Join us in welcoming our wonderful guide Monica Wells, a long-time crochet fanatic, as she shares her work, insights and creativity while opening up a unique perspective to this wonderful art and craft.

Monica Wells

Orcutt local

Taught crochet by grandmother at 5 years old.

Raised in a crafty home with a mother who loved to craft.

Got back into crochet during COVID and has stuck with it ever since.

Lives in Orcutt with her husband and son and two crazy dogs with lots of family nearby.

She crochets at every moment. Join her guided intimate art classes.

Join us as we visit three vineyards in our portfolio, taste the wines created in those vineyards and discuss the beauty of our landscape and experience the influences that create these incredible moments in time. Each month, from winter to summer through fall, there is a new opportunity amidst the vines.

We start at the tasting room in Los Alamos at 11 am and return to the tasting room for a lunch and a complete wine tasting. Complimentary for wine club members and a guest. Non-members are always welcome. $50 per person.

Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

We welcome Museum Director James Bier as he shares the insights of the recently opened Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center.

James Bier, Director, Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center

James Bier is the Director of the Santa Ynez Chumash Museum and Cultural Center, a newly opened, state-of-the-art facility dedicated to sharing the history, culture, and living traditions of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians. With over 35 years of experience in the museum field, James has worked across a range of institutions, including cultural museums, art museums, galleries, and fine art fairs and installations, with a strong focus on collections care, exhibition development, and operational leadership.

Since joining the museum project, James has overseen its final construction phases, exhibit installation, and the development of visitor services and educational programs. His work reflects a deep commitment to community engagement, cultural stewardship, and creating welcoming, immersive spaces for learning.

Under his leadership, the museum has become a vibrant resource for both the tribal community and the broader public. James lives locally in Los Alamos and is passionate about building partnerships that celebrate local heritage and history.

Please join us at 5:30. rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com if you wish. Join us regardless! We look forward to hosting you.

Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series Announces its 45th Year!

Join us for our Words to Live by Speaker Series as we welcome Artistic Director Robert Cassidy and Series Coordinator Linda Stafford Burrows as they share their behind the scenes planning and insight for this successful program that brings classical and chamber music to the Santa Ynez Valley.

"Music Education is at the forefront of the mission of the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series," said Artistic Director Robert Cassidy. 

Robert Cassidy
Cassidy is the Artistic Director of the Santa Ynez Valley Concert Series in Los Olivos, California. He has performed chamber music with the members of the Cleveland Orchestra, cellist Ani Aznavoorian, and violist, Richard O’Neill, among many other esteemed musicians. Cassidy has also appeared as a soloist with the Santa Barbara Symphony, North Shore Symphony Orchestra, and the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra.
An extremely active and highly sought-after teacher and chamber music coach, Cassidy is in demand for master classes, workshops and lectures, private teaching, and adjudication. A former member of the faculty at Cleveland State University, Cassidy currently teaches at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California, and is Director of Piano Chamber Music for Santa Barbara Strings.
Celebrated pianist, Robert Cassidy, has received widespread praise for his performances and recordings of solo piano repertoire, as well as vocal and instrumental chamber music. 
Dr. Cassidy holds degrees from Ball State University and the Manhattan School of Music. He also studied piano and chamber music at Indiana University with Menahem Pressler.

Linda Stafford Burrows
Linda has a Masters in Law & Social Policy and a Masters in Social Services from Bryn Mawr Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research. Linda’s work has focused primarily on Child Advocacy, advocating for and establishing Music & Arts Education programs, and strengthening communities. She has served as president on many hard-working boards including The Children & Families Action Network (Alameda County, CA), Solvang School Education Foundation (“SAM”), Valley Community Theatre, Santa Barbara Strings, and The Santa Ynez Valley Foundation. 

https://www.smitv.org/syv-concert-series.html

Experience unique wines and cheese pairings to explore the deliciousness of our world!  Let’s have some fun!  Not to be missed.  Three tasting flights and artisan cheese and charcuterie to pair.  Wine club members: $40 per person, $60 per couple.  Everyone is always welcome! $50 per person/$75 per couple for non- members.  Rsvp sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Join us as we visit three vineyards in our portfolio, taste the wines created in those vineyards and discuss the beauty of our landscape and experience the influences that create these incredible moments in time. Each month, from winter to summer through fall, there is a new opportunity amidst the vines.

