Welcome to Casa Cassara Winery & Vineyard

Summer is here! Our great tasting room boasts a warm and friendly staff to introduce you to our outstanding Pinot Noir, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and other very limited production wines. We also sell gourmet wine gifts and offer a gallery setting for several local artists. So call if you can’t find us and we’ll happily guide you here.

Please note that we now have an online store for our California customers ... click the Shop link, however, we're out of Marsannier, sorry!

We are open at our Valley Station Tasting Room at 291 Valley Station just off Hwy 246 West (see map at right and our Directions Page here.)

Note: We have new art, sculptures by Eric Morlan (see Art section below)

Tasting Room Schedule
Day	Open	Close	Notes
Monday	12 Noon	6:30 PM
Tuesday			Closed on Tuesdays
Wednesday	12 Noon	6:30 PM
Thursday	12 Noon	6:30 PM
Friday	11:00 AM	6:30 PM
Saturday	11:00 AM	6:30 PM
Sunday	11:00 AM	6:30 PM

Map to Casa Cassara Tasting Room

We specialize in making small production, hand crafted Pinot Noir, Syrah, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc as well as several vineyard designated wines. Come and visit and experience our craft while shopping for unique wine treasures. Salute ....

Please Note: We are diligently working on bottling new wines for the very near future.

With amazing grapes

The Ranch House on top of the mountain at dusk

come incredible wines. Small production, handcrafted excellence flows from our winery that sits in the heart of Sta. Rita Hills appellation in northern Santa Barbara County.

The Cassara family and staff are dedicated to continue to bring you superior Pinot Noirs, Syrah, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc as well as a few distinct "Winemaker Reserve" barrel select wines. Pinot Noir is our specialty and our flagship Estate Grown Pinot Noir is shining brighter every year as our vineyard matures upon our mountain top at 880 feet altitude. Hence the naming of our "Altitude Wine Club" and the "From the Mountaintop" newsletter.. We have the great fortune of obtaining grapes from many Santa Rita Hills vineyards with a few select county vineyards included. This gives us the great opportunity to produce several different Pinot Noirs of distinction.

Check out our great "Altitude Wine Club"

page and call us to join up! Our Wines can be found at many Central Coast locations which can be view on our "availability list". Soon you will be able to order wine from us online but for now please call us. We can ship to most US states, yet some are restricted.

Casa Cassara Tasting Room Art Gallery

Sculpture by Eric Morlan

I have been making art my entire life and sculpture specifically for over 30 years. My work has been in ceramic, stone and bronze. Since 1998 I have been working primarily in welded aluminum. I find it to be an exciting medium that is well suited to my current expressions in form.

My focus is on exploring the relationship between materials and form, while retaining my own feeling for balance and composition of sculptural elements. Experimentation with new materials and techniques is a vital part of the process of moving forward. Repetition of past success to establish a recognizable style serves only to stagnate new developement and inhibit meaningful expression. I believe my approach allows new work to represent a sequential growth from past work, not just another variant of theme. More importantly for me, it also allows for a sense of discovery and playfulness, which is central to my work.

Eric's website: http://www.ericmorlan.com/

Watercolors by Diane Avalle-Arce

My age? No way. I don't admit to being born in NJ, either. I've painted all my life -- sold some -- gave away many more -- studied with wonderful people and not done them much credit -- did large oils when I was young and foolish, flirted with Surrealism -- gave it up for many years and wrote fiction and non-fiction -- sneaked back into painting with botanical illustration -- have been doing plein air watercolors for the last few years, in Maui, the Hebrides, the Grand Canyon, the Rocky Mountains -- the Central Coast, and particularly the Santa Ynez Valley, is the best.