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39 LIVE Ones to watch, cellar stars, fall's live music lineup, desert escapes, and more

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80 CROSSROADS Written by Katherine Stewart. Photographs by Dewey Nicks

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AU BON LEGACY Written by Rajat Parr and Jordan Mackay. Illustration by Derek Charm

102 RANCH TO NETWORK Written by Keith Hamm. Photographs by Tom Rafalovich

112 CALIFORNIA SUITE Written by Joan Tapper. Photographs by Michael Haber Tk to SB 130 BACK PAGE A visual love letter

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PLUS Exploring Rancho San Julian and a tribute toast to Jim Clendenen

ON THE COVER: Charlotte Hourston at Cuyama Buckhorn, styled by Sharon Brown,

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A New Frontier Emerges in the High Desert

photographed by Dewey Nicks.

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hile the seasons don’t change too drastically on the Central Coast, there is always something about autumn that makes us want to get out to the country— ride horses, grab a bottle of the valley’s best, and just take in some natural beauty. This issue will no doubt set the stage for all those fall feelings.

Take seventh-generation rancher Elizabeth Poett, whom we visit at her historic homestead in “Ranch to Network” (page 102). Poett is a stellar example of the modern California woman—a cattle rancher, mother, home cookturned-television star—she can seemingly do it all and with her signature style at every turn. Tune in to her debuting series, “Ranch to Table,” streaming on the Magnolia Network.

Speaking of style, the Booth family has it in spades. Whether at their beach compound on Fernald Point or at their horse ranch in the foothills of Carpinteria—both of which are pictured in “California Suite” (page 112)—good taste and a sense of humor prevail throughout.

Down-to-earth matriarch Loren Booth has created two magical retreats for her energetic family to enjoy, but perhaps it is her desire to bring three generations together from near and far that really has been the impetus.

And isn’t bringing loved ones together the point? If we have learned anything these past couple of years, it is to enjoy the moment with people that you cherish—and ideally with a great bottle or two (or three!) of wine. Jim Clendenen,

the godfather of the Santa Barbara viticultural world, passed away earlier this year, leaving a hole in its collective heart. As a tribute, we present two very personal essays from renowned wine experts Rajat Parr and Jordan Mackay on Clendenen’s lasting influence—and his renegade ways—in “Au Bon Legacy” (page 94).

Sometimes it’s about taking the road less traveled, “and that makes all the difference,” to quote poet Robert Frost. Go off the beaten path with us straight to New Cuyama, not quite two hours away. This emerging high-desert destination brings together longtime ranchers and Chumash artists, progressive farmers and winemakers, cowboy poets and vintage-car renovators. It still feels undiscovered, yet cool to its core. Famed photographer Dewey Nicks, writer Katherine Stewart, and executive editor Gina Tolleson heeded the siren call and followed the winding road to report and produce “Crossroads” (page 80).

As the leaves change colors ever so slightly and the night air turns a little crisper (or maybe that is just in my imagination), the autumnal allure always hits me hard. I am grateful we are surrounded by this bounty of beauty, wine, food, small towns, and talented neighbors. They make up all that is special in this neck of the woods.

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“Jim was my mentor. He taught me a lot about wine and beyond,” says the sommelier, winemaker, and three-time James Beard Award winner, who penned a tribute to the late great Jim Clendenen in “Au Bon Legacy” (page 94). “It’s an honor and privilege to write about him.” S.B. MUST DOS Sunday lunches at Cold Spring Tavern on the San Marcos Pass. • Hiking up Inspiration Point. • Enjoying great coffee at Handlebar Coffee Roasters.

JORDAN MACKAY

TOM RAFALOVICH

“With the rolling hills, ranch house, and old barns, Rancho San Julian is a wonderland for photography,” says the Los Angeles-based lensman of the picturesque setting for “Ranch to Network” (page 102). “This was one of my favorite shoots with Elizabeth Poett as I got a chance to work with her whole family, including her adorable boys and Captain, their little rescue dog.” S.B. MUST DOS My girlfriend and I visit Santa Barbara a couple times a year to enjoy the great road cycling, often climbing Gibraltar Road. • The Landsby in Solvang. • The

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“It was an honor to be asked to write about Jim Clendenen, who truly was a hero to me and a fixture of every trip I made to the Central Coast. I just loved talking to him and listening to his (many) opinions,” says the James Beard Award-winning wine, spirits, and food writer whose personal essay is featured in “Au Bon Legacy” (page 94). “This piece can barely scratch the surface of what he meant to me, because his mind was so rich.” S.B. MUST DOS Fresh uni from Sea Stephanie Fish. • Hitting the farmer’s market, especially for Piedrasassi bread. • Beer on the pier at Brophy Bros.

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“Live music’s return to local stages is part of a larger canvas of hope for return to what, for avid music fans, makes life… life,” says the Santa Barbara-bred musician and writer who put together our fall music preview, “Music to Our Ears” (page 67). S.B. MUST DOS La Super-Rica, the humble, flavorful Milpas Street institution. • Elings Park for an idyllic vantage point on sunsets. • The Santa Barbara Museum of Art has opened its doors again after a major renovation.

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Having visited Rancho San Julian for long lunches, full-moon Fiesta parties, and spring brandings, the journalist notes that “Elizabeth Poett and her mom and dad treated everybody to really great home cooking every time.”

Of his piece, “Ranch to Network” (page 102), he adds, “Now we get a closer look at the recipes and life on a working cattle ranch.” S.B. MUST DOS Dinners over the water at Shellfish Company. • Drives around the Santa Ynez backcountry. • Jalama in the fall (and those burgers).

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Alli Addison, of the lifestyle brand Milton Menasco, rounds up her top picks for fall with western flair and a dash of cowgirl spirit

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Addison is the great-niece of late American artist Milton Menasco.

that’s overflowing with space-cowboy, horse-girl energy that will leave you wanting to shoot for the stars and lasso the moon. Our exclusive Starry Night felt hats in black and bone were crafted for us by our friends at Stetson, and it feels like the beginning of something truly epic.”

APPLE DOESNT FALL FAR “My family has lived in the area for seven generations, in Santa Barbara and on the Mexican land grant known as Rancho Nipomo, living a life rooted in ranching, farming, and trade. Simply riding the horses in the same hills as my great-great-great-grandparents, driving between Santa Ynez and Los Alamos—which served as my family’s trade route—or walking the steps of the Old Mission gives me a sense of place that is hard to describe. While my father’s side of the family is tied to this community historically, my mother’s side of the family has its own story: My great-granduncle was the famous equestrian artist Milton Menasco. His classical equestrian elements—particularly an exacting eye for both the confirmation and disposition of the horse—all became heavy influencers of my own personal style and passions.”

UPCYCLE 101 “Vintage goods with equestrian and western flair will always be a mainstay at Milton Menasco, as we believe in sustainable, locally sourced, ecofriendly, and handmade goods. And we certainly believe in second chances. Even for garments! With many items 40, 50, even 70-plus years old, the condition is typical of their age, but their story continues with a new generation of horse lovers.” GINA TOLLESON

Live - Style WHO Alli Addison, 37, mother of two, designer, equestrian, and the face behind the Instagram brand @miltonmenasco.

WHAT “Milton Menasco was established in 2019 as a lifestyle brand to honor the work of my great uncle and the ranching lifestyle of my ancestors— but brought up to date. The result? An inclusive and unique collection of art, wearables, and goods for the modern-day horse girl and horse boy.”

