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Hitching Post II Wines is a winery in Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara. Check WinoNotion for current tasting room hours, fees, and reservation requirements.

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Hitching Post II Wines produces wines in Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara, California. Visit WinoNotion for the complete varietal list, tasting notes, and visitor information.

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About Hitching Post II Wines

Hitching Post II Wines is the most Sideways-film-famous and steakhouse-wine-personally-combined Santa Ynez Valley appointment in California. Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley's Highway 246 Buellton steakhouse and Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir program became the most cinematically celebrated wine and food combination in movie history when Alexander Payne chose the Hitching Post II as a key location in his 2004 film Sideways.

The Sideways effect — credited with single-handedly increasing American Pinot Noir consumption and dramatically boosting Santa Barbara County wine tourism — made the Hitching Post II's Highway 246 location one of the most internationally recognizable and most film-pilgrimage-visited wine destinations in California. Visitors from around the world make Buellton pilgrimages specifically to eat at the steakhouse where Miles, Jack, Maya, and Stephanie shared wine and food.

The Hitching Post Highliner and Hometown Pinot Noir — produced from carefully farmed Santa Barbara County Sta. Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley sources — provides the most genuine wine quality behind the most cinematically famous wine appointment in California, confirming that the Sideways fame rests on wine and food of genuine merit.

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Hitching Post IIHitching Post II Wines is the most Sideways-film-famous and steakhouse-wine-personally-combined Santa Ynez Valley appointment in California.

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Frank Ostini andFrank Ostini and Gray Hartley's Highway 246 Buellton steakhouse and Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir program became the most cinematically celebrated wine and food combination in movie history when Alexander Payne chose the Hitching Post II as a key location in his 2004 film Sideways.

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The Sideways effectThe Sideways effect — credited with single-handedly increasing American Pinot Noir consumption and dramatically boosting Santa Barbara County wine tourism — made the Hitching Post II's Highway 246 location one of the most internationally recognizable and most film-pilgrimage-visited wine destinations in California.

"Frank Ostini's 1984 Buellton steakhouse and Pinot Noir program made famous by Sideways (2004) — producing Highliner and "

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Featured Wines

Pinot Noir

Highliner Pinot Noir

Santa Barbara County / Hitching Post

The Sideways-famous steakhouse's most Santa-Barbara-County-cool-maritime Pinot flagship from Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley's carefully Sta. Rita Hills-sourced production.

Estate

★★★★☆

Pinot Noir

Hometown Pinot Noir

Santa Barbara County / Hitching Post

Hitching Post's most Buellton-locally-hometown-celebrating Santa-Barbara-County Pinot — food-first and mineral from the most film-famous steakhouse-wine-combined appointment.

Estate

★★★★☆

Chardonnay

Santa Barbara County / Hitching Post

Hitching Post's Santa-Barbara-County-food-first Chardonnay — the wine Miles drank while celebrating life in the most wine-film-famous scene in cinema history.

Estate

★★★★☆

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Sideways Steakhouse Pilgrimage

Dinner and wine tasting at the steakhouse location made famous by Alexander Payne's Sideways (2004) — Hitching Post Highliner and Hometown Pinot Noir with wood-fired Santa Maria BBQ from California's most internationally film-pilgrimaged steakhouse-wine appointment.

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🔎 Practical Info

🚗 Parking

Easy & Free Limited Street Only Valet

👶 Good for Kids

Great for kids Fine if well-behaved Adults only vibe

🐾 Dogs

Dogs welcome Outdoor only No dogs

💰 Value for Money

Worth every penny Fair A bit pricey

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Definitely Maybe Probably not

✨ Vibe & Occasion

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💑 Date Night 👥 Groups 🧍 Solo 💼 Corporate 🎂 Special Occasion 🎓 Wine Education

🔊 Atmosphere

🤫 Quiet & Intimate 🎶 Background Music 🎉 Lively & Social

👗 Dress Code

👟 Casual 🧥 Smart Casual 👔 Business Casual ✨ Dressy

🪑 Seating (pick all that apply)

🏠 Indoor seating ☀️ Outdoor seating ⛱️ Covered outdoor 🧺 Picnic / lawn 🚗 Standing / bar only

🌱 Dietary Options (pick all that apply)

🌱 Vegan friendly 🥗 Vegetarian options 🌾 Gluten-free options 🧀 Charcuterie / cheese boards 🍽️ Full food menu 🚫 No food served

👟 Getting Around (pick all that apply)

🥾 Wear comfortable walking shoes 👟 Flats are perfect 👠 Heels are totally fine 🌿 Gravel / uneven paths 🏔 Hilly — wear sturdy shoes ♿ Fully wheelchair accessible