• Grab Tix: "Artiste" Wine Tasting Comes to Laguna

  • Feb 17 2025
  • Length: 53 mins
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Grab Tix: "Artiste" Wine Tasting Comes to Laguna

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  • Grab Tix: "Artiste" Wine Tasting Comes to Laguna

    On my “Best of Laguna Beach” show, Ruben Flores and I interviewed the Founder of Artiste Wines out of Santa Ynez in Northern Santa Barbara County. Bion Rice, the founder of this truly lovely wine, is a 5th generation winemaker after his great-great-great grandfather first got into the industry in Napa Valley in the 1890s.As we announced in yesterday’s radio show …


    Bion and his Artiste collection of wines is coming to Laguna Beach for a V.I.P. wine tasting event on Sunday, March 9th. It takes place in the first level “Parrot Room” at Mozambique between noon and 3:00.Tickets are just $50. This is NOT going to be a massively large event - it’s truly numerous tastings of Artiste wines, and one-on-one wine discussion and food pairings with one of the most unique wine brands I’ve ever known.

    The link is here:
    https://www.artiste.com/events/laguna-beach-sips-2025-artiste-wine-food-experience/

    IN THE INTERVIEW:
    Bion talks about growing up in a grape growing/winemaking family (Comparatively, Ruben and I talk about our first wine drinking experiences. NOT the same.) He mentions his family’s vineyard and the 1994 moment when he turned his attention away from being an elementary school teacher to actually walking the path of a 5th generation wine maker.We discuss the 200+ “boutique” wineries in Santa Barbara and why the growth was so expansive from the time of his family’s “Sunstone” creation, the 21st winery in the region. Bion then shares the actions he took to eventually own his own winery, “Artiste.com.”The very unusual uniqueness of Artiste wines


    Bion shares his enduring love of Impressonist art and how he’s so uniquely emulated that philosophy into his wines. This is quite an amazing story!

    Bion’s REAL reasons for coming to the art gallery mecca of Laguna Beach


    In his closing, Bion is looking to expand his artist-driven labels specifically with Laguna Beach artists. Listen in as he introduces his ideas.
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