WEAR “Fall on the coast has me yearning for vintage knits, rustic denims, a neutral palette of creams, tans, rust, and black, with added sterling embellishments. I’m looking for feminine accents combined with masculine scale, celestial details, and subtle western nods. This, of course, extends into the home, with intoxicating fragrances, sensory experiences, well-curated coffee-table books, and a range of artworks that create a relaxed, simple, yet elegant space.”

LOOK FOR “This fall I am launching a new collaborative mini capsule with Tenlea Hunter

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S.B. BLACK BOOK PICO, 805-344-1122, losalamosgeneralstore.com, in Los Alamos is our go-to date night restaurant choice. I recommend the subtly spicy Lost Almost margarita.

Also in Los Alamos, SISTERS GIFTS AND HOME, 805-720-1110, @sistersgiftsandhome, has some of the best local equestrian and western antiques and collectibles in the valley.

Absolutely requisite for any local horse folk, JEDLICKA’S, 805-688-2626, jedlickas.com, in Los Olivos encompasses the best of both worlds, with everything needed for the western or English rider.

FAVOUR, 805-693-8998, shopfavour.com, in Santa Ynez can do no wrong when it comes to contemporary women’s wear in the valley.

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1. Milton Menasco x Tenlea Hunter Starry Night Stetson Hat, $215, tenleahunter.com. 2.

Milton Menasco Collection Graphic Horse Tee, $55, shopmiltonmenasco.com. 3. High Camp Supply Grande Wide Wick Campfire Box, $495, highcampsupply.com. 4. Colette Star Spike Diamond Earrings, $7,000, brokenenglishjewelry.com. 5. Sleeper Atlanta Linen Dress, $320, net-a-porter.com. 6. Milton Menasco Vintage Sweater Collection, $225,

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shopmiltonmenasco.com. 7. Pendleton Spider Rock Throw, $229, pendleton-usa.com.

8. Low Rodeos Digital Art Print by Milton Menasco, $24, shopmiltonmenasco.com. 9.

Isabel Marant Lamsy Suede Boots, $1,245, net-a-porter.com. 10. West: The American

Cowboy by Anouck Krantz, $75, bookshop.org. 11. Katie Kime Marfa Toile Wallpaper, $188, katiekime.com.

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Wrel Living founders Alicia Lund (@aliciamlund) and Samantha Wennerstrom (@couldihavethat); ceramic pitchers by Santa Barbara-based Yokwe.

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hat happens when two bloggers become good friends? A collaboration, of course. WREL LIVING is the brainchild of Samantha Wennerstrom and Alicia Lund, named after their children (Willow, Rex, Elin, and Lila). “We’ve been friends for over 10 years, living parallel lives, blogging, getting married, having kids,” Wennerstrom says. “The last couple years we’ve enjoyed our time at home making things extra special, swapping recipe and tabletop ideas.” In launching an online shop, they’ve curated “favorite finds,” while tapping into their network of makers and brands to collaborate on one-of-a-kind pieces. The California-inspired capsule collection of lifestyle goods include pitchers, bud vases, dinnerware, and more dreamy items that represent their entertaining aesthetic and friendship. Adds Wennerstrom: “It’s all about bringing friends and family around the table.”

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Bud vases by Bay Area potter Zoe Dering; a Wrel Living table set with Good Kind Work plates, Rough Linen napkins, and other made-in-California homewares.

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TOP TO BOTTOM: Limited-edition pieces made with upcycled vintage fabrics; check out Shand’s mixtape playlists on Spotify; designer Ryan Shand in her studio.

Tailor Made When Ryan Shand couldn’t find pieces that suited the sensibilities of a not-yet-30 female in a senior management position, she created her own. “As a young professional, I am constantly looking at who inspired me,” explains Shand, 29, who had held positions at both Saatchi Art and Honey. SHAND’s eponymous women’s wear line—designed in a home studio and crafted in Los Angeles—features pleated vintage men’s trousers, altered to fit women, with silk paneling, antique military buttons sourced from around the world, and boxy blazers with oversize shoulders. The details are all indicative of how the designer herself wishes to be perceived— bold and brave with presence and power, like the women who have influenced her designs. The Hall, a mustard suit, is named for an ABC executive, and others in the collection honor celebrated designer Nina Freudenberger and Shand’s mother, Susan.

Originally from Santa Barbara, Shand pursued her career in Chicago and Los Angeles before she realized that any professional limitations she had placed on life here were mental. The influence of the Central Coast’s natural surroundings is evidenced in her warm color palette, while her garments’ sophisticated tailoring harks back to Santa Barbara’s old Hollywood connections. Shand also casts an eye toward sustainability, with her use of dead stock, upcycled fabrics, and reworked vintage pieces from around the world. Available online and at The Shopkeepers. S H A N D L A .C O M . CHARLOTTE BRYANT

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Inside the new Brunello Cucinelli store at Rosewood Miramar Beach.

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The Montecito Motor Classic returns on October 10 with a fleet of rare and

BRUNELLO CUCINELLI’s meticulously crafted white poplin sundresses, unlined blazers, and relaxed suits in natural linen, all made in Italy, are the latest addition to Rosewood Miramar Beach’s clutch of curated seaside shops. The line’s new 700-square-foot space with travertine floors and Umbrian furniture—its first-ever resort boutique— includes women’s and men’s designs in double cashmere, soft alpaca, mohair, and sporty cotton.

Also on offer are sequin-embellished knitwear and tailored evening looks, plus weekend essentials including cable-knit sweaters for sunset strolls and raffia totes and suede backpacks for day treks and picnics. 1759 S. Jameson Lane, Montecito, 805-4565201, BRUNELL O C U C IN ELLI. C O M . ELIZABETH VARNELL

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“I love cars,” says Dolores Morelli Johnson, founder of the MONTECITO MOTOR CLASSIC. Her absolute favorite—a rare white 1963 Rolls Royce—will be on display on October 10 at the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club, along with a cherry red 1967 Mustang, a 1956 Jaguar XK140 Drophead Coupe, a “Rita Hayworth” concept car, and some 150 other jaw-dropping examples of automobile artistry. Entrants’ fees go to support the Santa Barbara Police Activities League (SBPAL) and the 911 At Ease International foundation, while visitors attend free. Start your engines!

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Seed to Shelf WHO Sara Rotman, cannabis farmer and plantbased wellness CEO. WHAT Wellfounded Botanicals launches its first full-spectrum tinctures, signature capsules, and a luxury fragrance.

WHERE At Rotman’s Buellton farm, the cannabis in Wellfounded products is sun grown, and her wellness/beauty line is developed with native California ingredients like safflower oil and antioxidant-rich pomegranate oil.

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LOOK FOR A much-anticipated collection of high-end topicals for head-to-toe self-care including body balm, face oil, body splash, and body oil later this year.

TOP TO BOTTOM: Sara Rotman at her Buellton farm; fullspectrum CBD/THC capsules in three signature restore, relief, and relax formulas; most Wellfounded products are available at Farmacy Santa Barbara. For more information, follow @wellfoundedbotanicals, or visit WELLFOUNDED.COM.

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WE STYLE IN PARADISE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Communal Table events are held once a month; a seasonal fruit and cheese board; founder Jane Chapman; guests are invited to break bread and engage in the art of conversation.

