California’s Santa Ynez Valley is the heart of Santa Barbara County white wine country. It lies about 125 miles up the Pacific Ocean coast from Los Angeles and 35 miles inland from Santa Barbara’s beaches. The valley includes six neighborhoods, one of which is Santa Ynez, whose postal code 93460 has the most costly wine-country property in the U.S., according to Realtor.com. (News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal, also runs Realtor.com under license from the National Association of Realtors.) Santa Ynez is a sophisticated cowboy town with a population of 4,505, according to census information. People gravitate to the location for its open areas, broad views and big lots, where ranch land, equestrian estates and vineyard properties are set together with a vibrant wine-and-food scene throughout the valley.
News, reviews and more!
