Foxen Vineyard & Winery

Foxen Vineyard & Winery is the most atmospherically rustic and ranch-identity-authentically-maintained wine estate in Santa Barbara County. Bill Wathen and Dick Doré — who established their partnership at the historic Rancho Tinaquaic property on Foxen Canyon Road in 1985 — created California's most personally atmospheric and tin-shack-tasting-room-historically-ranch-rustic-aesthetic winery appointment from what was originally a 19th-century ranch blacksmith shop.

The famous Foxen 'solar-powered broom closet' tasting room — a weathered tin shack that has been described by wine writers as the most deliberately rustic and atmospheric wine tasting room in California — sits on the site of the historic Rancho Tinaquaic, a Mexican land grant ranch that Fox family members operated for generations before Bill Wathen and Dick Doré established their wine program among the eucalyptus trees and weather-beaten outbuildings that have given Foxen its most distinctive and most photographed aesthetic identity.

Wine Advocate has consistently scored Foxen's Bien Nacido Block UU Pinot Noir, Julia's Vineyard Pinot Noir, and Bien Nacido Block 8 Chardonnay at 92–97 points — confirming that the most atmospherically rustic and ranch-identity-tin-shack-tasting-room-authentically-maintained Santa Barbara County wine estate produces Pinot Noir and Chardonnay of genuine critical perfection from the most historically rustic and personally atmospheric Central Coast wine appointment available.