Santa Barbara has been famous pretty popular thanks to several movie stars. It is also a pretty well-known place thanks to their wines.
In recent decades, the number of vineyards and wineries in Santa Barbara County has gradually increased, as has the quality of the resulting grapes and wines. The region is now respected around the world as a premier grape growing area, and wine critics around the world have praised the products of Santa Barbara County wineries.
We can find 6 different wine areas in this county, which are: Happy Canyon, Paso Robles, the Santa Maria Valley, los Alamos Valley, the Santa Ynez Valley and the Santa Rita hills.
The most widely grown grapes are Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.

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