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Santa Barbara County abounds with story potential. Whether you are interested in a general destination overview or covering a new trend in travel such as green tourism, we have releases and materials to support your research. Some of the more popular themes include culinary tourism, movie tourism and architecture. Search the menu of releases by title or topic and, if you can’t find what you are looking for here, please contact us pr@santabarbaraCA.com. Current news and fresh story ideas are outlined in the quarterly “Short Cuts” cheat sheet.
| 09.23.09 |
Get the dish on where locals eat and drink from celeb residents like Iron Chef Cat Cora, “Brothers & Sisters” Star Rob Lowe and “The Bachelor” Andrew Firestone
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| 08.17.09 |
Santa Barbara bursts with flavor this October during the first annual epicure.sb: a month to savor santa barbara. The 31-day, community-wide culinary extravaganza features food and drink festivals, cooking classes, winemaker dinners, seasonal menus, book signings, epicurean-inspired art exhibits and many more tasty opportunities to sip and savor the bounty of The American Riviera. The region’s top restaurants, wineries, gourmet purveyors and gall...
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| 05.01.07 |
Santa Barbara is more than eye candy. The region’s deep agricultural roots, boutique purveyors and local specialties attract foodies from around the world, as the culinary tourism niche market explodes. From picking blackberries and diving for lobster to harvesting lavender and crushing grapes, visitors have taken to the fields, groves and farms to savor our regional flavors and learn how to eat like “locavores”. Tap into cooking classes, legen...
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| 04.07.08 |
Demystify the Locavore Lifestyle and Learn How to Eat “Green” While Tasting Your Way Through the American Riviera
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| 01.01.08 |
With environmental sustainability moving to the forefront of national awareness, the Santa Barbara Conference & Visitors Bureau and Film Commission (SBCVB&FC) and Simple Shoes (a Santa Barbara-based brand) are pleased to present www.GreenSantaBarbara.com, a fun, informative, Earth-friendly web site that serves as a comprehensive guide to all things green here on the American Riviera.
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| 12.12.05 |
Any winemaker worth his toasty oak will tell you that great wine presupposes great grapes. And a prerequisite for great grapes is that the elements of terroir – geography, topography, sun, rain, temperature and soil type among them – align in a rare and highly favorably way. In Santa Barbara County, the elements are literally aligned to inspire.
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| 01.24.07 |
Every region has its stash of great roadside eateries, places locals haunt and tourists hanker for. These sleeves-up, non-franchised, no-reservations outposts are driven by cooks, bakers and pit-masters who are true Americana folk artists, preserving regional cuisine infused with a dash of local color. In Santa Barbara, the area’s rich and diverse agricultural and culinary roots run deep – as does the devotion of local chefs helming the stoves. F...
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| 12.12.05 |
It’s a wrap! Film tours are a hot ticket these days and the price is right for the new “Sideways, The Map” spotlighting 18 locations from the Oscar®-winning Fox Searchlight feature film Sideways. The film is based in Santa Barbara County’s burgeoning wine country and many local wineries and locations are named in the beautifully shot film. Ideal for the avid oenophile or day-tripper on a trek for trivia, this four-color glossy guide links the do...
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