Tendu Wine — Sta. Rita Hills Winery & Tasting Room

Santa Barbara County / Sta. Rita Hills · Sta. Rita Hills AVA
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Hours
By appointment only
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Phone
(805) 735-0800
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Tasting Fee
From $20
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Reservations
Required
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Est.
2016

About Tendu Wine

Tendu Wine takes its name from the French tendu — taut, stretched, held under tension. The tendu philosophy declares wine made under the tension of low alcohol and high natural acidity: wines inspired by Vinho Verde and Alpine styles, light-bodied and crisp, served in the spritz-and-light European tradition that contrasts with California's typically fuller-bodied, higher-alcohol mainstream. The Santa Barbara boutique produces Assyrtiko and Grüner Veltliner at low alcohol levels that the tendu (taut) philosophy declares.

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Tendu Wine takesTendu Wine takes its name from the French tendu — taut, stretched, held under tension.
The tendu philosophyThe tendu philosophy declares wine made under the tension of low alcohol and high natural acidity: wines inspired by Vinho Verde and Alpine styles, light-bodied and crisp, served in the spritz-and-light European tradition that contrasts with California's typically fuller-bodied, higher-alcohol mainstream.
The Santa BarbaraThe Santa Barbara boutique produces Assyrtiko and Grüner Veltliner at low alcohol levels that the tendu (taut) philosophy declares.
"The 2016 Central California tendu-French-taut-tense-naming Vinho Verde-style Assyrtiko and Gruner Veltliner low-interven"
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Featured Wines

Assyrtiko
Assyrtiko
Santa Barbara County / Tendu Estate
Tendu's French-taut-tension low-alcohol Santa Barbara Assyrtiko — the Greek island variety in the California wine country through the taut, light-spritz European philosophy.
Estate
★★★★☆
Grüner Veltliner
Grüner Veltliner
Santa Barbara County / Tendu Estate
Tendu Wine's taut-tension Grüner Veltliner — the Austrian Alpine variety at low alcohol in the tendu light-European-tradition Santa Barbara program.
Estate
★★★★☆

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Tendu Taut Appointment
Appointment with the French-taut-tension low-alcohol Santa Barbara boutique — Tendu Wine Assyrtiko and Grüner Veltliner.
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