Tasting Santa Barbara Wines: # SBCWine #COH14 Recipe

Ken and I were joined by our friend Helen Melville at the Santa Barbara Celebration of Harvest, 2014 wine tasting event. Helen has contributed to these pages before and has a descerning wine palate. I asked her for a few words about the event this year. GREG

Santa Barbara Vintners Celebration of the Harvest

I have previously written about the need for a strategy at big wine tasting events. For those of us who do not spit, these events can put your senses on overload and be a bit like trying to cram in a visit to The Getty, LACMA, The Norton Simon and The California Science Center all in one afternoon. If you are not careful, you start resembling Patsy and Edina from “Absolutely Fabulous,” all purple-crusted lips and a…