🎨🍷 IN THE FIELD ARTIST SERIES

Inside the Studio: An Afternoon with Paulo Lima

Art • Identity • Ancestry • Materials • Conversation

Sunday, November 1, 2026 | 12:00 PM
📍 Paulo Lima's Santa Barbara Studio

🍷 Meet me for wine, art, exploration & conversation.

Art looks different when you encounter it where it's actually made.

For this edition of our In the Field Artist Series, we're leaving Los Alamos behind and heading to Santa Barbara for an intimate visit with artist Paulo Lima inside his working studio.

Paulo is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice moves among sculpture, painting, photography and ceramics. Originally from Brazil, he holds a PhD in Theater and Performance Studies from UCLA and an MFA in Costume Design from Cal State Long Beach, and teaches at Loyola Marymount University and Cal Poly Pomona. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in California and New Mexico. Blueprint Bricks Website

But this isn't a lecture.

It's an invitation into the artist's world.

🖌️ What we'll explore

With a glass of wine in hand, we'll spend time with Paulo, see his work where it comes to life, and talk about the ideas and experiences that inform his creative practice.

🌎 Art + Identity — How Paulo's Brazilian heritage, lived experience and evolving identities find their way into his work.

🧬 Art + Ancestry — Paulo describes his art as a way of connecting with his ancestors and paying homage to the cultures that have shaped him. Blueprint Bricks Website

🎭 Art + Performance — With an academic background in theater, performance studies and costume design, Paulo brings an unusually interdisciplinary perspective to visual art. ExpertFile

🪨 Materials + Transformation — Painting. Ceramics. Sculpture. Photography. Found and recycled materials. Paulo works across mediums rather than allowing a single one to define his practice. Blueprint Bricks Website

♻️ Beauty + Second Lives — Recycled materials appear throughout his work, giving discarded objects new lives and allowing him to explore what he calls the circularity of beauty. Blueprint Bricks Website

💭 Race, Gender, Sexuality + Immigration — We'll explore how art can become a place for conversations about identity, belonging and the forces that shape how we see ourselves and one another. Blueprint Bricks Website

👨‍🎨 The Artist at Work — What changes when we experience artwork not on a pristine gallery wall, but surrounded by the materials, unfinished ideas and creative experiments of the person making it?

✨ This is what In the Field is all about.

Not simply looking at art.

Meeting the people who make it.
Going into the places where ideas become objects.
Asking questions.
Looking more closely.
And discovering what we might have missed if we'd simply walked past the finished piece hanging on a wall.

Paulo has described his Santa Barbara studio as a “sacred place” where the materials around him often inspire what he creates next. Santa Maria Sun

On November 1, we get to step inside it.

Come curious.

We'll bring the wine. 🍷🎨

🎨🍷 IN THE FIELD ARTIST SERIES

📅 Sunday, November 1, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM
📍 Paulo Lima's Studio • Santa Barbara, CA

Wine • Art • Exploration • Conversation

Meet Paulo Lima & explore his work

Just one night before Halloween...

Los Alamos is giving up its ghosts. 👻

We all know the Los Alamos of today—wine, food, historic storefronts, old ranches, a legendary saloon or two, and plenty of colorful characters.

But what about the Los Alamos that came before us?

Join us for a deliciously spooky Halloween-weekend edition of our Speaker Series as Solvang Walking Tours takes us into the darker corners of our little town's past with Haunted Stories of Los Alamos.

Expect an evening where local history meets mystery, as we explore the stories, legends, unexplained happenings, and lingering questions that accumulate in a town with more than a century of history behind it.

🏚️ What stories are hidden inside some of Los Alamos' oldest buildings?

👻 Which local tales have been whispered from one generation to the next?

🕯️ Are there places in town where the past doesn't feel quite so...past?

🍺 And really—we have to ask—what about those stories surrounding our historic hotels, saloons, historic buildings, and gathering places?

Throughout the evening, we'll explore:

When should you be concerned about memory loss—and when is forgetfulness simply a normal part of aging?

Join us for an enlightening and practical evening with Ed Chambliss, an accomplished marketing strategist, researcher, author, and advocate for brain health who serves on the leadership team of the American Memory Loss Foundation. Through his work, Ed is passionate about helping individuals and families better understand memory, recognize potential warning signs, and feel more confident navigating conversations about cognitive health.

This engaging presentation will explore how memory actually works, what changes are considered a normal part of aging, and when it may be time to seek a professional evaluation. Whether you're concerned about your own memory or that of a parent, spouse, family member, or friend, you'll leave with practical tools you can begin using right away.