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Jane Chapman knows about table turnover. As former manager of Jane restaurant, she can stay calm during a dinner rush and keep things moving.

She has invented countless recipes, too; she’s even working on a cookbook. Yet her new passion, THE COMMUNAL TABLE SANTA BARBARA, is all about lingering. Each month she brings women together with dynamic guests for dinners of deep discussion in beautiful venues. Topics range from body image and face shaming to imposter syndrome and intimacy, with the get-togethers in unique spaces, such as an art studio, coffee farm,

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WE TASTE IN PARADISE LEFT TO RIGHT: Brewer pours a glass of 2015 Brewer-Clifton Sta. Rita Hills Pinot Noir; the winemaker at work.

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inemaker GREG BREWER believes his latest honor— “Winemaker of the Year,” bestowed by Wine Enthusiast Magazine—belongs to the entire Santa Barbara wine community. “Through my entire career, everything I’ve learned, my inspiration, the nurturing, all the dynamics—they’re all from Santa Barbara,” he says. “I am this place.” Notably, his win marks the first nod for a county vintner in the award’s 21-year history.

The 51-year-old Brewer, who gained fame as Melville’s winemaker for almost 20 years, though 2015, launched the celebrated Brewer-Clifton label in 1996 with then-business partner Steve Clifton; he sold it to Jackson Family Wines in 2017 but stayed on as winemaker. He also makes aciddriven Chardonnays for the Diatom brand and cool-climate Syrahs for Ex Post Facto. A 120-acre Sta. Rita Hills vineyard dubbed Perilune, whose development he’s spearheading, will begin producing its first Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vintages this year. GABE SAGLIE

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WE TASTE IN PARADISE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The Petite Fleet's Malia Christensen and Makena McGinley; the Elder Flat Farm stand; farmer Carla Malloy; Fess Parker Winery's Mobile Bubble Shack.

Hit the Road The tastiest food trucks, trailers, and carts to track

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PHOTOGRAPHS: ELDER FLAT FARM, COLLIN DEWELL; THE PETITE FLEET, LACIE HANSEN.

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ess Parker Winery recently introduced the MOBILE BUBBLE SHACK (FESSPARKER.COM), a moveable version of its charming Bubble Shack in Los Olivos. The converted 1969 Fireball trailer serves up Fesstivity sparkling wines—Sta. Rita Hills blanc de blancs, brut rosés, and blanc de noirs—by the glass or bottle on the grounds of the winery on Saturdays and Sundays. Los Alamos farmer Carla Malloy stocks her mobile ELDER FLAT FARM stand (@ELDERFLATFARM) with organic produce like artichokes, heirloom tomatoes, swiss chard, pomegranates, and melons, as well as gorgeous blooms (including edible flowers), fresh eggs, and Sideyard Shrubs. Check her Instagram to know when she’ll be parked at Bell’s next.

Malia Christensen and Makena McGinley are the sisters behind the adorable vintage mobile bars you might have spotted around Santa Barbara and the Central Coast. THE PETITE FLEET (THEPETITEFLEET.COM) of transformed trailers and mail cars are perfect for parties, pouring delectable libations—wine, bubbly, beer, and handcrafted cocktails—and nonalcoholic beverages like lavender lemonade kombucha. For your next java fix, stop by the pint-size NEIGHBORS

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The Full of Life Flatbreads truck; pit master Nicholas Priedite; Priedite Barbecue's smoked brisket; Blair Neighbors and Emmy Fjerstad of Neighbors Coffee Cart; chef Clark Staub of Full of Life; Staub's salad of grilled corn ribs and heirloom tomatoes, featuring Elder Flat Farm purple basil.

PHOTOGRAPHS: NEIGHBORS COFFEE CART, SARA PRINCE; PRIEDITE, @TROXPHOTOS (JOHN TROXELL).

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COFFEE CART (NEIGHBORSCOFFEECART. COM), parked in front of Global Eye and Four Brothers Wine in Los Olivos. The electric mini coffee truck focuses on Central Coast roasters like Dart Coffee Co. and Dune Coffee Roasters. Chef Clark Staub’s new FULL OF LIFE FLATBREADS truck (FULLOFLIFEFOODS.COM)—a refurbished 1952 Chevy cab-over—offers a mobile version of the beloved Los Alamos eatery, firing up fresh artisanal breads and flatbreads loaded with locally sourced ingredients like whole-milk mozzarella, roasted mushrooms, and caramelized onions. Also available for “field bakes” for private events, the Full of Life truck will be cooking up a storm this fall, with a schedule of ticketed dinners, including “In the Heart of Harmony,” Table & Vine Supper Club’s family-style meal in the tiny town of Harmony (September 30), and an Outstanding in the Field dinner with Lompoc’s Ampelos Cellars (November 1). And don’t miss Nicholas Priedite’s moveable feast behind Bell’s in Los Alamos at his eponymous PRIEDITE BARBECUE pop-up (PRIEDITEBBQ.COM). The budding pit master is celebrated for his modern take on old-school brisket, ribs, house-made ranchero sausage, and pulled pork, all of which he smokes over local oak.

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Skins Deep Santa Barbara County winemakers to watch

Vineyard; Gavin Chanin’s own artwork adorns his Chanin Wines 2017 Pinot Noir, Bien Nacido Vineyard (back label also pictured); find Sort This Out Cellars wines at Solvang’s High Roller Tiki Lounge; Roark Wine Company grapes.

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nternationally known for prized Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, Gavin Chanin’s eponymous CHANIN WINES (CHANINWINE.COM) are found on admired wine lists in New York, London, Oslo, Copenhagen, and Moscow. Collectors also covet his labels, which display Chanin’s talent as an artist as well as a winemaker. Alex Russan crafts his METRICK WINES (METRICKWINES.COM) to best express their carefully selected origin vineyards. Adept at working with grapes both rare and common— including Albariño, Mourvèdre, Cabernet Franc, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay—Russan also authors industry articles about wine science and the nature of terroir. Escape to Solvang’s High Roller Tiki Lounge for limited-edition bottlings of owner Michael Cobb’s SORT THIS OUT CELLARS (@SORTTHISOUTCELLERS) wines. Cobb’s 17-year Disneyland hospitality career spurred his label collaborations with artists like Sheryl Schroeder of Schroederville Art and Brian Rechenmacher (aka “B-Rex”), whose midcentury, retro, tiki, and/or Disney-inspired custom works adorn rosés and reds. At ROARK WINE COMPANY (ROARKWINECOMPANY.COM), winemaker Ryan Roark focuses on classically styled wines made naturally. Each year brings different wines based on four pillars: family, friends, farming, and fermentation. Be sure to track Roark’s newest path as the winemaker at DEMETRIA ESTATE (DEMETRIAESTATE.COM). ANNA FERGUSON-SPARKS

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LEFT TO RIGHT: Seasonal gatherings at Full Moon Farms might include lessons on wreath making; in restoring the farm buildings, Leanne Schlinger brought back the original forest green and white color palette.

