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First Regenerative Organic Certified® Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA 🌿🐑🍇
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It’s Friday and we’re feeling thankful to live and work in one of the most special places on earth🍷

Thank you for celebrating 25 years of Sta. Rita Hills with us! We’re so grateful to our incredible community of winemakers, growers, and wine lovers who make this region truly world-class in every way.

If you attended Wine & Fire this year, we’d love to hear your thoughts! Tap the link in our bio to complete the Guest Survey and help us plan for next year.

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It's harvest time for our Pinot Noir! Thank you @groundstarvineyards ! #gogiwines #harvest2026 #staritahills #kurtrussell

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#regenerativeagriculture #organicfarming #groundstarvineyard

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Last week, we honored Richard Sanford at an intimate dinner at the Alma Rosa Estate during our Wine & Fire weekend.

After returning home from the Vietnam War, Richard found a country deeply divided and broken. Seeking peace and a way to heal, he turned to nature. As a trained geographer, he looked at the unique geography of the Sta. Rita Hills and saw extraordinary potential where others didn’t.

Alongside biologist Michael Benedict, Richard chose an old bean field to plant cool-climate Pinot Noir—a delicate grape that had previously struggled in other parts of California. His leap of faith ultimately put our region on the global wine map.

Thank you, Richard, for your vision, your quiet wisdom, and everything you’ve given to this region over the last 50+ years🍷

📷@bottlebranding

#staritahills #wineandfire

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Growers Chiara Shannon and her husband, Joseph Brent, own the first certified regenerative organic vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA.

What does that mean? @groundstarvineyard passed a rigorous test filled with questions about sustainable farming, animal welfare, fair labor practices, and more.

Read the full story at santamariasun.com.

#santaritahillsava #lompocca #buelltonca #regenerativeorganiccertified

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There’s something special about Wine & Fire Weekend. Beyond great wine & food, it’s a celebration of the people, passion, & community that make the Sta. Rita Hills so special.

The annual La Paulée dinner is such a unique opportunity to taste incredible wines with friends & colleagues, including older vintages that continue to reinforce just how world-class the Sta. Rita Hills truly is… We had the privilege of tasting Sanford & Benedict’s Pinot Noir from 1979, which had transformed into something truly magnificent, a beautiful reminder of the ageability & greatness of the region.   Enormous congrats & praise to our longtime friend, Greg Brewer, the 2026 Vintner of the Year.

We’re so grateful to the SRHWA, to everyone who makes these events possible, & to all those who support our passions & our wines year round! ❤️🍷🙏🏼 
#BabcockWinery #WineAndFire #StaRitaHills #StaRitaHillsWine #SantaBarbaraWineCountry

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It’s hard to sum up four unforgettable days in a single caption, but this toast says it all🤩 
Wine has always been about community, and this weekend, our community truly showed up to celebrate the people and passions that make the Sta. Rita Hills so special.
 Thank you to everyone who joined us for an incredible Wine & Fire weekend. Cheers to you all!🥂

#wineandfire #staritahills

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We had so much fun celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Sta. Rita Hills AVA during Wine & Fire! 🍷✨

Congratulations to Greg Brewer on receiving the Vintner of the Year Award, and to Francisco Ramirez on being named Grower of the Year. And a big congratulations to our new President, Chiara Shannon!

Good times, great wine, new and old friends, and so many reasons to celebrate this incredible place we’re lucky to call home. ❤️🍇

Here’s to 25 years of Sta. Rita Hills—and many more to come! 🥂

#StaRitaHillsAVA #SantaBarbaraWineCountry

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Seriously!? ➡️
To be considered a “rising star” in Santa Barbara wine country—and to pour alongside the legends who paved the way, the very people who inspired me to chase this crazy dream in the first place—is almost impossible to put into words.

Not kidding.

I used to sit in the audience, completely captivated, soaking up the words of Greg Brewer, Chad Melville, Kathy Joseph, and so many others. Their devotion to this place and to the craft of making wine was more than inspiring.
They were pivotal!

So- To have our wines recognized alongside the people who helped write the story of Santa Barbara wine? It is an honor I carry with enormous gratitude.

But I also see it as a responsibility.

Story of Soil has always been about believing that wine is a story of place, people, farming, risk, and the pursuit of something greater.

So I’m going to keep listening. To keep asking questions. To keep pushing boundaries. To make wines that are honest to where they come from. And to keep telling the story of a place that I believe belongs among the great wine regions of the world.

The people I once looked up to showed me what was possible. Now, I feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to help write what comes next.

And that? That is something I will never take for granted. 🙏🏼💞

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A return to Sta. Rita Hills to celebrate @theyogisommelier and @groundstarvineyard , this time for a monumental achievement, becoming the first Regenerative Organic Certified estate in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA! A weekend of champagne, beautiful views, fresh air, kind people, countryside beauty and one of the most excellent meals I’ve ever had at @barlecote
I’m delighted to say this is now an annual pilgrimage ☀️

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