Tasting Notes: 

This 2020 Santa Barbara County Dry Riesling is bright, crisp and refreshing. This is not a sweet Riesling, instead it’s bursting with tart citrus, fresh herbs and zippy acidity. It is produced with hand harvested, organically farmed grapes and fermented with indigenous yeasts. 

Lo-Fi Wines: 

Lo-Fi Wines is partnership between two life long friends who believe in hand crafted honest wines that are made for everyday drinking. Wines to be enjoyed, not collected and that is a sentiment that we can stand behind.

Riesling: 

This German grape is considered by many to be one of the most unique white varietals in the world, though it has yet to reach the same popularity in America as it has in Europe. Riesling can range anywhere from a light bone-dry white with an alcohol level somewhere around 8 percent to a beautifully thick sweet dessert wine. It is a wine with a huge richness of flavor and fruit that is complemented by an intense acidity. Riesling is a beautifully balanced wine but it is also extremely temperamental. It needs to be planted in optimum conditions to produce such a flavorful yet delicate wine.

Santa Barbara County Wines: 

Santa Barbara Wine Country sits in a unique East-West oriented mountain range, one of only a handful like it in the world. This unique situation on the coast means that the mountains full in the cool ocean breezes from the pacific to this inland wine region and allows for cool climate grapes to thrive in what would otherwise be a very warm region. Santa Barbara is home to 283 wineries across 7 officially recognized AVAs (American Viticulture Areas) and the top planted varieties are Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah and Sauvignon Blanc.

Food & Wine Pairing: 

Riesling, dry or sweet, is such a food friendly grape! Riesling is a great counterbalance to rich salty meat or any dish with aromatic spices. It is even one of the few wines that can hold its own with eggs. Light, dry Rieslings are bright and refreshing and are lovely with lighter fishes and any dish where their acidity can liven up its flavors the same way a squeeze of lemon or lime would.