We start at the tasting room in Los Alamos at 11 am and return to the tasting room for a lunch and a complete wine tasting. Complimentary for wine club members and a guest. Non-members are always welcome. $50 per person.

Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

MALIBU SESSION

Wine club members! Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of community, wine and sharing positive news with others. Meet new friends, connect with old ones as we engage in a relaxing afternoon of wine, snacks and fun.

Complimentary for members and a guest. Space is limited to 20 people. Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Luivette Resto is an award-winning poet, a mother of three revolutionary humans, and a middle school English teacher. She was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. She has three books of poetry: Unfinished Portrait, Ascension, and Living on Islands Not Found on Maps. Her work has been mentioned in the LA Times and Ms. Magazine. Her most recent poetry can be found in Angel City Review, the 2024 Altadena Anthology Review, and Poetry Magazine. She is the associate editor of Tía Chucha Press, one of the co-hosts of Poetry LA, and she sits on the boards for Women Who Submit and Beyond Baroque.

Experience unique wines and cheese pairings to explore the deliciousness of our world!  Let’s have some fun!  Not to be missed.  Three tasting flights and artisan cheese and charcuterie to pair.  Wine club members: $40 per person, $60 per couple.  Everyone is always welcome! $50 per person/$75 per couple for non- members.  Rsvp sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Join us as we visit three vineyards in our portfolio, taste the wines created in those vineyards and discuss the beauty of our landscape and experience the influences that create these incredible moments in time. Each month, from winter to summer through fall, there is a new opportunity amidst the vines.

We start at the tasting room in Los Alamos at 11 am and return to the tasting room for a lunch and a complete wine tasting. Complimentary for wine club members and a guest. Non-members are always welcome. $50 per person.

Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

MALIBU SESSION

Wine club members! Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of community, wine and sharing positive news with others. Meet new friends, connect with old ones as we engage in a relaxing afternoon of wine, snacks and fun.

Complimentary for members and a guest. Space is limited to 20 people. Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Join me at this incredible food and wine festival where I will be presenting Sta. Rita Hills unique varieties to the morning seminar panel. Come for the food, wine, people and relaxation. An incredible experience all the way around for this 3 day festival.

https://kapaluawineandfoodfestival.com/

Join Clementine Carter and Brewer-Clifton for a wonderfully festive wine dinner in Hawaii!

Another reason for a vacation!

Lady Elaine,. 2752 Woodlawn Dr Honolulu, HI 96822

Experience unique wines and cheese pairings to explore the deliciousness of our world!  Let’s have some fun!  Not to be missed.  Three tasting flights and artisan cheese and charcuterie to pair.  Wine club members: $40 per person, $60 per couple.  Everyone is always welcome! $50 per person/$75 per couple for non- members.  Rsvp sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Join us as we visit three vineyards in our portfolio, taste the wines created in those vineyards and discuss the beauty of our landscape and experience the influences that create these incredible moments in time. Each month, from winter to summer through fall, there is a new opportunity amidst the vines.

We start at the tasting room in Los Alamos at 11 am and return to the tasting room for a lunch and a complete wine tasting. Complimentary for wine club members and a guest. Non-members are always welcome. $50 per person.

Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

MALIBU SESSION

Wine club members! Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of community, wine and sharing positive news with others. Meet new friends, connect with old ones as we engage in a relaxing afternoon of wine, snacks and fun.

Complimentary for members and a guest. Space is limited to 20 people. Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Join Clementine Carter and Brewer-Clifton for a SoCal summer delight!

