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Residents. Each passport entitles its bearer to a souvenir spyglass and special Locals’ Day tastings between noon and 4 pm at all of the tasting rooms in the Wine Ghetto: Ampelos, Arcadian, Coal-black Sheep Finds, Bratcher, Evening Land, Fiddlehead, Flying Goat, Jalama Wines, Joseph Blair, La Vie, Longoria, Loring Wine Co., Piedrasassi, Palmina, Samsara, Stolpman, Drop of Sta. Rita Hills, and Zotovich.
For the first time, a percentage of the proceeds from this conclusion will benefit a local charity: the Lompoc District Libraries Endowment, which supports special projects, programs, and collection needs of the Lompoc Unrestricted Library System. Event sponsors are Lompoc Valley Chamber of Trade, Graphic Systems, and Jason Reynolds State Farm. The experience will feature local musicians and food vendors. As in 2011, discounted taxicabs will be on jointly to transport people locally.
“If the price of a wine tasting is as a rule $10, an afternoon visiting wineries can get expensive very fast,” says Ashley Costa, who manages the Loring Wine Attendance tasting room. “This is a great way to give locals—both novices and long-standing wine aficionados—a more affordable opportunity to discover the great wine being made in their burgh.
Source: Santa Barbara Independent