During this Speaker Series, Ed will discuss:

Two Baking Brits. Six autumn-inspired courses. Clementine Carter wines.

This is going to be one delicious Sunday evening.

Join Sonja Magdevski of Clementine Carter Winesand Two Baking Brits — chefs Pascale Beale and Sandra Adu Zelli — for an intimate winemaker dinner celebrating the very best of the season.

The evening brings together Pascale of Pascale's Kitchen and Sandra of Gipsy Hill Bakery, whose Two Baking Brits collaborations have become an opportunity to gather around the table for thoughtfully prepared food, beautiful ingredients, and wonderfully convivial evenings.

For this special dinner, the chefs are creating a six-course, autumn-inspired tasting menu, with each course accompanied by wines from Clementine Carter.

Expect an evening filled with:

Join us for a special retrospective exploration of Sta. Rita Hills Grenache, tracing nearly a decade of vintages — and experiencing the wine at three very different moments in its life.

🍷 2016–2024 — Taste Grenache in bottle
🛢️ 2025 — Experience the developing vintage straight from barrel
🍇 2026 — Go all the way back to the beginning with grapes still on the vine

Taste how vintage, time, and winemaking shape Grenache as it moves from vine → barrel → bottle.

Midlife isn't the beginning of the end.

It can be the beginning of your most authentic chapter.

Join us for an uplifting evening with Leanne Elliott, founder of Living Wellness Muse, as she explores how energy healing, intuitive guidance, and mindful self-discovery can help us navigate life's transitions with greater clarity, balance, and purpose.

Whether you're experiencing the shifts of midlife, searching for deeper meaning, recovering from burnout, or simply feeling called to reconnect with yourself, Leanne offers a compassionate perspective on finding wellness from the inside out.

During this inspiring Speaker Series, Leanne will explore:

What does the 2026 Sta. Rita Hills harvest actually look, smell, and taste like while it’s happening?

Join us for a special Winery Sensory Experience exploring this year’s harvest through the senses. Get a closer look at the winemaking process and experience the aromas, flavors, textures, and transformations that turn freshly harvested grapes into wine.

Whether you’re a serious wine lover or simply curious about what happens between vineyard and bottle, this is a chance to experience harvest from a whole new perspective.

🇫🇷 Burgundy's "other" white grape is having a moment.

Most wine drinkers know Burgundy for Chardonnay.

But quietly growing alongside it for centuries has been another white grape—one that's bright, fresh, high in acidity, wonderfully food-friendly and increasingly capturing the attention of adventurous winemakers:

Aligoté.

For the next installment of The Beauty & The Bounty: A to Z Wine Variety Educational Series, we're devoting the evening to this fascinating, often overlooked grape—and tasting what happens when Aligoté travels from its historic Burgundian roots to Santa Barbara County and beyond.

And this time, we'll have a winemaker at the table who can tell us exactly what that looks like here at home.

🍷 Meet Winemaker Axel Kleemeier…

Sip some wine, pick up a paintbrush, and get a little wild with us! 🐆🐅🦓

Join @ARTBOYTROY for a fun, relaxed Sip & Paint evening inspired by animal prints. No painting experience necessary — just come ready to create, sip, and have a good time.

$35 per person includes your canvas and paints.
🍷 Wine available for purchase from Clementine Carter Wines.

Check out Troy's work:
@ARTBOYTROY on Instagram
ARTBOYTROY on Etsy

Thursday night plans = handled. 🎨 + 🍷 + 🐆

📩 RSVP to Sonja: sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Vineyard bathing at Robert Rae Ranch
Walking rows, swallowing epic views, feet in the soil, touching vines, tasting wines.

There is a profound difference between tasting a wine and standing in the place where it begins.

Join winemaker Sonja Magdevski for one of our most beloved and immersive member experiences: Taste the Landscape.

This exclusive vineyard tour invites guests beyond the bottle and into the vineyards themselves, offering a rare opportunity to walk the land, meet the vines, and experience firsthand the places that shape the wines of Clementine Carter.

Throughout the afternoon, Sonja will guide members through the vineyards from which she sources her fruit, sharing stories of farming, terroir, vintage variation, and the relationships that have been cultivated over decades of winemaking.

Guests can expect:

Turning 65? Already enrolled in Medicare? Helping a parent or loved one navigate their healthcare options?

Understanding Medicare can feel overwhelming—but it doesn't have to be.

Join us for an informative and easy-to-understand evening with Cheryl Canty, an independent Medicare Insurance Advisor who has dedicated her career to helping individuals confidently navigate one of the most important healthcare decisions they'll ever make.

