tasting like no other.  Enjoy a private tasting and a one-on-one experience with our knowledgeable tasting room staff. This tasting flight is fully customizable based on our extensive tasting room and wine library inventory.

Your Curated Private Tasting includes a cheese plate prepared by our favorite local cheese shop with a worldwide collection of artisanal cheeses.

All Private Tastings need to be booked one week in advance. Price is $75-$100 per person, depending on wines chosen. (Each $500 wine purchase waives one tasting fee).

A deposit is required to hold reservation. Reservation for parties of 2-8 people (Non-drinkers should be included in the headcount).

For availability, recommendations, and customization, please contact Wiktoria Marroquin, Tasting Room Manager at wiktoria@aubonclimat.com.

NOTE: We advise making a booking at least one week in advance.

Welcome new Tasting Room Manager: Wiktoria Marroquin

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We are excited to introduce our new tasting room manager

A picture of Au Bon Climat's new Tasting Room Manager, Wiktoria, smiling at the camera.

Wiktoria (pronounced Victoria) is new to Santa Barbara and California but certainly not new to California wine. She was born and raised in Poland and has worked throughout Europe. Wiktoria moved to Tuscany, worked for a small winery, and discovered her love for Sangiovese. When an opportunity to work at a Michelin star restaurant in Slovenia came up, Wiktoria decided to move. She traded the sun for the snow, and learned everything there was to know about skin-contact white wines that Slovenia is famous for. Continuing her snowy journey, she spent the last five years in Iceland working as one of the few sommeliers in the country. Love brought her to California, and she now gets to call Santa Barbara and Au Bon Climat home.

Come in soon to meet her! She would love to hear from you. Her email is wiktoria@aubonclimat.com