It’s the week beginning June 23, 2025.

Cristaldi’s Santa Barbara County wines and wineries report is hot off the press, with a stunning display of wines from 2019, 2020, many 2021 and 2022 releases, a large amount of 2023s, and some 2024s. Many absolutely brilliant wines worth seeking out, including an absolutely perfect, 100-point Radian Vineyard Pinot from The Hilt. 

👉 Check it out.

Coming up: What to buy and drink from Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and the Finger Lakes. 

And keep scrolling for Cristaldi’s Crush podcast episodes with Rebekah Wineburg of Quintessa in Napa, and Desmond “Des” Echavarrie, MS of St. Helena-based Scale Wine Group, and Dragonette’s Brandon Sparks-Gillis. We’re in production for our first video podcast episodes, which will debut this summer!