![]() ![]() ![]() I usually end up becoming a member for great deals of future purchases. The single gals seem to gravitate to the bar/ farmhouse while families spread out all over the grounds… Its hard not to enjoy sitting back in an old vintage Adirondack chair, surrounded by furniture that looks like it fell out of a Martha Stewart ad for country living at its best!Īll in all, this is my favorite place to enjoy a wine tasting (or bottle purchase). How does Lisa do it? I am always meaning to thank her when I see her around town, as all my girlfriends are. The bartenders at Malibu Wines there are informative, happy in what they do and oddly always good looking. Many a night I sat at the bar at the Sunset restaurant enjoying their house wine, Semler. Semler wines is their entry level wine at a more affordable price while Malibu Family Wines are a more boutique selection for a more discerning palate. So once you are done touring the north 40, grab your picnic blanket, a few snacks and settle out on the lawn and listen to some live music while sipping ( gulping in some cases) the many levels of wines they have to offer. This winery also has a basic friday night ho- down during the summer months. She knew this because she was sleeping IN the car at the time! Long Story….The Semler family opens up their property to many school and social functions and often times they end with Malibu high school seniors sleeping over in their cars to awaken to strange bedfellows, Zebras, different types of Camels, Bison, Emu, Ostridges, Giraffe, and Oxen to name a few. Once my daughter went to a sleep over at the Semler estate and woke up to find a zebra licking her car window. ![]() You see, they have a mini zoo on their property, have for quite a while. And that is of not only grapes and lovely rolling hills but exotic animals as well. They offer a wine safari complete with ride in a rustic jeeps, with elevated benches on expanded truck beds to take in the entire effect. It seems, in addition to the many varietals of grapes, there comes a variety of how to enjoy them.īelow is a list of my favorites ,each for unique reasons that they all make work! Malibu Wines/ Semler Family Wines Not here in the laid back hills of Malibu. Now when I say gimmick, I mean an original way to get you to chose there winery over the one down the road! I mean, a wine tasting is a wine tasting, lots of flights of wines, a cracker or two and done. Whats even more less known is the fact that almost each winery has a gimmick. This turned out to be a winning prospect for them as they now have many wonderful red and whites for both private and public consumption .In past years Malibu has become an extreme hot spot for wineries. The property is owned by the Semler family and their original dream was to farm avocados but they kept freezing over so in 1994 they decide to take a risk and grow grapes. He’s so friendly and ate right out of the palm of my hand. You’ll make several great stops to take in the scenery, taste local wines and get up close and personal with exotic animals like zebras, camels, alpaca, bison along with the local celebrity “Stanley” the giraffe □ who starred in Hangover 3. This unique estate is also home to exotic animals which are spread throughout the 1,100 acres of rolling hills enclosed with white picket fences From the moment I jumped up on their large open air custom safari vehicle for the tour, I knew I was in for a fun ride. Nestled in the mountains of Malibu lies a beautiful vineyard in Saddlerock Ranch.
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