Full Moon Rising A historic family farm ushers a fresh take on life

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eanne Schlinger, who owned and operated Santa Ynez Vacation Rentals for 15 years, has moved from managing multiple properties to focusing on just one. When her mother passed away two years ago, she inherited the 10-acre family farm in Santa Ynez Valley with its pre-stagecoach-era roots and immeasurable sentimental value. While grieving— and pregnant—Schlinger spent months restoring the place, honoring its heritage with historic paint colors while modernizing the outbuildings from cottages to chicken coops. Between planting crops and raising animals, she is bringing FULL MOON FARMS to life. “At first I didn’t even know where the key to the tractor was!” she says, adding that it’s been a learning curve from day one. “I had to YouTube how to use a John Deere.”

Aside from a couple of zaps by the electric fence and a few equine escapees (all safely returned), the farm has quickly become a respite for her family and visitors seeking a dose of country life. Locals buy fresh eggs and produce, guests attend intimate gatherings on everything from wreath making to crafting elderberry syrup, and shoppers frequent the online mercantile for locally made sustainable goods. In the future Schlinger envisions more collaborations and children’s programming, but for now the farm is home—a place to raise her budding family and bring the simple joys and lessons of farm life to others. “There’s always something to do or look after. Once you paint the last fence post, it’s time to start over again,” she says. “It’s a bit like going back in time.” F UL L M O O N FA R M S .CO M . J.B.K.

CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: Farm fresh eggs; local pies, produce, and wines are always on the table for Full Moon Farms gatherings; Schlinger spent months restoring the historic property.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Zaca Creek's bio-lagoon area, The Falls; The Inn’s oak-shaded suite entrances; a full bar awaits at The Falls; escargot with butter, garlic, and parsley at The Tavern at Zaca Creek; hand-carved Balinese headboards and vaulted ceilings in one of the property's six suites.

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uellton’s ZACA CREEK, which slumbered for nearly two decades, has reawakened as a romantically reimagined mini-resort with THE TAVERN and THE INN. The former, an on-site restaurant and bar helmed by executive chef and James Beard House alum Cullen Campbell, is anchored by fresh organic ingredients sourced from local farmers, ranchers, and fishermen—menu musts include barbecued Winfield Farm Mangalitsa pork collar; Sunrise Farms whole lettuce salad with Scribe Verjus dressing; and ahi crudo with basil, cara cara oranges, and peanuts—and a bar program that highlights bourbons, ryes, and regional tequilas and mezcals. Meanwhile, The Inn at Zaca Creek is perfect for pampered overnighters or property buyouts. Six individualized guest suites, accessed through hand-carved alder-wood doors with contactless key-code entry, boast rustic stonework, majestic bath areas with rainfall showers and deep soaker tubs, and curated lighting that focuses on ornamental headboards and accent pieces. Inn and private event guests receive exclusive use of The Falls, where cascading waterfalls and a sparkling, cabana-lined bio-lagoon invite luxurious winecountry lounging. 1297 Jonata Park Rd., Buellton, 805-688-2412, Z A C A - CR E E K .C O M . A.F.S.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Backen & Gillam Architects and L.A.-based interior designer Amber Lewis collaborated on the restoration of The Barn at The Hilt; a pair of Pinot Noirs; the estate is located on the 3,600-acre former Rancho Salsipuedes; an ideal environment to settle in and taste flights of The Hilt and Jonata wines.

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e’re in the wine business because we love to share our passion,” says Armand de Maigret, estate manager of Jonata and The Hilt. As of this past summer, THE BARN AT THE HILT ESTATE offers a distinctive experience in the Santa Rita Hills AVA. Howard J. Backen and Silvia Nobili of noted Backen & Gillam Architects helmed the restoration of the barn that dates from 1914. Also new is a sumptuously appointed tasting room by in-demand L.A. interior designer Amber Lewis and a 50,000-square-foot winemaking facility.

The 3,600-acre site south of Lompoc is ideally located “for the Pinot Noir and the Chardonnay we want to make—wines with elegance, with presence, with personality,” de Maigret notes. Now The Barn at The Hilt expresses those values in its physical environment, too. By appointment only. 2240 Santa Rosa Rd., Lompoc, 805-564-8581, T H E H ILT ESTAT E. C O M.

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The epic return of live music

Willie Nelson & Family is scheduled for a performance at the Santa Barbara Bowl on October 21.

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WE ART IN PARADISE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Glass Animals; the Santa Barbara Bowl; Los Lobos.

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CAMA (Community Arts Music Association, CAMASB.ORG), connecting Santa Barbara to the international classical music world for 100-plus years, won’t launch its current season until January but is presenting mandolinist Avi Avital with Les Violons du Roy, at the Lobero this fall (10/19).

Two classical music organizations bravely made their way through the last season’s challenges, with SANTA BARBARA SYMPHONY’s masked orchestra concerts in the Granada Theater and OPERA SANTA BARBARA’s game “drive-in” opera productions. They’re back, with live audiences invited. The Symphony (THESYMPHONY.ORG) presents Kismet, joined by State Street Ballet (10/23 and 24) and a program called “Royal Fireworks,” with guest conductor Nicholas McGegan (11/13 and 14). Opera Santa Barbara (OPERASB.ORG) offers a premiere in the Granada, the mariachi operetta Cruzar la Cara de la Luna (10/1 and 3) and a doubleheader of Puccini’s Il Tabarro and De Falla’s El amor brujo (10/29 and 31), in the Lobero.

CAMERATA PACIFICA (CAMERATAPACIFICA. ORG) kept its chamber music audience engaged for more than a year with YouTube concerts from its archives. The group kicks off this season’s in-person events in the Music Academy’s Hahn Hall (10/8), with a second program (11/19).

SOhO (SOHOSB.COM), long Santa Barbara’s premiere showcase club, was shuttered for 15 months. It returns to live action in September. Its calendar includes Venice (9/12), Willie Watson (9/19), cover band Grateful Shred (10/26), and top-drawer acoustic guitarist sets via the Santa Barbara Acoustic Music Association—Luca Stricagnoli (10/17) and Laurence Juber (10/24). JOSEF WOODARD

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anta Barbara’s historically vibrant live music calendar is a healthy multiheaded beast that is finally emerging from an extended, frustrating hibernation period. As pandemic restrictions and fears lift (be sure to still check your local venue for the latest updates), venues and touring schedules are reopening this autumn, not a moment too soon for music-hungry hordes of varied tastes and ages.

Typically, the SANTA BARBARA BOWL (SBBOWL.COM) season runs from April through October, but the cherished amphitheater, which went dark in 2020 and half of this season, is packing in a dense program in just two months. A few of the notable evenings: John Legend (9/16), My Morning Jacket (9/23), Foreigner Orchestral (10/2), Van Morrison (10/3), Wilco (10/20), Willie Nelson & Family (10/21), Phish (10/26), and Glass Animals (10/27 and 28).

The historic LOBERO THEATRE’s fall slate (LOBERO.ORG), still subject to change and expansion, includes The Wallflowers (9/8), a twonight stand from great American band Los Lobos (10/7 and 8), and savory, celebrated jazz artists (Pat Metheny Side-Eye, 9/29, and veteran Montecitan Charles Lloyd, 10/16) in this famously jazzfriendly room.

UCSB ARTS & LECTURES (ARTSANDLECTURES.UCSB.EDU), a bold, multifaceted player in the local cultural-musical scene, hosted last season’s robust virtual season.

Now they go public, in real time and space. One of the many upcoming offerings, at press time: The Wood Brothers at the Granada (10/12).

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Crossroads

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OPPOSITE: Nearly three hours northeast of Los Angeles, New Cuyama sits at the juncture of four of California's most charismatic counties.

