Ken Brown Wines

This is an OK tasting room, a bit dull though modern in a not pretty area. Rather expensive pour for OK wines. Amber is reasonably engaging.

Great tasting wines especially if you love Pinots like I do. All of the tastings were very good. Lori was very friendly and informative. Would highly recommend these amazing wines. I ended up joining the wine club because all of them were delicious.

The smallest pours imaginable, stale wine, tasting staff that offered no information on the wine production method, and a tasting room that still smells like latex paint and office carpet. We were shocked at how little we were poured, perhaps ½ an ounce or less. In addition to that, we visited on a Saturday and the wines tasted and smelled like they had been open since Wednesday. Our first visit to Ken Brown wines shortly after they opened a year or so ago was not memorable but we thought we’d try it a second time. This visit was very memorable for the wrong reasons. I would recommend people try other tasting rooms that are trying harder to offer their customer an educational and uplifting experience. This place is dull and ruined our otherwise wonderful day.

Here’s the deal. Your mother probably always told you that you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover, right? Well, come here so you can tell your mother you learned your lesson.
Pulling up, I wasn’t really expecting a whole heck of a lot. I mean, it just didn’t look like much. And then, I went inside and tried the wine. Boy did I feel badly for messing up that life lesson.
Anyway, if you’re in this area because of Sideways, and your love of Pinot Noir you won’t be disappointed. Bonus — it’s not too far from the Hitching Post so you can double down on your Pinot Noir love.

My Pinot Noir loving son-​in-​law was not impressed by the Ken Brown Santa Barbara County Pinot Noir that I had purchased a few years ago. Then, someone told me that the harder to get Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir was significantly better. After tasting and buying it, I brought a bottle over for one of the family birthday parties and my son-​in-​law liked it very much. This tasting room in Buellton was opened only a couple of years ago. Finally a place that you can taste all of the different Ken Brown wines even if the location on Highway 246 is not great. The 2012 Santa Rita Hills Pinot Noir for $ 42 was very good as usual. Some more pricier Pinot Noir wines were also very good but over my price limit. The $ 15 tasting fee was waived with the purchase of two bottles. Very good service.

Great winery on Hwy 246. Specializes in limited production Pinot Noir but also makes a good Chardonnay and Syrah. The tasting room is well appointed and they even have cork floors. The staff is very knowledgeable and ready to help educate on wine and the area. This is a don’t miss destination point while in Buellton.

If you like Pinot, a stop to visit Ken is a must. It won’t be scenic, it won’t be trendy, it will just be all about the pinot. If you’re lucky, Ken might be there and if he is, you’ll learn something new and fall in love with the Santa Rita Hills. The wine here isn’t cheap but well worth the money spent as they just keep getting better with time. If you are passing through and want to break away from the fray (and drink red, sometimes there is a rose here but rarely) pop on in!

Phenomenal wines, wine pourer was awesome, bought several bottles, some for a special occasion.

I have never had a Ken Brown wine that was not great. Everyone I know loves the wine and of course Ken is a legend who lives up to all the stories. Ken is in the tasting room often so hopefully you are lucky enough to taste with him. I love Santa Barbara wine country because you can still taste with the legends. More than once I have had a dinner party just with all of Ken’s pinots. I also drink them whenever I feel like it as they are very affordable given that nothing was spared in their making and they are from the top vineyards around. I just had the 2011 La Encantada last night and had to Unilocal about it. The tasting room is nice and comfortable with great parking right at the gateway to the Sta Rita Hills — a great first stop on the way into Pinotland

A bit of mixed bag in my opinion, but probably worth a visit given the quality of the wines and Ken Brown’s reputation. The wines were very good, with a nice mix of Chardonnays and Pinots from Santa Rita and Santa Marie that illustrated differences in climate and terrroir. In addition, the staff in the tasting room were very knowledgeable, well informed and clearly interested in wine which greatly enhanced the experience. The downside for me, price $ 15 for a flight with pretty short pours seems a bit steep and the location. There’s not much wine country vibe happening with generic building on a corner lot in the middle of Buellton.

Love Ken and Deb! His knowledge and experience surpass all others in this area and his pinots are proof! Plus, they’re such genuinely nice people.