Winery News

Carr Red Wine Growler JUNE 1, 2022 · BY: KRISTA HARRIS Edible Santa Barbara Wine Label Artwork Contest Winner “Most Sustainable” Illustration by Jon Carr. Technically, this isn’t a label at all. But judges couldn’t help calling it out as a welcome sustainable approach to selling a bottle of wine. Judges found the illustration printed directly on the glass to be a lovely and appealing option. For Carr’s wine on tap, the winemaking process is exactly the same, but instead of going from barrel to bottle, it goes barrel to keg. At the tasting room, they offer wine on tap by the glass or to take home in these stylish one-liter growers. www.CarrWinery.com Many thanks to our judges: Harriet Eckstein, Jennifer LeMay and …

    Carr Wine Growlers are in the news!  Thanks Food and Home Magazine for featuring our wines on tap. “Kegging wine results in a 96 percent reduction in carbon footprint versus the traditional serving of wine from a bottle over the course of 20 years. A five-gallon keg replaces 26 wine bottles, including the cases they’re shipped in, the labels and the cork or Stelvin tops. Put another way, each steel keg introduced into service eliminates the same amount of carbon emission that one car puts out for two years. Carr winery first started kegging wine in 2008. “The wines that we make for our tap program are made with the same approach and attention to detail as all …

We are so excited to share the news!  Santa Barbara County has been named 2021 Wine Region of the Year by Wine Enthusiast Magazine! We have been part of the Santa Barbara County wine scene for 22 years and are thrilled to see our dynamic region receive this award. Read the full article written by Matt Kettmann.

James Hill, creator of travel and lifestyle blog ‘Mantripping’ makes his way through all that the Urban Wine Trail has to offer. Reaping the true Santa Barbara wine tasting experience, he hits the nail on the head, stating that “Santa Barbara is almost one giant wine festival. Virtually everything here revolves around wine, food, and the water.” Not wrong Hill, not wrong. Read about his weekend here, as he sips and savors the various scenes this small city has to offer.  

    Host Dora Wu of ‘Caliwine on the Road’ documents her wine tasting experience in Santa Barbara, stopping into Carr Winery to learn more about our story and wines. Click here to view the full video, Carr’s feature debuts in the second half, starting at 10:20. Big thanks to Dora Wu, and JUBAO, a free channel created for Chinese American consumers in the U.S. through NBCUniversal’s services.

Carr Winery has been featured on NBC L.A.! California Live went on a wine crawl through Santa Barbara’s Funk Zone, learning why Santa Barbara has been nicknamed “the American Riviera.”

…”To me, “Haley Corridor” rings with enough existing identity and meaning that it might stick, as Haley Street is the dominant cultural hub in those parts, which also include stretches of Salsipuedes and Quarantina streets. But naming the area is the last thing on organizer Ryan Carr’s mind, as he’s just trying to stir up attention for the now-bustling area…” – Matt Kettmann, SB Independent

The Wine Collector’s Room is in the news.  Thanks Food and Home Magazine for including our new space for wine collectors! “A Space for Collectors….A classy place to store your best grape. As you pull open the large rusted steel door of the Wine collector’s Room you are met with a rush of cold air from the dimly lit space. Once inside, the dark wood catches your eye and draws you in. Ryan Carr has created a new space in downtown Santa Barbara for individuals to age, store, and enjoy their wine collections. The space, located within Carr Winery, features just over 40 individual lockers in a climate-controlled building. The lockers range in size to fit your needs. Members can …

Our 2016 Carr Sangiovese was this week’s wine feature in the Santa Barbara Independent. “It’s easy to think that not enough Santa Barbara wineries make Italian varietals when you enjoy this Carr sangio. Or, perhaps just enough make them, as sangiovese makes up less than one percent of all red-wine grapes grown in California. You’re not going to find many straw-covered bottles of chianti here. This Carr is a perfect rainy-night wine (we’re getting those again!), rustic and tannic but with plenty of berries and cherry fruit too. So while it might bite back, it’s just a lover’s nibble. The rustic qualities help it stand up to heartier winter meals, too — braise some beef or lamb, make something stewy, and …

We are honored to be selected as runner-up in the Santa Barbara News-Press Readers’ Choice Awards under two categories: Winery & Wine Tasting Room. Thank you!