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Dec 21, 2020 In: Wine 101 Food & Dining Entertainment

Announcing Virtual Custom Wine Tastings

After receiv­ing great feed­back on our Zoom Futures tast­ings, we have decid­ed to con­tin­ue with an expand­ed vir­tu­al tast­ing pro­gram year-round. While we can­not 100% repli­cate the expe­ri­ence of vis­it­ing our prop­er­ty in Los Olivos, we have designed a per­son­al­ly curat­ed tast­ing pro­gram that brings the images of our vine­yards and win­ery into your home.

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Sep 1, 2020 In: Wine 101 Food & Dining Entertainment

Futures Begins: Experience our Futures Program at Home

Every fall for the last decade and a half, we have opened our cel­lar doors for a rare oppor­tu­ni­ty to taste a lim­it­ed selec­tion of our small pro­duc­tion red wines still aging in oak bar­rels dur­ing our annu­al Futures pro­gram. Due to the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, we have decid­ed to change the Futures tast­ing pro­gram. This year, the six Futures wines will be avail­able in a tast­ing kit which can be deliv­ered to the 35 states where we cur­rent­ly ship.

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Jul 3, 2020 In: Wine 101 Food & Dining Entertainment

Tasting Room Reopening

We are very excit­ed to announce the reopen­ing of our tast­ing room on July 10, 2020! In order to pro­vide a safe and excel­lent expe­ri­ence, we will be accept­ing cus­tomers by reser­va­tion only and ask­ing guests to fol­low our tast­ing room and gaze­bo rules while vis­it­ing our estate. 

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Feb 18, 2020 In: Press Food & Dining

2020 Santa Barbara Wine Auction

We were proud to con­tin­ue sup­port­ing the farm work­ers and their fam­i­lies of San­ta Bar­bara Coun­ty’s wine indus­try, Direct Relief Inter­na­tion­al, and Com­mu­ni­ty Health Cen­ters at the 11^th San­ta Bar­bara Wine Auc­tion! As a table host — and pre­vi­ous spon­sor — we loved see­ing how our com­mu­ni­ty can rise togeth­er to help those in need, specif­i­cal­ly when it comes to health­care services. 

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Apr 16, 2019 In: Press Food & Dining Entertainment

Honest Cooking: Wines Perfect for Every Type of Easter Dish

We were hon­ored when Hon­est Cook­ing​’s Annelise Mcau­li­ffe tast­ed and reviewed our new release 2018 Purisi­ma Moun­tain Vine­yard Grenache Rosé for her East­er food and wine pair­ing arti­cle. Read on to dis­cov­er which dish was paired with our rosé!

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Jun 22, 2016 In: Food & Dining

Beckmen: A Beautiful Place to Picnic

Enjoy­ing a meal out­doors reminds you of the sim­pler plea­sures of life: of good food and drink, the peo­ple we spend our time with, and the beau­ty sur­round­ing us that we tend to over­look. At Beck­men Vine­yards, with our four gaze­bos and two ponds sur­round­ed by lawns, we’ve done our fair share of pic­nick­ing. Read on to learn our tips and tricks, food ideas, and near­by places to pick up your goodies.

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Mar 15, 2015 In: Wine 101 Food & Dining

10 Commandments of Wine Pairing

When a food is paired well with a wine, hav­ing a bite of food will make you want a sip of wine, and hav­ing a sip of wine will make you want a bite of food. You expe­ri­ence a won­der­ful see­saw reac­tion between the com­bin­ing fla­vors. Find­ing this reac­tion is easy when you remem­ber the 10 com­mand­ments below.

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