About Hitching Post Winery
Hitching Post Winery is named for the Old West hitching post — the horizontal wooden bar to which horses were tethered while their riders conducted business inside. The restaurant-winery combination on Highway 246 in Buellton is one of Santa Barbara County's most famous wine tourism destinations, made internationally recognizable by the 2004 film Sideways, in which Paul Giamatti's character Miles orders Pinot Noir at the Hitching Post bar.
Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley's winery produces Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Grenache from Santa Barbara County vineyard sources including the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills. Wine Spectator has scored Hitching Post's Pinot Noir at 88–92 points.
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Hitching Post WineryHitching Post Winery is named for the Old West hitching post — the horizontal wooden bar to which horses were tethered while their riders conducted business inside.
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The restaurant-winery combinationThe restaurant-winery combination on Highway 246 in Buellton is one of Santa Barbara County's most famous wine tourism destinations, made internationally recognizable by the 2004 film Sideways, in which Paul Giamatti's character Miles orders Pinot Noir at the Hitching Post bar.
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Frank Ostini andFrank Ostini and Gray Hartley's winery produces Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Grenache from Santa Barbara County vineyard sources including the Sanford & Benedict Vineyard in the Sta.
"Frank Ostini and Gray Hartley's 1984 Santa Barbara County Hitching-Post-Western-frontier-heritage-naming Pinot Noir and "
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Featured Wines
Pinot Noir
Highliner Pinot Noir
Santa Barbara County / Hitching Post Estate
Hitching Post's Western-frontier-hitching-post Highliner Pinot — the Sideways bar's flagship Pinot Noir at 88–92 points from Frank Ostini's Santa Barbara County program.
Estate
★★★★☆
Syrah
Santa Barbara County Syrah
Santa Barbara County / Hitching Post Estate
Hitching Post's frontier-heritage Syrah — the Western post's dark, robust counterpart to the celebrated Pinot.
Estate
★★★★☆
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Book on Tock →Hitching Post Sideways Dinner
Dinner at the Western-frontier-naming Buellton restaurant-winery made famous by Sideways — Hitching Post Pinot Noir and Syrah at 88–92 points with steakhouse dinner. Family-welcoming.
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