Santa Barbara Winery's Negrette is Going Bye-Bye

The area around Santa Barbara is wine country, and one of the places we always stop in whenever in town is the Santa Barbara Winery.  The winery is only a couple of blocks from the beach and the main drag of State Street, they make some good wine, they're open every day and it's inexpensive to do a testing there.

One of my personal favorites is their Negrette.  It's a delicious red that's not too bold, not too weak and makes me happy every time I drink it.  At $24 a bottle, it's more expensive than a lot of the wines you can find at your local grocery store or Trader Joe's, but not crazy pricey.  The bad news, though, is that their current batch of 2006 Negrette is their last batch.  The vineyard where they source the grapes for this wine decided to tear out this variety of grapes and plant some other type that they can make more money on.  DAMN!!!  I can't blame anyone for trying to make a buck, but I'm gonna miss this Negrette.

Maybe I should take this as a challenge to find a new fave Negrette.  Yeah, I think that's what I'll do.

Santa Barbara Winery can be found at 202 Anacapa Street in Santa Barbara and on the web at sbwinery.com.

Cheers!
Druu