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The Burger Barn on Perkins Road—just a stone's throw from the Cuyama Buckhorn.

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Rustic shade at the Burger Barn; travelers drive in through Santa Maria or Ojai; the Cuyama Buckhorn attracts a vibrant mix of visitors; owners Jeff Vance and Ferial Sadeghian; The Buck Stop; the area is known for its natural beauty; locally made products at the Buckhorn market; the Buckhorn bar; a local landmark on Route 166.

and Ferial Sadeghian, who is a partner in the firm, acquired the property and opened a new chapter in the New Cuyama story.

For Vance and Sadeghian, the Buckhorn represented a chance not just to combine their collective passions for architecture, restoration, hospitality, and great food but also to participate in a form of community building. Under their guidance, the 21room property has been transformed into a place where low-key luxury meets midcentury aesthetics and cowboy cool.

Which is not to say that the Buckhorn Bar has lost touch with the old gang. On the wooden surfaces of the bar, you can trace the charred brands of local ranchers, and you can find some of those same ranchers enjoying a house-made margarita or a locally produced vintage. Among the regulars is Emery Johnston, a third-generation rancher whose great-grandfather arrived in the county by horse in the 1860s. It was Johnston’s grandfather who established the family ranch on the edge of the Los Padres National Forest in 1914; the rodeos that Johnston’s family hosted remain the stuff of legend.

Next to the entrance to the saloon, you’ll find a portrait of Johnston’s father, Lamar.

Lamar was also known for having shot the nine bucks and one elk whose taxidermy mounts grace the walls of the bar. Over at the “Lamar Room,” as the hotel lobby is called, “Bob,” a stuffed brown bear that cowboys used to wrestle, stands like a watchman over the past.

Some of the cowboys here are renowned for their way with words. If you know anything about cowboy poetry, you probably already have heard of Johnston’s longtime friend Dick Gibford. A headliner at conventions such as the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, Gibford has a published collection and several anthologies to his credit.

Making his home in a canyon that backs up to the forest, he spends most of his days on horseback surveying back-country springs and other water sources. Catch him in the right mood at the Buckhorn, and he just might tell you about the time he was jailed for alleged horse thieving. Or maybe he will recite an epic describing a night at the campfire with his horse and his philosophical musings about the rewards and costs of a life on the range.

In his poetry Gibford mixes inspiration from 19th-century poet Longfellow and 20th-century philosopher Krishnamurti with the realities of 21st-century life as a cowboy with a smartphone. This same blending of

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rossroads are fertile places for the imagination, where the best from a variety of distinct worlds collide with misfits from each. New Cuyama sits at the juncture of four of California’s most charismatic counties— San Luis Obispo, Kern, Santa Barbara, and Ventura—and from that unique and rather strange location, this high-desert hamlet seems to be in the process of mixing and matching new forms of California living. Even the landscape here has a bit of everything: dusty plains and grasslands, rolling hills and oak trees, all yielding to pines and mountain slopes in the shadows of the Sierra Madre.

Many of the loose ends at this unusual vortex in the Golden State gather around the bar at Cuyama Buckhorn.

Originally built in 1952, the Buckhorn has served as a roadside resort, piano bar, and community meeting point over the years.

In 2018 Jeff Vance, the founder of a West Hollywood–based design-build firm, iDGroup,

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Emery Johnston's family has been ranching in the region for three generations. OPPOSITE: The Cuyama Buckhorn was originally built in 1952.

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Hourston wearing Lotte.99, available at Wendy Foster Montecito, and Boot Barn boots.

OPPOSITE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: The Blue Sky Center and its executive director, Em Johnson; a Shelton Hut, available for glamping; High Desert Print Company; Alex Guerrero of Warrior Wagons; it can take up to five months for Guerrero to restore a single vehicle; light, bubbly meads from Cuyama Beverage Company; Jack Forinash of the Blue Sky Center; Steve Gliessman of Condor's Hope; Jean Gaillard and Meg Brown of Cuyama Homegrown, a small-scale, sustainable family farm.

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past and present seems to suffuse this town.

The story of Cuyama properly begins with the Yokuts and Chumash, the first settlers on this land. The name “Cuyama” comes from the Chumash word kuyam, meaning “clam” or “freshwater mollusk.” Today New Cuyama attracts artisans such as Carmen Sandoval, a jewelry designer and Chumash cultural educator who grew up on the Santa Ynez Chumash reservation. “When I’m in the zone with my creative work, I just tap into the spirit and into the ancestors,” she says, “and allow them to guide my hands and be my eyes.”

In 1843 the area changed forever when governor Manuel Micheltorena deeded 22,000 acres of land to what became Rancho Cuyama. As new ranches blossomed across the landscape, many of the prominent names of the era passed through here: Gaspar Oreña, Cesario Lataillade, José María Rojo.

Cuyama’s gilded age happened in the late 1940s. Prospectors struck oil, and the Richfield Oil Company (later ARCO) set up drills across the land. Productivity peaked in 1950, and ARCO built housing and facilities for its employees, planted trees, and put in an airfield. For a brief moment the town of New Cuyama, rich with black gold, was the pearl of eastern Santa Barbara County. But production dropped off over the ensuing decades, and the oilmen retreated.

In its heyday Cuyama’s semiresident celebrity was Johnny Cash. The singer had a home outside of Ojai, and rumor has it he downed a few more than he should have at the Buckhorn Bar. The Buckhorn’s new owners have tapped in this vein of history in a wry way. On guest rooms’ bedside tables, where other hotels might place the Bible, visitors might find sociological studies of cowboy life or a book on Chumash ethnobotany. Or, best of all, Johnny Cash’s autobiography, Man in Black.

The Cuyama Buckhorn seems to be one of those rare spaces that exist as much for the locals as for guests. The key to the success of the place has been Vance and Sadeghian’s emphasis on investing in the community. The Buckhorn boasts a long list of partnerships with local businesses, from wineries and farmers to food producers and designers.

Local products are featured throughout, from the offerings at the bar and restaurant to the minibar trays in the guest rooms.

Products from Cuyama Homegrown, a small-scale, environmentally sustainable family ranch led by Jean Gaillard and Meg Brown,

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“One of the things that makes this place so special is you have a cross section of people from all walks of life, every demographic you can imagine.”

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The revived roadside resort is once again the community hub for New Cuyama. Chef Daniel Horn, who formerly worked at Aman Resorts, serves inventive farm-to-table cuisine at the Buckhorn restaurant.

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This small, high desert town seems to be in the process of reinvention, mixing and matching new forms of California living. OPPOSITE: A rare sighting of the cowboy bard Dick Gibford, who draws inspiration from the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

are used throughout the property: Those include New Zealand spinach, leeks, heirloom beans, stone fruit, pickles, jams, and more.

Gaillard and Brown covered a lot of ground before settling in New Cuyama. He is from Belgium; she had pursued a master’s degree in agricultural economics; and the two lived for years in Europe and Africa before establishing their own farm in the valley. “This was not exactly my idea of retirement!” Brown says, laughing, as she shows off her apiary and henhouse bustling with chickens. A variety of water-saving innovations allows the farm to thrive even in drought conditions. “We

don’t use herbicides, and we have to harvest some of our produce, such as sweet carrots, by hand. But we can provide top-quality products with a better taste,” Gaillard adds.