Because Cheryl is independent and works with virtually every Medicare insurance provider in Santa Barbara County, her goal isn't to sell one particular plan—it's to help people understand how Medicare works so they can make informed decisions based on their own healthcare needs, prescriptions, lifestyle, and budget.

During this Speaker Series, Cheryl will discuss:

What happens when contemporary art moves out of the traditional gallery—and into the field?

Join us for National Chain + Jiu Jitsu, a special installation presented as part of In the Field, the artist series hosted by Monique van Genderen at her MVG Social Practice Gallery in Lompoc.

For this iteration, internationally recognized artists Rita McBride and Glen Rubsamen join van Genderen in a series of collaborative interventions that respond directly to the gallery's unusual setting: an artist-run alleyway space where art encounters the architecture, materials, signage, systems, and visual language of everyday commercial and public life.

Rather than separating art from the world around it, National Chain + Jiu Jitsu plays with the very things we use to construct and organize that world.

The result invites us to look differently at objects and environments we might otherwise pass without a second thought.

Expect an evening exploring:

What makes the Santa Ynez Valley one of California's most beloved destinations—and how do we share its story with the world?

Join us for an engaging evening with Shelby Sim, President & CEO of Visit the Santa Ynez Valley, the nonprofit destination marketing organization dedicated to promoting the communities of Ballard, Buellton, Los Alamos, Los Olivos, Santa Ynez, and Solvang as a world-class travel destination. Shelby has spent more than a decade leading the organization's efforts to strengthen sustainable tourism, support local businesses, and showcase everything that makes the Santa Ynez Valley so extraordinary.

Whether you've lived here your entire life or recently discovered the Valley's charm, this presentation offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to inspire visitors from around the globe to experience our unique corner of California.

During this Speaker Series, Shelby will explore:

We’re thinking about starting something new around the Clementine Carter table — and first, we want to know:

WHO WANTS TO JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB? 📖

The Clementine Carter Book Club would bring together readers, wine lovers, curious minds, and great conversationalists for Thursday evenings of books, wine, ideas, debate, laughter, and connection.

And yes — men AND women are absolutely invited!

In fact, Sonja already has a question for you…

🤔 MEN READ NON-FICTION. WOMEN READ FICTION. TRUE OR FALSE?

It’s often said that men tend to gravitate toward non-fiction while women are more likely to read fiction.

But is that actually true around our table?

What do YOU read?

📖 Novels?
🌎 History?
🧠 Psychology?
🍷 Food & wine?
✈️ Travel & adventure?
🔬 Science?
🎨 Art & culture?
🕵️ Mysteries?
📝 Memoirs & biographies?
💡 Big ideas and books that make you see the world differently?

Maybe the most interesting book club is one where we don't all reach for the same shelf.

🍷📚 WHAT WE'RE ENVISIONING

Thursday evenings | 5:30–7:00 PM
📍 Clementine Carter Wines Tasting Room | Los Alamos

A relaxed gathering where the book gives us somewhere to begin — but the conversation can take us anywhere.

Read something you might never have chosen yourself.

Hear an interpretation you hadn't considered.

Disagree with someone — pleasantly. 😉

Discover a new author.

Pour a glass of wine. Order something from Babi’s Kafana.

And spend an evening talking about something other than what you watched on your phone that day.

📅 IMPORTANT: WE DON'T HAVE A START DATE YET!

Right now, we're gathering interest.

If we get a quorum — Sonja's word! 😂 — we'll bring our inaugural group together, choose our first book, establish the schedule, and send everyone the details.

So if you see Clementine Carter Book Club listed on a particular Thursday on our events calendar, please don't assume that's our first meeting.

🀄🍷 MAHJONG MONDAYS 🍷🀄

LEARN TO PLAY AMERICAN MAHJONG AT CLEMENTINE CARTER

Curious about Mahjong? This is your invitation to finally learn!

We’re bringing something brand new to the Clementine Carter Wines Tasting Room in Los Alamos:

🀄 MAHJONG MONDAYS!

Whether you've watched friends play and wondered what on earth all those beautiful tiles mean, have always wanted to learn, or simply love the idea of discovering something new over a glass of wine — we're putting together our first private beginner Mahjong class.

And we're keeping it small.

✨ JUST 8 SPOTS AVAILABLE

Our inaugural group will learn from Kiki Wells, a longtime American Mahjong teacher, in a relaxed, intimate setting designed specifically for beginners.

No experience necessary.

No need to know a Bam from a Dot. 😉

Just bring your curiosity and we'll take it from there.

