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'Sideways' sites include wineries, restaurants

Here are details for many of the key locations featured in "Sideways." Phone numbers are in the 805 area code.

Wineries

  • Blackjack Ranch Vineyards & Winery, 2205 Alamo Pintado Road, Solvang. 686-4492. http://www.blackjackranch.com. Tasting-room hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays through Mondays. Tasting fees are $10 for a "reserve mega-tasting" of 11 wines on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, $6 for tastings of five or six wines on Thursdays and Mondays.


  • Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard, 6200 Foxen Canyon Road, Los Olivos. 688-1545. http://www.fessparker.com. Tasting room hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tasting fee, $7, includes a logo glass.


  • Firestone Vineyard, 5000 Zaca Station Road, Los Olivos. 688-3940. http://www.firestonewine.com. Tasting room hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tours are offered on the quarter hour from 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. Tasting fee, $7, includes logo glass and tastings at neighboring Curtis Winery.


  • Foxen Vineyard, 7200 Foxen Canyon Road, Santa Maria. 937-4251. Tasting-room hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays; call ahead for weekday hours. Tasting fee, $3 or $5 depending on wines selected, includes a glass.


  • Kalyra Winery, 343 N. Refugio Road, Santa Ynez. 693-8864. http://www.kalyrawinery.com. Tasting room hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Tasting fee, $5, includes a logo glass.


  • Sanford Winery & Vineyards, 7250 Santa Rosa Road, Buellton. 688-3300. http://www.sanfordwinery.com. Tasting room hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, except major holidays. Tasting fee, $5, applied toward purchase.

Restaurants

  • AJSpurs, 350 E. Highway 246, Buellton. 686-1655. Dinner served 5 to 9:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 4 to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.


  • The Hitching Post II, 406 E. Highway 246, Buellton. 688-0676. http://www.hitchingpost2.com. Open for wine tasting at 4 p.m. daily; dinner served 5 to 9:30 p.m.


  • Los Olivos Cafe, 2879 Grand Ave., Los Olivos. 688-7265. http://www.losolivoscafe.com. Lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, appetizers from 3 to 5 p.m. daily, dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. daily. Wine tasting from 11:30 a.m. daily, $10, including glass. Wednesday-night tastings with winemakers, $10.


  • Solvang Restaurant, 1672 Copenhagen Drive, Solvang. 688-4645. http://www.solvangrestaurant.com. Open 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Other attractions

  • Gaviota State Park, Highway 101 about 30 miles north of Santa Barbara. 968-1033. http://www.parks.ca.gov. Day-use hours are 7 a.m. to sunset; $8 per vehicle. Camp sites available on first-come, first-serve basis, $16 or $21 per night.


  • Lompoc Farmers Market, Ocean Avenue and H Street, Lompoc. 459-6050. Market moves one block to I Street during winter hours, 2 to 5 p.m. Fridays.


  • Ocean Lanes, 1420 E. Ocean Ave., Lompoc. 736-4541. Cosmic bowling 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Call for weekday hours.


  • Ostrich Land, 610 E. Highway 246, Buellton. 686-9696. http://www.ostrichland.com. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.


  • River Course at The Alisal, 150 Alisal Road, Solvang. 688-6042. http://www.rivercourse.com. Open 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. Greens fees are $50 Mondays through Fridays, $60 Saturdays and Sundays, and $39 after 2:30 p.m. daily.


  • Days Inn Windmill, 114 E. Highway 246, Buellton. 688-8448. http://www.daysinn-solvang.com. Room with two double beds, $70 to $160 depending on the season.


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