“And the Buckhorn is incredibly supportive.”

The Buckhorn also works with Condor’s Hope ranch, an off-the-grid “dry farm,” which uses a traditional water-efficient technique for cultivating olive trees and wine grapes. Proprietors Steve Gliessman and Roberta “Robbie” Jaffe, both of whom spent their professional careers in agricultural and environmental studies, point out that dry farming forces grapevines to push their roots deep into the soil, producing a rich and concentrated flavor. “Our philosophy is to reconnect two of the most important parts of the food system: the people who grow the food and the people who eat the food,” says Gliessman. Jaffe adds, “We started Condor’s Hope Winery because we wanted to translate our philosophies about agricultural sustainability into action in real life.”

Just a short stroll from the Buckhorn is the Blue Sky Center, founded in 2012 by the Zannon family, which owns the Santa Barbara Pistachio Company. Housed in the repurposed oil company headquarters, the center’s mission is to support resilience, inclusion, economic growth, and sustainability in the Cuyama Valley.

“They invested in this property to ensure that this large facility was in the hands of the community in perpetuity,” says Em Johnson, executive director of the Blue Sky Center. “They didn’t put together a plan of action for what Blue Sky was going to do.

They creatively hired a whole young board of directors to come up with that. It was really a wonderful example of how a humble donor could transform nonprofits by just entrusting it to the younger generation.”

To assist food producers such as Cuyama Homegrown, Blue Sky offers assistance in navigating health and labeling requirements for products like jams and pickles. Blue Sky also works with the Cuyama Beverage Co., which makes a light bubbly mead; profits are reinvested in regenerative economic development in the Cuyama Valley. The center also supports Rock Front Ranch, which sells raw honey made from Cuyama Valley wildflowers, and Just Jujubes, whose founder, Alisha Taff, produces a dried superfruit also known as “Chinese dates.” Taff, a longtime horse trainer who is Chinese-American, notes the product’s high continued on page 128

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In its earlier heyday, New Cuyama was awash in oil money.

OPPOSITE: According to local lore, the Buckhorn bar was frequented by Johnny Cash, once upon a time.

Au Bon Legacy Co-authors Rajat Parr and Jordan Mackay remember long lunches and enduring friendships with

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The renegade winemaker, photographed by Michael Sager.

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The Blind Date

By Rajat Parr

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had the great fortune to see Jim Clendenen only two days before he died.

Laughing and joking as ever, he came over to my house with two other dear friends. While I had no idea that Jim was soon to physically depart this world, I was moved by the occasion. One of two great mentors in my wine career (Larry Stone, master sommelier and co-founder of Lingua Franca wines, is the other), Jim gave me my start in wine making and cooked many, many meals for me over our 20-year friendship. To reciprocate by cooking for him after a tour of the vineyard I now farm and a tasting of the wines I now make brought our relationship profoundly full circle.

I first met Jim in 2000, when I was wine director at the iconic San Francisco restaurant the Fifth Floor. At that time I had only two California Chardonnays on my list: Talley and Au Bon Climat, two of the few domestic wines I felt were truly balanced. When Jim came in, I knew exactly who he was. But he also made an impression. We shared a love of Burgundy, and as he perused my wine list, he tossed off erudite information with casual ease—the nuances of each Burgundian vintage, stories about various producers. I was blown away, thinking, “Wow, this is a guy I can learn from.” Some months later, at a gathering on the Central Coast, I had the chance to impress him in turn by successfully blind tasting a range of different wines.

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well as a love of great wine and food, kicked off a two-decade-long friendship that would see us not only drink, eat, and taste together all over the US but also travel the world together, visiting domaines in Burgundy or the Rhône Valley, hitting beaches in Bali, and introducing him to my family in India.

Travel was an important theme; Jim showed me that if you are inspired by a wine and want to understand it, you need to meet the winemaker and see the vines. Only then can you translate that knowledge to your own endeavors. He went everywhere to learn firsthand about all of the (many) varieties he planted. I have done the same.

My most important travels were down to the Central Coast to see Jim, as he generously gave me my start in winemaking. At first he simply let me choose a couple of barrels of his wine, blend them, and put my name on it. (You have to start somewhere.) Later, he would teach me much about farming, fermenting, barrel aging, and more.

There was one totemic bottle that encapsulated our long history and that Jim eerily brought to lunch the last time I saw him—his 2006 Au Bon Climat Sanford & Benedict Chardonnay. That year, preharvest, we went to check the Chardonnay at Sanford & Benedict Vineyard. As we sampled grapes, he requested my thoughts on when to pick. It was the first time anyone had ever asked me that. It was early in the season, and no one else had picked yet, but the grapes tasted good to me.

I said, “Jim, I think these are ready.”

So with no reason to trust my judgment, he told his crew chief, “Okay, let’s harvest 10 tons right now.” To balance these with some that were more ripe, he added, “We’ll pick the rest in another day or two.”

The catch was, as he would find out shortly thereafter, there were no more. Those 10 tons were it for that year. So the wine he made would be only around 11.5 percent alcohol (significantly lower than usual) with piercing acidity and sharp, lemony flavors.

It was the kind of wine we both loved but a bit more racy and pointed than his typical style. That he brought that wine to our last meeting was odd but meaningful. In it lives the heart of our friendship, the essence of our shared vision.

A beautiful thing about being here is that Jim not only lives on in this bottle and every wine he made, his spirit also persists in the vineyards we see every day. In this I take comfort. He hasn’t left us at all. •

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The Last Lunch

By Jordan Mackay

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y most poignant memories of Jim Clendenen center around lunch. It was midday when I drove down from San Francisco to the Au Bon Climat/Qupé winery to interview Jim. The completely utilitarian winery was strange to me—there was not even a reception area.

Inside was a cavernous open space, with high stacks of barrels stretching far into the distance.

In part of the open space was a kitchen where I first saw Jim, phone tucked under his ear as he jabbered away at someone, while stirring pots and flipping pans with his hands. He nodded at me in acknowledgment but didn’t end his call.

About 20 minutes later he was off the phone and placing large platters of food on the table as about a dozen bottles of wine appeared, some quite old and valuable. Ten or 11 employees materialized from back in the barrel stacks and took seats for lunch. Food was passed, wine was poured, and conversation began.

I was not the only outsider—a barrel broker from Oregon showed up, as did a writer from the East Coast and a wine shop owner from Atlanta. All the conversation swirled around Jim, as he opined on various topics, answered questions from the writers, and made wry jokes. Trying to keep up, I barely ate, furiously scribbling notes for my article. Eventually, people returned to work, and Jim and I continued talking.

I relate this scene because these lunches were a crucial expression of Jim. Lunch at ABC encapsulated the culture he created. He set a European-style custom of taking a break from work and enjoying a midday meal with wine

and with coworkers and guests. The lunches were about tasting, yes, but also about camaraderie, bringing an intellectual cast to a nascent wine region that had risen from cattle ranches, barren hills, and broccoli fields.

Like his wines, Jim’s ABC lunches were classically European in spirit—humane, balanced, and based around food and wine in combination. Jim spent a lot of time in European wine regions and seemingly knew every important winemaker in Italy and France. Of course, the wines were flush with sun-kissed Santa Barbara County exuberance, but their moderate alcohols, restrained fruit, and absence of oakiness made them different from most other California wines of the time.