🀄 YOUR MAHJONG COURSE

$250 per person

Your private beginner series includes:

🀄 6 two-hour lessons
📅 Classes twice a week
🕔 Evening sessions beginning at 5:00 PM
👩‍🏫 Taught by longtime American Mahjong teacher Kiki Wells
🍷 Hosted at the Clementine Carter Wines Tasting Room in Los Alamos
👥 Limited to just 8 participants

Over six lessons, you'll begin learning the tiles, terminology, rules, strategy, and rhythm of American Mahjong — with plenty of time to practice, ask questions, and get comfortable around the table.

Because Mahjong isn't just a game.

It's strategy. It's tradition. It's a little bit addictive. And perhaps best of all, it's an excuse to gather around a table with other people. 🀄❤️

📅 SO...WHEN DO WE START?

That's up to you!

We're gathering our first group of interested players now. Once we have enough interest, we'll coordinate dates and get our first six-lesson series on the calendar.

So if you've ever said…

“I really want to learn Mahjong!”

This is your sign. 🀄

Wine. Food. Art. Los Angeles.

Clementine Carter Wines is heading to LA for a very special evening at LULU, the acclaimed restaurant located in the courtyard of the Hammer Museum.

LULU was founded by legendary chef Alice Waters and longtime collaborator David Tanis with a philosophy that feels particularly at home alongside Clementine Carter: beautiful ingredients, thoughtful sourcing, seasonality, and a deep respect for where food comes from. Its daily-changing menus are built around produce from regenerative and organic farms and prepared in an open kitchen overlooking the restaurant's garden.

For one evening, that philosophy meets the wines of Clementine Carter.

Join Sonja Magdevski for an intimate wine dinner pairing Clementine Carter wines with a special LULU menu—an opportunity to experience what happens when wine and food are considered together, each bringing something new out of the other.

Expect an evening of:

Join us for an inspiring evening with representatives from the NatureTrack Film Festival, a unique Central Coast celebration of films that explore nature, conservation, outdoor adventure, and our relationship with the natural world.

Based right here on the Central Coast, NatureTrack Film Festival curates powerful storytelling through documentary and narrative films that spark curiosity, environmental awareness, and meaningful dialogue.

During this special Speaker Series event, guests can expect to learn about:

Before Chardonnay became synonymous with white Burgundy, there was another grape quietly growing alongside it.

Aligoté.

Bright. Fresh. Mineral. Often wonderfully savory. And increasingly finding its way into the hands of adventurous winemakers far beyond its Burgundian roots—including right here in Santa Barbara wine country.

For the inaugural tasting in The Beauty & The Bounty: A to Z Wine Type Educational Series, we're beginning exactly where we should:

A is for Aligoté.

Join Sonja Magdevski for an afternoon devoted entirely to discovering this fascinating white grape through the best possible kind of education:

Tasting it.

We'll travel from Santa Barbara County to beyond, tasting Aligoté through different places and producers and exploring what happens when the same grape is interpreted through different soils, climates, winemaking decisions, and points of view.

Along the way, we'll discover:

Strong communities aren't built by chance—they're built by people who care.

Join us for an inspiring evening with Jenifer Sanregret of People Helping People (PHP), a nonprofit organization that has been serving the Santa Ynez Valley for more than three decades by helping local individuals and families achieve stability, independence, and hope through comprehensive support services.

From financial assistance and emergency services to workforce development, food security, youth programs, and family resources, People Helping People works every day to ensure that no one in our community has to face life's challenges alone.

During this Speaker Series, Jenifer will share:

What separates a perfectly balanced cocktail from a glass of booze, juice, and good intentions?

Come find out.

Join us for a spirited evening with the team behind Rock 12 Distillery, Santa Barbara County's farm-to-glass distillery nestled along the Sta. Rita Hills Wine Trail, as we learn the secrets behind one of life's great pleasures:

A really, really good cocktail.

Founded by Sarah and Marko Suput, Rock 12 has a story almost as interesting as what's in the glass. Marko comes from generations of Serbian distillers, and the distillery's copper pot still was handmade by a master craftsman in Serbia before making its way to California.

Sarah and Marko took that Old World tradition and gave it a distinctly Santa Barbara County identity—planting an orchard and creating small-batch spirits from locally grown fruit.

And now they're coming to Los Alamos to teach us how to put those spirits to very good use.

During this lively Speaker Series, we'll explore:

Good wine. Great friends. A little friendly competition.

Join host Tara Howard for Think Fast, Sip Slow, Clementine Carter Wines' monthly trivia night where curiosity is rewarded, laughter is encouraged, and there's always something new to discover. Whether you're here to dominate the leader-board or simply enjoy a glass of wine with friends, every month brings a fresh theme, interactive mini-games, music, and plenty of surprises.

