About Us

Wine & Dine Santa Barbara is a quarterly magazine that aims to highlight the best places to find awesome wine and great food in Santa Barbara County.

We could write about wine and food so that only the snootiest of oenophiles and most highbrowed of foodies understand it. But we leave that to our competition. And we could charge for our publication. But we don’t. We, as hungry and thirsty lovers of the culinary wealth that Santa Barbara has to offer, would rather present news, reviews and points of view in down-to-earth and user-friendly fashion.

The ads in our magazine are more than mere necessity. Sure, we need sponsors to help keep Wine & Dine a no-cost publication. But truth be told, the publishers and editors of this magazine are avid fans and frequent patrons of each of the restaurants, wineries and businesses featured in our magazine. If we didn’t believe in the caliber and commitment of the business owners we partner with to put out Wine & Dine each quarter, they wouldn’t grace our pages. Simple as that.

We are proud to point out that Wine & Dine is a family endeavor. The publishers, the Isings and the Saglies, are two families brought together by marriage (not to mention an uncanny mutual love for anything that tastes good and makes people come together around the dinner table). And the editor, Gabe Saglie, has spent much of his journalism career in TV, radio and print highlighting the vintners and chefs of California’s Central Coast (despite the extra pounds, which he calls “research collateral”).

So we thank you for checking out our website and supporting our business partners. There’s plenty of amazing food and wine to go around in Santa Barbara County. Thanks for making us your guide.