Our joint wine dinner at the wonderful Chez Bacchus - fresh foods, fresh wines, the perfect California evening.

https://www.chezbacchus-lb.com/

Experience a unique cross sections of wines paired with delicious cheeses from home and abroad - let’s have some fun! Not to be missed. $40 per person, $60 per couple for wine club members or $50 per person and $75 per couple for non members. Everyone is always welcome!

Join CASA Hanali Lopez-Tapia, Community Engagement Planner, CASA of Santa Barbara County as she shares the insights and priorities of CASA of Santa Barbara.

At CASA of Santa Barbara County, we believe every child deserves to be heard, supported, and given the chance to thrive. Our trained volunteers advocate for children who have experienced abuse and/or neglect and are in the foster care system, providing consistent support during some of the most difficult times in their lives.

 As a CASA volunteer, you'll build a meaningful connection with a child and help ensure their needs are met—both in and out of the courtroom. With just 10-12 hours a month, you can make a lasting difference in a child's life. Your time and dedication can make a lasting difference, offering stability, encouragement, and the opportunity for a brighter future.

 Join us in making a difference. To learn more about becoming a CASA volunteer, visit sbcasa.org or call 805-868-8890. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram: @sbcasa.

MALIBU SESSION

Wine club members! Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of community, wine and sharing positive news with others. Meet new friends, connect with old ones as we engage in a relaxing afternoon of wine, snacks and fun.

Complimentary for members and a guest. Space is limited to 20 people. Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Join our favorite wellness practitioner Christina Shadle to learn about her new course called Wellness for Winos!

We all love to enjoy ourselves and we can be responsible and have a great time while being responsible and having a great time!

Both can be true and she will show us how!

Christina Shadle is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner (FNTP) and restorative wellness practitioner (RWP). She believes in balancing the systems of the body, living a holistic lifestyle, and that you shouldn’t just “deal” with your health when it becomes a problem—and instead take a more proactive approach by learning about your own biology so you can ward off (or lessen) imbalances, sickness, or disease at the first sign or symptom. Christina is fascinated by the midlife transition that ALL women go through, so she decided to dive right in and learn everything she possibly could about it. In doing so, she quickly learned that clean eating, hydration, stress management, sleep prioritization, and targeted supplementation were a great foundation, but also how bioidentical hormones can truly smooth out the rough edges of this phase. Christina’s findings, tips, and insights are now available in her comprehensive online course, “Make Menopause Sexy." And now her new course, “Wellness for Winos.”

Christina Shadle, FNTP, RWP

m: 805.704.5055

e: christina@sidebenefitsnutrition.com

w: sidebenefitsnutrition.com
Side Benefits Nutrition  

Join us at Hatchett Hall restaurant for an intimate evening sharing wine and community.

https://www.hatchethallla.com/

Words to Live by Speaker Series featuring ANN FROST

 “Pillow Talk: come with questions about sex and sexual health, and leave with answers…and more questions.”

Let’s get into it! We will pass around a jar for anonymous questions and Ann will answer all of our questions about sexual health and pelvic health to make us more aware of our health that we often don’t discuss openly (though should) and our pelvic health affects our sexual health and wellbeing.

Ann Frost Bio

Illinois roots, a heart at home in France and Hawaii, and now happily close to my son and granddaughters in the Santa Lucia mountains.

A B.A in French, some dabbling in North African women’s literature, and a futon business all led me to my now 30-year career as a physical therapist with a penchant for helping people feel better and function better in their bodies.  I especially love thinking about and understanding in a three-dimensional way (or is it four?)  the complex ways each of us is put together. 

For the last 20 years my focus has been on women’s and men’s health….including my special passion:  sex and sexuality.

After 25 years working in a variety of settings for other people, I am now the happy owner of 5 Elements Pelvic Health and Physical Therapy.

Join us as we visit three vineyards in our portfolio, taste the wines created in those vineyards and discuss the beauty of our landscape and experience the influences that create these incredible moments in time. Each month, from winter to summer through fall, there is a new opportunity amidst the vines.

