The Brander Vineyard - SANTA YNEZ

Beautiful location in an outdoor terrace surrounded by mature trees and roses. On Saturday afternoon when they had live music. Also had a cook, cooking custom tacos and quesadillas on an outdoor grill. Large wine selection through the glass or bottle. Even our dog! A certain jewel!

It was a very casual wine tasting experience. The well was dry, the place didn't seem ready for the guests.

Visited Tasted on Saturday afternoon. Brander had a local band playing in their courtyard, and local taco caterer. Wine was great! Food was great! A most enjoyable afternoon.

For wine tasting. Although we were very quiet with regard to customers, we waited for a long time between each sips (and I must say from all wineries, Brander gave the smallest sampling). Wines were brought to the table under the server's arm and whether this was the cause or not, were never served at what I would consider to be a proper temperature. That said the wines were good, but the whole experience was not visited anywhere near the level of the other vineyards.

Well, this was a bust. We went on a Saturday, so it was busy. There 's a downstairs shaded courtyard where they have music and seemed like a pleasant place to sit, but we were told that we had to sit upstairs because we had an open table rez. Upstairs was not shady, and it was hot. They told us that downstairs cost $15 and you could buy glasses of wine and that upstairs was for tasting $20). It was impossible to get a server 's attention to get on to the next taste. They have food downstairs tacos and quesadillas) but you had to go back downstairs to order the food. So, we did. After about 25 minutes, when food did not appear, we had to go downstairs and collect the food. The wines they had for tasting included the 2 we were interested in: Sauvignon Blanc and Rosé, but they only had the 2020 vintages of both, and they were not good.