Track back to when we first moved to Santa Barbara: Mike and I decided to go check out some of Santa Barbara County's wineries.  We drove up and down the winding path in the middle of nowhere, checking out the scenery and checking out all the tasting rooms.  We were almost ready to head back, but I saw a sign for Riverbench and then checked my handy, dandy Foxen Canyon Road winery trail map and noticed that this particular winery wasn't listed.  Being a curious person, I told Mike that we needed to go check it out.  Riverbench is located towards the end of the wine trail and unfortunately, is not on the map.  But just as most things in life, you have to look hard for the worthwhile  :)  

Fast forward 4-5 months later and we are hooked.  We absolutely love going to Riverbench and not because we are wine thirsty, but because of how we are treated when we arrive.  The girls behind the counter; Carlin, Jackie and others treat us (US!?) like celebrities when we walk in the door and being that hams (uh, I mean, grown-ups with a capital G) that we are...we bask in the glow of celebrity-ism!  I've been rolling these thoughts over and over in my mind the past few days, because we were at Riverbench this past Saturday for their release of their limited edition Rose and I can't stop thinking about their stellar customer service and the experience of just being on their property.  

As a business owner myself, this is something that I pay attention to and is important to me as well as my clients.  I am always willing to spend more money and time on something if the customer service is above and beyond and my hope is that my brides feel the same way  :)

Here a few photos of some of the wines we have sampled from them...I went to take a few shots and ended up having a full fledged photo shoot with the bottles...geez!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend  :)