This month's challenge asks one very important question...

🎒 Are You Smarter Than Your Younger Self?

Remember when you could recite all fifty states, identify every planet, solve long division, and name the bones in the human body... all without Google?

Let's find out how much of that knowledge is still tucked away in your brain!

We'll revisit the subjects you learned in elementary and middle school—with a few high school curveballs thrown in for good measure. Some questions will have you confidently shouting the answer (don’t do that)... while others will leave you saying, "I KNOW I learned that!"

Whether you were the teacher's pet, the class clown, captain of the quiz bowl, or simply excelled at recess, this evening is all about laughing, learning, and discovering that your younger self may have been paying more attention than you remember.

📚 Trivia Rounds Include:

What if changing the world didn't begin with someone else?

What if it began with you?

Join award-winning author, inspirational speaker, advocate, and founder of Inspired 101, Debbie Jenae, for an uplifting evening based on her inspiring book, 101 Ways to WOW Our World.

Through personal stories, practical wisdom, and an unwavering belief in the potential of every individual, Debbie invites us to shift our focus from fear and discouragement toward hope, possibility, and positive action. Her message is simple yet profound: every one of us has the ability to create meaningful change—one thoughtful choice at a time.

During this inspiring Speaker Series, Debbie will explore:

What if losing almost everything became the beginning of building the life you'd always dreamed of?

Join us for an inspiring evening with Betty Seaman, natural builder, educator, mentor, and longtime advocate for sustainable living, as she shares her extraordinary journey from surviving in a tent with her young family to creating a thriving homestead built almost entirely by hand.

In 2001, Betty, her husband, and their three young children found themselves living on raw land with little more than determination, a small inheritance, and a dream. With no construction experience—and not even enough money to purchase a trailer—Betty borrowed money to attend a six-day workshop with renowned cob-building pioneer Ianto Evans.

She returned home with a simple but life-changing realization:

Anyone can build.

That single lesson transformed not only her family's future but eventually the lives of hundreds of students she has since inspired around the world.

Over the following years, Betty and her family built a village of beautiful cob homes by hand. Today, those same children have grown into accomplished builders themselves, carrying forward the skills, confidence, and independence they learned from the earth beneath their feet.

During this inspiring Speaker Series, Betty will share:

Vineyard bathing at Robert Rae Ranch
Walking rows, swallowing epic views, feet in the soil, touching vines, tasting wines.

There is a profound difference between tasting a wine and standing in the place where it begins.

Join winemaker Sonja Magdevski for one of our most beloved and immersive member experiences: Taste the Landscape.

This exclusive vineyard tour invites guests beyond the bottle and into the vineyards themselves, offering a rare opportunity to walk the land, meet the vines, and experience firsthand the places that shape the wines of Clementine Carter.

Throughout the afternoon, Sonja will guide members through the vineyards from which she sources her fruit, sharing stories of farming, terroir, vintage variation, and the relationships that have been cultivated over decades of winemaking.

Guests can expect:

Few winemakers have shaped a wine region as profoundly as Greg Brewer.

Join us for a very special evening as Greg Brewer, founder and winemaker of Brewer-Clifton, Diatom, and Ex Post Facto, shares the remarkable story of his more than 30-year commitment to the Sta. Rita Hills—a region he helped map, define, establish, and elevate into one of the world's premier cool-climate wine appellations.

Hosted in conversation with his wife, Sonja Magdevski—who affectionately refers to him simply as "Cute Boy"—this intimate evening offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of California's most respected and influential winemakers.

Greg's path to wine was anything but conventional. Beginning his career as a French instructor at UC Santa Barbara, he soon discovered a passion that would define his life's work. After training in wine production at Santa Barbara Winery in 1991, he co-founded Brewer-Clifton in 1996, helped establish the Sta. Rita Hills AVA in 1997, served as founding winemaker for Melville Winery for nearly two decades, and later created Diatom, devoted to pure, site-driven Chardonnay, and Ex Post Facto, an exploration of Santa Barbara County Syrah.

Throughout his career, Greg has remained unwavering in his philosophy that great wines should faithfully express the vineyards from which they come.

As Greg explains:

"Each specific winery strives to harness our appellations with the utmost transparency in their own unique style. This objective is to offer the most relevant voice of our estates. While the three labels are corralled by my name, their outcome is ultimately the result of our entire Team whose devotion to every step of the process informs, motivates and inspires."

During this special Speaker Series conversation, Greg will share: