Santa Barbara Life & Style Magazine - March 2014

Volume 2 Issue 3 / March 2014 Editor / Publisher Jeffrey Florentine Art Director Rah Riley Marketing & Public Relations Ottocina Ryan & Laura Reynolds Photographer Meadow Rose Photography Santa Barbara Life & Style Magazine is published by Santa Barbara Life & Style, Inc. Jeffrey Florentine Founder & Editor PO BOX 5072 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93150 For distribution, advertising, or other inquires info@SantaBarbaraLifeandStyle.com Santa Barbara LIfe & Style - Issuu Edition

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7 SNEAK PREVIEW. Get a sneak preview from behind the scenes from the HauteBox IV fashion show at the iconic Coral Casino, Four Seasons Resort. 20 OPRAH EXCLUSIVE. Our interview with Oprah Winfrey at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. 29 RED CARPET RECAP. SB Life & Style walks the red carpet with some of Hollywood’s most sought after stars. 42 SIP LIKE A CELEB. We sat down with Bilo, owner of Summerland Winery, to see if we could uncover the secret to his success.

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Editor Dear Friends -

Welcome to Volume 2 Issue 3 of Santa Barbara Life & Style Magazine, Santa Barbara’s black book on the behind scenes of everything stylish.

Sit back, relax, unwind with a full glass of Summerland Winery’s California bubbly. Discover this seasons hottest fashion with a sneak peek preview into Jessica Barkley’s line. Afterwards, walk the red carpet with Santa Barbara Life & Style Magazine, meet some of Hollywood’s most sought after stars and get up close and personal in our SBIFF recap.

For those not familiar with Santa Barbara Life & Style Magazine, we are an online company featuring Santa Barbara’s rich and luxurious lifestyle.

Santa Barbara, in and of itself, is a brand synonymous with luxury and fine living. Through the pages of our online magazine, Santa Barbara Life & Style Magazine captures the rich lifestyle, influential people, homes & gardens, architecture, fashion, interior design, food & wine, events, and a glimpse behind the panache that is Santa Barbara.

We look forward to bringing you more behind the scene features and fashionable updates through out the month; stay tuned and follow us on our social media outlets for the latest trends.

Jeffrey Florentine Founder & Editor Santa Barbara Life & Style

Sneak Preview

Hautebox IV

Written by Ottocina Ryan Photography by Meadow Rose Photography

Backstage at Hautebox IV Preview

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oët & Chandon and with Vera and Corinna, the creators of the event. Corinna DNA Imagery put explained that the purpose of on a fashion show the event was not only to get event that exuded elegance people excited about the main and luxury. This glamorous event on March 9th, but to affair lured a young ‘it’ crowd enjoy a fashionable night with to The Coral Casino for one the people DNA Imagery has of the most exclusive parties worked with. of the year! VIP passes and champagne bottles in hand, And a fashionable night it was!

Santa Barbara Life & Style As the clock struck 10 everyone mingled with the who’s who gathered around to watch as of Santa Barbara, as well as the models walked down the the models and event creators red carpeted runway. The show backstage. started

Backstage was a beautiful mess While guests of Jimmy Choo’s, makeup, and models with chic ensembles began to in floor-length gowns. from arrive on the Intermix and finished with one red carpet, we were invited of a kind Jessica Barkley gowns. backstage to be the first to see the stunning Jessica Looking for a dress to wear to The Oscars? Jessica Barkley Barkley gowns. Backstage was has you covered. Extravagant a beautiful mess of Jimmy Choo’s, makeup, and models in jewelry by Gauthier completed each outfit along with music by floor-length gowns.

DJs Calvin Riley, John Hogg, and Arod to enhance the the After admiring the glittering Gauthier necklaces, we chatted fashion show.

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HauteBox IV Sunday, March 9th The Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore VIP packages include*: • Premium seating at a table/tables accommodating the size of your group of 2+ directly next to the stage with unrestrained views of the show • Bottles from Moët to Veuve Clicquot to Belvedere Vodka and more are all available to be added to your package • Optional bottle service (bottle prices not included) • VIP swag bag * A limited number of VIP packages are available. Base price starting at $150 per person. To reserve and customize your package to your satisfaction please call 805-680-0038.