This difference was significant, because at that time a debate raged about California wine.

The ripe, rich, and high-alcohol style was ascendant, encouraged by high scores from dominant critics such as Robert Parker. In pursuit of high scores, it seemed like every winemaker in the state made such wines and justified them with an ardent belief that this style was dictated not by critics but by California’s climate.

To those nonwinemakers among us, it was confusing. Ninety-nine percent of winemakers claimed wines had to be super ripe and high alcohol, yet they were contradicted by the existence of a scant few wines, Au Bon Climat chief among them, that were moderate in both categories and still tasted delicious.

The world must have seemed backward to Jim, as his became a lone voice in a wine world that knelt at the altar of ripeness (and Parker).

Compounding Jim’s pain was a perceived betrayal. In the late 1980s Parker had championed Au Bon Climat, helping propel the brand to prominence. But apparently Parker’s tastes changed. As he dished out high scores to extremely ripe wines, the love he showed ABC disappeared. Years of receiving relatively moderate-to-low scores became the source of a lingering bitterness to Jim. Over the years, I often heard him rant about ripeness, scores, and Parker. “Of course, it’s possible to make balanced wines in California,” he would say. “I do it every year.”

In the end he was proved right. His wines found champions in the emergent sommelier community, which shared and amplified his thinking. Soon other winemakers became emboldened to flout the critics and join the growing movement of a “new” California paradigm of balance, energy, and moderation. And at the heart of this movement is the legacy that the stalwart, visionary Jim Clendenen created and perpetuated over lunch. •

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Seventh-generation Central Coast rancher Elizabeth Poett brings family recipes to the small screen with an all-new cooking show on the Magnolia Network.

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he way Elizabeth Poett describes it, the fall months on Rancho San Julian paint an unrivaled evening light across the rolling hills and oak groves. It’s a quieter season but still busy. The cows are calving. Her boys are back in school.

The afternoons are warm, like summer, but the mornings are cooler, and her orchard of golden apples is covered in dew. For generations, these apples have gone straight to the family kitchen—for pies, sauces, snacks, and other sweet treats. These days, they’re also on view in living room televisions and streaming devices around the world The first episode of Poett’s cooking show, Ranch to Table, which recently debuted on the newly minted Magnolia Network, features a dinner-dessert combo fitting to the region—a classic Santa Maria grilled tri tip and fire-roasted salsa followed by a galette filled with blackberries and those Golden Delicious apples.

While the show’s focus is food, each episode is also “a bit of an adventure,” says Poett, whose family’s land is centered along Highway 1, between the Gaviota Tunnel and Lompoc.

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“Working on the ranch isn’t a job so much as a way of life. It’s something we wake up to every day. It’s beautiful here, and it also calls for a ton of work and dedication.”

In the series pilot, Poett shares the spotlight—and a flatbed Ford—with her husband, Austin Campbell, who was also born and raised nearby, his family roots running deep through Central Coast ranchland. While Campbell conveys the rancher stereotype of a man for whom words are encumbrances, he opens up on camera with a short, sweet story about how he and Elizabeth met at a spring branding about 15 years ago.

Then it’s back to the backbreaking work of making sure 500 head of cattle are fed and watered, mending fences, getting ready for the weekend farmers market, and maybe lying awake at night thinking about wildfire and drought and the unending checklist of operational obligations tied to San Julian’s 14,000 acres.

That’s pretty much how it’s been since Poett’s great-grandfather’s grandfather’s grandfather, José de la Guerra, first saddled up on the property in 1837. Between family, food, and the day-to-day, there’s a lot of story there. Plus the

"Every saddle has a story," Poett says. OPPOSITE: Austin, Hank, Elizabeth, and Jack (with Captain, one of several ranch dogs).

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Working the 14,000-acre Ranch San Julian is a 24/7, 365-day job.

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It’s a risk I’m so happy I took.” vistas of a working Central Coast ranch make for easy-on-the-eyes programming.

“Elizabeth is a seventh-generation rancher,” Magnolia Network’s president, Allison Page, said to Santa Barbara Magazine of Poett, (who we tapped as our cover subject in August 2009). “Her connection to the land and respect for traditional cultivation methods makes her story particularly compelling. Being able to bring our audience stories of Elizabeth and her family tending the land, working intimately with each harvest, and incorporating seasonal ingredients into their everyday meals aligns perfectly with the network's mission of sharing good stories around family, food, community, and an entrepreneurial spirit.”

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ta Barbara Independent cofounder and editor-in-chief Marianne Partridge and pioneering organic beef producer Jim Poett—Poett set out after college to travel and explore. But, she adds, she always knew she would eventually make her way back.

“I think we are all risk-takers at different times of our lives,” she reflected in a social media clip just ahead of the show’s debut. “Going into the world and figuring out what we love to do . . . is a risk. My biggest risk was coming back home and making ranch culture and food my life. It’s a risk I’m so happy I took.”

Back home, she found generous portions of community, as fellow farmers and ranchers came together for brandings, harvests, and other big projects in need of extra hands.

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And at the end of the day, the helped family always thanks the helpers with a hot meal. This tradition informed her efforts to diversify the business of ranching.

“I was inspired by all of them to cook more and try different things,” Poett remembers.

“We have a vibrant food community on the Central Coast, and I’ve always wanted to bring people to the ranch to learn about it, enjoy a meal, and understand how much work it really takes to bring food to the table.”

To that end, since 2017 she’s been hosting what she calls Ranch Table events, held in the shade of a century-old grape arbor. These big country lunches and dinners feature homegrown ingredients and talks about ranch history.

Many of those recipes—fresh, seasonal, and delicious family favorites—have made their way to the Ranch to Table script.

“My hope is that the show will inspire people to be more connected to their food,” Poett says, “that it inspires people to cook and to become more involved in their food, whether it be shopping at the local farmers market or talking with a rancher or with that neighbor who has an apricot tree.” •

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OPPOSITE: Slowing down at day's end to enjoy delicious homegrown meals is the central theme running through Elizabeth's cooking show.

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California Citrus, horses, beach life, and philanthropy are all on the BOOTH family agenda

Budding equestrian skills earn Elouise Moffett a high five from her mother, Blair, at the Carpinteria ranch house of family matriarch Loren Booth. OPPOSITE: Elouise’s brother, Duke, enjoys a free-form dip at the clan’s Fernald Point beach house.

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Savoring their time together, three generations—Blair (holding the ribbon), Loren, 9-year-old Elouise, 7-year-old Duke, and 3-year-old Kate—illustrate the meaning of close family ties.

OPPOSITE, TOP TO BOTTOM: Antler hat holders; reining horse competition buckles; Loren presides over the family businesses from her office.

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n the walls of Loren Booth’s study in her Carpinteria ranch house hang half a dozen depictions of Old California by artist Alexander Harmer, who painted around the turn of the 20th century. They’re an apt backdrop for her workspace. Her roots in the state go back five generations, and today she’s president of Booth Ranches, which includes more than 8,000 acres of citrus, a large cow-and-calf operation, and a 300-acre farm near Fresno that breeds and raises reining horses. The businesses and her passions are integral to the Golden State—a heritage she’s serious about imparting to her children and grandchildren.

“I always had horses,” she says. “I grew up in Pasadena, where everyone did hunting and jumping. Later I moved to Covina, where there was Western riding. But once I was introduced to reining horses…that was it.”