We start at the tasting room in Los Alamos at 11 am and return to the tasting room for a lunch and a complete wine tasting. Complimentary for wine club members and a guest. Non-members are always welcome. $50 per person.

Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

The May blossoms are in full bloom! Join us for a deliciously decadent wine and cheese tasting created just for you!

rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Join us from 2-4.

A to Z COOKING SCHOOL with Chef Bethany D. Markee

“We bring people together over shared meals by teaching children, teens and adults how to prepare delicious, nutritious, affordable meals made from seasonal and local ingredients.”

— Apples to Zucchini Cooking School Mission Statement

What We Teach, How We Teach

Whether we are teaching at an after-school program, a treatment home for youth-in-transition, or a backyard birthday party, our philosophy is the same: We cook together (real cooking, with real stoves!), we eat together (with our napkins on our laps), and we clean up together (not just the plate you ate on, but aaaalllll of the dishes!)

BIO for Chef Bethany Markee

Bethany Markee has over 28 years of experience in the restaurant industry and is professionally trained at a culinary school on the coast of Maine. Chef B. moved to the California coast in 1990 and has been working in the culinary field in central California ever since.  

Bethany truly has a deep love for cooking healthy foods, and also educating students in nutrition, cooking, and wellness.  She started her school nutrition & culinary teaching career in 2011 and has many accomplishments.

Chef B. was the Director of Child Nutrition for both The Orcutt Union School District and The Solvang School District.  She brought an increase in scratch cooking to the nutrition programs and also created two very popular Culinary Arts Programs for the students at both school districts. Teaching culinary arts has become Chef B.’s true passion.

Chef Bethany currently lives in Solvang and her goal is to make teaching a full-time long-term profession.

ACHIEVEMENTS

2011 Implementation of a successful cook-from-scratch program for Solvang School.

2012 Implemented cooking classes for all grade levels at The Solvang School.

2013 Golden Carrot Award winner.

2014 Grand Marshall for The Solvang Jule Fest Parade.

2012-2018 Board member for SYV Fruit & Vegetable Rescue.

2011-2013 School Food’s Chef Instructor for The Orfalea Foundation.

2013- Winner of Santa Barbara County Fast Pitch Grant, $26,000 for Solvang School Farm to School Program.

2014- 2022  Started a Culinary Arts Academy at The Orcutt School District with over 100 student graduates. Implemented a scholarship fund for financially needy culinary students

2015- Winner of Santa Barbara County Wellness Grant for a Zen Mental Health Garden at The Orcutt JH School.

2016-2024 Turned the Orcutt School Food Program from once operating on a $110,000 loss to operating with a fund balance surplus.

2020-Featured on Chef Ann’s school lunch hero chef’s spotlight for the scratch cooking program being implemented at the Orcutt Union School District.

2023- Winner of Santa Barbara County School Wellness Grant.

2022-Present  Bethany is a member of The Solvang School Board.

Chef Bethany is the 3-time champion of the Santa Barbara SOL food festival chef’s competition.

The Solvang Viking Café & The Orcutt USD has been featured on KCOY, The Huffington Post, The Jamie Oliver website, The Edible Schoolyard Blog, School Meals That Rock, The Santa Barbara News-Press, The Santa Ynez Valley News, Pioneer News, 805 Magazine and Edible Magazine.

https://www.atozcookingschool.org

MALIBU SESSION

Wine club members! Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of community, wine and sharing positive news with others. Meet new friends, connect with old ones as we engage in a relaxing afternoon of wine, snacks and fun.

Complimentary for members and a guest. Space is limited to 20 people. Please rsvp to sonja@clementinecarterwines.com

Remember that moment when it clicked, that thing that spun your consciousness in a new way, as if you were suddenly able to see? You became in tune with new rhythms and your emotional cadence shifted? That is what we are going to explore with our dear from Mathias Sanchez as we share his newfound exploration of his artistic expression.