Santa Barbara's Best

We're honored to have been voted "Best Wine Shop" for the last four years by readers of John Dickson's Santabarbara.com website, and for the last three years in the Santa Barbara Independent's annual "Best Of" poll.

Unbeatable Service

Our staff (Bob Wesley, Victoria Newhall and Dennis Ferguson) has sixty years of combined experience in wine retailing. We taste everything we put on the shelves and we can help you find the perfect bottle for your specific needs.

We'll taste a boatload of the abhorrent and undrinkable,
so you don't have to.

We ferret out all the mediocrities to protect you from their barnyardy, acidic, fruitless assault. Shop only our chosen favorites, the good stuff: absolutely no mutts, just the pick of the litter!

Outstanding Selection

Focusing on California and the central coast, our selection of close to a thousand different bottlings runs the price gamut from under $10 all the way to the stratosphere. We have a multitude of favorites in the under $20 realm as well as an extensive inventory of rarities, cult wines and collectibles.

Plenty of space for wine,
but no room for snobbery...

At the Winehound, the search for exceptional wines crosses the globe, spans the seas, and sometimes forces us to wander to the back warehouse to see what's laying around, as we search for the best vino on the planet.


Home

Big News: The Winehound has relocated!

 

We've always dreamed of a world
with unlimited parking...

 

While it's always been energizing to be downtown near great restaurants, hotels and the general urban hubbub, we've been hunting for a new location that's easier to find, has adjacent attractions, and where you can park your vehicle without fear of the authorities gleefully leaving a $50 ticket under your windshield wiper.

We're delighted to announce that we've moved into La Cumbre Plaza as of November 15th! The official address is 3849 State Street, Suite 163. We're on the strip of storefronts across from Macy's, right between See's Candy and Chipotle. We'll be glad to make wine recommendations for chocolate truffles OR your favorite burritos...

Find us in section 1E: just check out the upper right section of this map.

We've expanded the number of wines we offer, though we are in a smaller space. The aisles are actually wider, there are now about 1000 selections, and we'll continue to search for great values as well as hard-to-find wines for any event that calls for extravagance.

Come and see us soon!