Sanguis

These guys are serious about their wines. There is not another wine producer in SB with this level of quality and sophistication. A very unique and personal wine tasting experience. Feels like your entering a ‘speakeasy’ upon arrival. If you’re serious about wine, this is the only place you need to visit.

This was the best tasting we had on our weeklong trip to Santa Barbara. Peter was an incredible host — it didn’t feel like we were doing a wine tasting; it felt like we were just hanging out, learning about and drinking wine. Other places have buses of people coming in and out and makes the experience less personal; this was not the case at Sanguis. This «personal» experience really extends to the wines they make.
The winery itself is really cool. It’s not big at all and you’d have no idea people are making wine from the industrial-​looking outside. These guys don’t make a lot of wine but they are all delicious and have unique flavors and styles you won’t normally find. If you come to Santa Barbara make sure you swing by for a tasting here

Without a doubt the highlight of our trip to Santa Barbara. Gabe and Peter were outstanding hosts. both of them were quite funny even charming. If we knew then what we know now, we wouldn’t have bothered driving the mountain to the other vineyards. The wines are absolutely filthy and the Grenache is the King

If you’re in to wine tasting, this is one NOT to miss. We were treated like VIPs from the second Gabe answered the jump rope pulled door bell. We learned from root to bottle how Sanguis makes a wine, a spectacular wine.
The tasting room & surrounding facility is fun & funky. Clean. I felt I wasn’t quite hipster enough to hang, but yet it was comfortable & inviting.
Try the wine, buy the wine. It’s unique & a surprise. It’s absolutely true that they do what they love because the wine imparts that from the first sip to the last.

As my track record goes, I am not a «yelper» in any respect. I don’t even know what that would mean. BUT I do throw my reviews at places that just cannot go without a good word. Sanguis is a very intimate and small operation with a limited case production. I arranged an appointment in August to have a visit. What I did not expect was a full row of beautifully crafted wines waiting for tasting. Once we arrived it was like walking into an episode of MTV Cribs, just amazing inside and very balanced. We met with Jamie and Matthias and received a tour of the grounds and a few tastings form unreleased and some previous wines that in my professional opinion [for what it is worth in my line of work] was the tip top wine on my list. The labeling and packaging alone is breathtaking to me.
Afterwards we even got a great recommendation for a local Mexican eatery! It was so personal and incomparable to any other winery I have ever been to that that day holds a really special place for me. I cannot wait to start receiving their wines now and will love going back when able. Extremely well worth a trip to sunny Santa Barbara from foggy SF, that’s for sure. If you have a chance to find and/​or taste their blended and amazing wines, go for it. Don’t even think, just go try it.
Thanks again to everyone at Sanguis!

I think I found one of Santa Barbara’s best kept secrets. If you are a serious wine lover Sanguis is a must. I came with my wife, where we were met by Jessica the assistant wine maker who gave us the VIP treatment. We got the full tour and sat down with her in a private tasting room and tasted some of the best wine I have ever had. Its nice to be king for a day.

Our visit to Sanguis was arranged by our Coastal Concierge wine tour driver and it did not disappoint! It is by appointment only and located in an industrial area in Santa Barbara. It may be a small facility but they do everything themselves: wines are bottled by hand and hand-​labeled. The owner Matthias even designs the labels using his own artwork or photography. Our one-​on-​one tasting with assistant winemaker Jessica was the best we had all day. She was friendly and knowledgeable and didn’t rush us through anything. We had a lovely long tasting of 5 different wines with very generous pours. I don’t remember all the names but our favorites were Las Mujeres and the yet unreleased John Henry. We ended up ordering 3 bottles of each. The wines were a little more expensive than any other winery we visited but she told us they only bottle around 1,500 cases! I lack the vocabulary to describe the wines themselves but everything was really very good. Highly recommend this place!