Hautebox Hautebox IViv Founded in 2012, Hautebox is a special bi-yearly event taking place within the borders of Santa Barbara & Montecito.

The worlds of couture fashion and art combine to create a sultry mix of indulgence to which only Santa Barbara can claim fame. Hautebox is not just your regular runway show - it features the work of talented designers fused with music, art and performances that are sure to surprise.

The Spring 2014 event benefits the Save the Mermaids Foundation.

DNA Imagery The name you need to know.

DNA is a happy hybrid of media firm (specializing in high quality photography, video production, graphic & web design, screenprinting, app development, and marketing) and lifestyle company focusing on art, bikes, local fashion, and DNA events. As a tight knit team of designers, photographers, and videographers, this self proclaimed artist collective is positively impacting our communities in big ways!

They promote lifestyles of out-of-the-box thinking, healthy eating, creation rather than destruction, and self empowerment.

Their Spring 2014 Hautebox IV event benefits Save the Mermaids Foundation. Create love!

Connect with them at

dnaimagery.com @theDNAlife

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CARPET RECAP

The SBL&S Team was on the red carpet for the Santa Barbara Film Festival to snap some closeups and catch up with Oprah Winfrey and your favorite celebrities.

Written by Ottocina Ryna Photography to Meadow Rose Photography

Oprah Winfrey

Jeffrey Florentine, editor of SBL&S, met with local resident Oprah Winfrey and spoke with her about receieving the Montecito Award for her body of work. Oprah stated,

“Oh my god, I’m from Montecito, I’m in Montecito, you’re in Montecito -- Hellllooo!!!”

After congratulating Oprah for her body of work she was rushed inside to the SBIFF award ceremony to accept the award.

Oprah Winfrey

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Lew Temple

Jaden Rain

Ralph Macchio

Santa Barbara Life & Style

Abigail Breslin

Leah Larson and Constance Rishwain

Leah Larson, Ralph Macchio, Karina Smirnoff, Constance Rishwain

What are you wearing today?

Constance Rishwain, President, UGG Australia: “We are wearing Italian Uggs!”

Are we seeing anything fun coming out for 2014?

Constance Rishwain: “The Ugg spring line is all about color expression.”

What kind of colors will we be seeing?

Leah Larson: “It’s all inspired from Pop Art. It’s the color that inspires you. It gives you the opportunity to express yourself. We really have a color for everybody— very ELECTRIC! Saturated! Fun, fun colors! And then Fall gets even better!”

What about guy’s shoes?

Leah Larson: “Absolutely! We’ve got color for men too!”

Thomas Allen Harris: Director of Through a Lens Darkly

Q: How did you get into photography?

Q: What can we expect you to be doing in the future?

Thomas Allen Harris: “I got into photography through my grandfather. He was a photographer and all the men in the family were expected to be photographers.

Photography was an activist tool because at the time of segregation, African Americans were depicted as something other than human.

It became a legacy of slavery and so when they stepped into the photographic studios as early as 1840-1850 they were saying to themselves and portraying in the image that ‘I am valuable, I am a human being, I am a family member’ and that might be something very different from the way they were depicted outside. But those two legacies are legacies that I’ve inherited as a man, as an African American man, as an American, as an artist. The film [Through A Lens Darkly] actually talks about how these two legacies have been at war in this country since the invention of photography.”

Thomas Allen Harris: “This is part of a trans media project. It’s part of a One World One Family trans media project, where we are inviting everyone to be part of our family album. I think too often Americans have been either ‘you’re this’ or ‘you’re that’ or ‘you’re with that group’ and we don’t see the interconnectedness of ourselves.

What the film shows is that we are connected both genetically and culturally. I think that’s what the young next generation inherits— especially the ideas around urbanity and hip hop culture. But we need to understand where we come from.

This is also the last generation that has a family photographic album.

I have one, but mine is now on my phone! So what does that mean for the next generation? So that’s what the film is doing, that’s what the trans media project is doing. I’m also working on some narrative projects as well.”