She and her mares have brought home countless trophies, and her daughter, Blair Moffett, also excels in the show circuit that extends from California to Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas. “We compete against each other,” says Loren, “but we cheer each other on, too.

We’re each other’s biggest fan.” Now Blair’s 9-year-old daughter, Elouise, is carrying on the tradition, learning the guided movements and exacting turns and quick stops of the sport.

Loren’s interest in agriculture also goes back to her earliest years. She studied animal science at Cal Poly, first in Pomona and then in San Luis Obispo, where she met her husband.

When they moved to Bakersfield, she began to raise horses, and some years later, after she graduated from the California Agricultural Leadership program, she cast an eye on the citrus enterprise her dad owned.

Her father was Franklin “Otis” Booth, Jr., a great-grandson of the founder of the Los Angeles Times, where he was an executive. As

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Loren and her mares have brought home countless trophies, and her daughter also excels in the show circuit.

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Loren heads for the barn that houses a few of the horses she rides in the horse shows that range from California to Texas; she keeps other members of the herd on a ranch near Fresno.

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Wood paneling and an elaborate balustrade bring warmth to the oversize staircase in the ranch house. OPPOSITE: The feeling of homey comfort extends to the family room, where a stone fireplace dominates the room.

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“We go to the beach, then jump in the hot tub.

And we eat every meal outside.”

TOP AND BOTTOM: Greenery softens the sleek architecture both outside and in an intimate interior courtyard. OPPOSITE: Contemporary sophistication is the hallmark of the Booth beach house.

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an early investor in Berkshire Hathaway, Otis built a fortune, raised livestock, and acquired orange groves. He eventually had thousands of acres, “but no employees,” Loren remembers.

“Everything was outsourced.” Divorced but still living in Bakersfield, where she was raising Blair and an older son, Jake, she saw opportunities to do things better. “It took me two years to get dad to hire employees; the first one was a pest advisor” who still works at the company.

By 2005 Booth Ranches was vertically integrated—handling everything from farming to packing, planning, marketing, and sales. After her father’s death in 2008, Loren bought out the other partners, and today she grows Valencias, navels, “easy peels,” and lemons. She also became the first woman to serve on the Citrus Research Board.

“Giving back is important in the world,” she says. “Booth Ranches gives scholarships to children of employees to want to go to college.

It can be anywhere as long as they carry 11 units.” Loren serves as vice chairman of the Reining Horse Foundation, which also awards scholarships and maintains a crisis fund for horse trainers. And she’s also one of three trustees on the Otis Booth Foundation, which has contributed to Thacher and Cate, as well as local universities, the Children’s Institute, and many, many others. In Arizona, Blair works with Children’s Hospital and the Phoenix branch of MD Anderson.

Loren’s businesses and board positions (she sits on seven) keep her more than busy, but she makes plenty of time for family. Blair, who attended Dunn School and Santa Barbara City College—and even had a stint as an intern at Santa Barbara Magazine—has lived in Phoenix since she married Bubba Moffett in 2008. But she and her kids—Elouise, 7-year-old Duke, and 3-year-old Kate—visit Santa Barbara frequently, especially when Arizona temperatures soar. Then the family beach house at Fernald Point is a particularly refreshing destination.

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Living sculptures, the sinuous forms of cactus highlight the playful contrast with flowerfilled classical urns.

OPPOSITE: A motherdaughter moment.

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Fresno with his wife, Chiara, and their kids, Sinclaire, Ensign, and Winifred.

“We go to the beach, then jump in the hot tub,” Loren says. “And we eat every meal outside. Blair has a lot of friends here, so we use it—and the ranch house—for entertaining.”

The contemporary residence, with a guest house designed by SB architect Andy Neumann, holds an eclectic mix of old and modern pieces, from an antique portrait that Loren’s grandmother acquired decades ago to a Channel Islands surfboard with the Booth Ranches logo that was a gift.

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help of Long Beach-based interior designer Alisha Mora, is still an ongoing proposition. But Loren’s delight in mixing pop art and serious pieces is evident throughout. There’s a huge painting touting “Women Outlaws” in the family room, along with an antique armoire.

In the dining room a vintage leaf-shaped Murano glass chandelier hangs under a ceiling with hand-painted wallpaper depicting flying cranes. “I’ve tried to make it homey,” Loren says.

“We’d love to use this as a family compound, have family parties here,” she adds, operating on the principle that if you build it they will come. “I’m trying to up the fun factor.

I want the kids to climb trees, catch frogs, and have an outdoor life.” •

It’s beachside bliss for Elouise, Duke, and Kate, with an inviting pool and the Pacific just steps away. OPPOSITE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Greenery surrounds a cool spot on the beach house patio; inside, a Channel Islands surfboard sports the Booth Ranches logo.

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acids—and important role in traditional Chinese medicine. All these locally made products are for sale at the Buckhorn market.

Blue Sky has helped local ranchers develop horseback

riding programs, and with the Desert Fellowship, it

offers residencies for artists such as Noé Montes, whose

photographs of the valley and its people adorn the center’s walls and those of the Buckhorn. Blue Sky also rents

affordable space in the old airplane hangars to artisans

like Garrett Gerstenberger of High Desert Print Company, which produces the graphic T-shirts worn by center

staffers, and Alex Guerrero, who does highly specialized

restoration work on “woodies,” or vintage wooden autos.

Guerrero established his company, Warrior Wagons,

after 18 years working for the late renowned restorer

Doug Carr, and he rehabilitates vintage Rolls-Royces,

Mercedes-Benzes, and Buicks to perfection. “Each car by itself can take five months to a year to restore,” he

says. But Guerrero appreciates the sense of cohesion and support that organizations like the Blue Sky Center and

the Cuyama Buckhorn have fostered. “I’ve never been in a place with such a community like this.” he says. “They are a blessing. Without them I wouldn’t have this shop.”

Some visitors to the Blue Sky Center end up

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staying awhile, to enjoy the five striking glamping

trailers called “Shelton Huts,” designed by the Santa

Barbara architect Jeff Shelton and his daughter, Mattie, which are maintained by the center and available through Airbnb and Hipcamp. And just like the

locals, most of these visitors eventually find their way to the Buckhorn Bar, where you can encounter just about every lifestyle that California has to offer.

“One of the things that makes this place so special

is you have a cross section of people from all walks of

life, every demographic you can imagine,” Sadeghian

says. Indeed, on a recent day at the Buckhorn, that cross

section was evident. A bird-watching group twittered in

a corner of the café. A tattooed woman with a T-shirt that read “Not Today, Colonizer” chased her toddler as she

ordered coffee and pastries to go. Four men in cowboy hats engaged in earnest conversation over tri-tip sandwiches

and pie; behind them, a pair of marijuana entrepreneurs in baseball caps discussed processing centers.

Meanwhile, a Tesla that screamed L.A. pulled up, and

its driver unloaded a set of Vuitton luggage. Out by the

pool, a couple in their sixties were engrossed in The New

Yorker crossword puzzle, while a woman in a glittery bikini and cat’s-eye glasses lounged with her companion in the hot tub. In the evening local ranching couples on a date night sipped cocktails alongside an effervescent group

of young bridesmaids who were here for a wedding. As dusk fell and the desert sky was illuminated with stars, guests, and locals congregated around the outdoor fire pits, chatting and laughing late into the evening. •

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