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Karina Smirnoff: Professional Ballroom Dancer

Alexa PenaVega

Nick Stagliano, Alexa PenaVega, Lew Temple, Abigail Breslin and Jason Pinardo The cast of film Wicked Blood’s (In theaters March 4, 2014)

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t’s easy to see that there is no shortage of wine in the Santa Barbara County. It’s a hard job for the SBL&S team (except for our Editor, of course) to taste from these different vineyards and choose our favorite ones (kidding, this job rocks). The winery that is on the top of our lists is Summerland Winery. Not only has the wine won dozens of awards, but it is also sought after by celebrities and the top hotels in the world.

Master wine maker Nebil “Bilo” Zarif is the reason why we can indulge our deepest desires in wine. The Santa Barbara Life & Style team sat down with Bilo to see if we could uncover the secret to his success.

What drew you into the winery business?

Bilo: “It was a mistake.

My dream was to build a dude ranch up in Cuyama Valley. I had just moved from Los Angeles to this ranch that was built in the 50’s, a true dude ranch with a saloon, it had big boulders, brick floors, and the kitchen was built around a train cart. I wanted guests to stay in little cabins and ride up the mesa with me into the wilderness.

But it is very difficult to get permits in Santa Barbara County and they told me you either tear all these buildings down because they were

not up to code or you have to upgrade them. I shook my head and didn’t know if I could afford to do it.

Meanwhile, the farmer on the property pulls me aside and said, “Bilo, you know you have a vineyard on the property.

There are 5 acres of Sauvignon Blanc. Let’s sell it to Campanile Restaurant on La Brea. I went down there to thank them for getting my wine and they told me they love using it for cooking. So, my ego was busted. I took off to UC Davis, studied viticulture and that was the start of my passion.” (continued...)

It seems like that lit the flame under you?

Bilo: “It challenges me in something that I never thought I would be in.

I was in the cotton seed oil business with my dad. I helped my dad try the oil, so I knew how to test the pH and knew what to look for.

Then I went into the black oil business. So in order to really challenge myself, and create a great California wine was to learn the old world ways and apply it to the new world and making sure that we want to make everybody understand that the Central Coast is the best region for wine. France always boasts that they are the best, but we really have the best climate and soil for wine. I sent in our Pinot to The Bordeau Wine Festival in France to challenge their wine and we came in 2nd place.”

Besides making exceptional wine, do you have any other hobbies to pass the time between harvests?

Bilo: “Riding horses and traveing around the world tasting various wine.” (continued...)

Meet Bluey!

Summerland Winery’s ambassador! You can expect to meet Bluey upon your arrival with a wet kiss and a warm snuggle.

We adore Lisa Vanderpump and see you cater to her wine needs for her restaurant Villa Blanca in Beverly Hills, can you tell us a little bit about her and her brand?

Bilo: “We had a mutual friend and were having dinner in the same restaurant. We are at this great restaurant and we start talking and they were thinking of opening a restaurant and wanted to do something special. They came and visited the tasting room to make a blend, I took them to the vineyard, and all of that was on the show [Real Housewives of Beverly Hills]. She has great taste, wonderful taste. She is an exceptional woman! We did a wonderful blend for them. I like to give a choice of quality and caliber for private blends.”

You create private blends for some of the most prestigious restaurants and hotels. What made you want to expand?

Bilo: “I am very, very happy to be more of a local winery where I am doing some private labels. My secret is I like to meet the people I want to make wine for. I like to really feel them out before I make their wine. My heart is in it.”

You have been everywhere. What is your favorite place to visit?

Bilo: “Santa Barbara, this is the most beautiful place to be. I can ride horses on the beach, walk my dog on the beach, I can go to great restaurants. The weather is perfect.

Why would I want to go anywhere else? I get to relax.

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ilo’s wine is featured in countless upscale restaurants and hotels. The Beverly Hills Hotel, Ritz Carlton, Caesar’s Palace, El Encanto Hotel, Four Seasons, Orient Express, Bel Air Hotel, Villa Blanca, and the The Granada Hotel just to name a few.

If you haven’t been to the tasting room yet, he just unveiled a new addition to the Summerland lineup: the Blanc de Noir - a Califronia bubbly.

We are obsessed!

Summerland TASTING ROOM Open Daily

11am - 6pm Open until 8pm on Fridays!

Enjoy tastings or wines by the glass!

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