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Farmland & Flavors of SYV Ranch Experience

Meet the Rancher Experience

  • Visit 3 Farms, U-Pick Seasonal Fruit, Olive Grove

  • Olive Oil and Cheese Tasting

  • Enjoy a California Grazing Board Picnic

  • Adult Learning Experience and Family-Friendly

  • Transportation Included

Season: Spring - Summer 2026
Time: Thursday - Monday | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Get a Taste for Central Coast’s Western Lifestyle and Heart of Local Agriculture

Enjoy an outdoor family tour, a relaxedmorning farm experience on a farm animal ranch with sweeping views, a walnut grove and olive orchard. Meet the rancher on this eco-friendly ranch and learn how they build the soil and bio-dynamic landscape to feed the animals. Stroll the property, interact with friendly goats & donkeys, and savor a taste of honey made from the bees and native flora. The experience concludes cracking and eating fresh walnuts, tasting olive oil and enjoying an on farm artisanal guided cheese tasting charcuterie picnic lunch. This guided experience offers an immersive journey into the region’s agriculture.

Outdoor Experience Highlights - 3 Stops:

  • Meet & Greet: Pickup location Mission Santa Ynez in Solvang.

  • Stop 1: Cattle Ranch Welcome – Meet the rancher. Visit a working cattle ranch with friendly cattle, goats, donkeys and horses.

  • Stop 2: Seasonal Produce Farm - Visit a rotating seasonal farm: berry, walnut, flower, pumpkin, apple and more…

  • Stop 3: Olive Orchard & Charcuterie Picnic Lunch – Enjoy walking among olive trees. Taste locally pressed olive oils and balsamic vinegar. Optional wine tasting & bottle service available.

  • Bonus Stop: Time permitting, we’ll stop at a charming organic farm stand.

Farmstead Encounter: Pasture to U-Pick Experience

Meet Farm Animals & Pick Fruit Experience

  • Meet, Pet and Feed Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Cows, Llamas

  • Pick fruit or flowers from a U-Pick Farm

  • Enjoy a California Crazing Board Picnic

  • Family-Friendly

  • Transportation Included

Season: Spring - Summer 2026
Time: Thursday - Monday | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Discover the
Flavors of Santa Ynez Valley

Enjoy a relaxed two-hour sunset farm experience on the tippy hilltop ranch. Meet the farmers on this eco-friendly farm and learn about the land. Stroll the property, interact with friendly farm animals, and savor a guided tasting of five wines alongside freshly pressed olive oil. The experience concludes with artisanal charcuterie and sweeping mountain views of the sunset - an authentic, intimate taste of sustainable farming, food, and wine.

Outdoor Experience Highlights 1 Stop:

  • Meet & Greet: Pickup location Mission Santa Ynez in Solvang

  • Eco-Farm Welcome – Meet the farmer & get oriented.

  • Working Farm & Goat Interaction – Walk the property and interact with friendly sheep while learning about regenerative farming, land stewardship, and daily life on a working farm.

  • Wine & Olive Oil Tasting – A guided tasting of three wines, freshly pressed olive oil, with insight into varietals, farming methods.

  • Charcuterie @ Sunset – Settle in with artisanal charcuterie, wine in hand, and take in the spectacular sunset over the mountains.

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   Meet the Vintner Terroir Tours

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Farmland & Flavors of SYV Ranch Experience

Meet the Rancher Experience

  • Visit 3 Farms / Ranches | U-Pick Seasonal Fruit

  • Olive Oil and Cheese Tasting

  • Enjoy California Heritage Grazing Board Picnic

  • Family-Friendly

  • Transportation Included

Season: Spring - Summer 2026
Time: Thursday - Monday | 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM

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Discover the Central Coast’s Western Lifestyle and the
Heart of Local Agriculture

Enjoy an outdoor family tour, a relaxed morning farm experience on a farm animal ranch with sweeping views, a walnut grove and olive orchard. Meet the rancher on this eco-friendly ranch and learn how they build the soil and bio-dynamic landscape to feed the animals. Stroll the property, interact with friendly goats & donkeys, and savor a taste of honey made from the bees and native flora. The experience concludes cracking and eating fresh walnuts, tasting olive oil and enjoying an on farm artisanal guided cheese tasting charcuterie picnic lunch. This guided experience offers an immersive curated journey into the region’s agriculture.

Outdoor Tour Highlights - 3 Stops:

  • Meet & Greet: Pickup location Mission Santa Ynez in Solvang.

  • Stop 1: Cattle RanchWelcome – Meet the rancher. Visit a working cattle ranch with friendly goats, donkeys, horses and cattle.

  • Stop 2: Seasonal Produce Farm - Visit a rotating seasonal farm: berry, walnut, flower, pumpkin, apple and more…

  • Stop 3: Olive Orchard & Charcuterie Picnic Lunch – Enjoy a guided tour walking among olive trees. Taste locally pressed olive oils and balsamic vinegar. Optional wine tasting & bottle service.

  • Bonus Stop: Time permitting, we’ll stop at a charming organic farm stand.

A farm tour includes a vineyard in Santa Ynez valley with green hills and mountains in the background, sunrise with golden sunlight.

Sky Ranch Sunset Wine & Picnic Experience

Meet the Farmer / Vintner Experience

  • 360 Views of the Santa Rita Hills AVA

  • Enjoy a California Harvest Grazing Board Picnic

  • Feed friendly farm animals

  • Two hour experience

  • Family-Friendly

  • Transportation Included

Season: Spring - Summer Summer 2026

Time: Thursday - Monday | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Discover the
Flavors of Santa Ynez Valley

Enjoy a relaxed two-hour sunset farm experience on the tippy hilltop ranch. Meet the farmers on this eco-friendly farm and learn about the land. Stroll the property, interact with friendly farm animals, and savor a guided tasting of five wines alongside freshly pressed olive oil. The experience concludes with artisanal charcuterie and sweeping mountain views of the sunset - an authentic, intimate taste of sustainable farming, food, and wine.

Outdoor Tour Highlights 1 Stop:

  • Meet & Greet: Pickup location Mission Santa Ynez

  • Eco-Farm Welcome – Meet the farmer & get oriented.

  • Working Farm & Goat Interaction – Walk the property and interact with friendly sheep while learning about regenerative farming, land stewardship, and daily life on a working farm.

  • Wine & Olive Oil Tasting – A guided tasting of three Amevive wines, freshly pressed olive oil, with insight into varietals, farming methods, and production.

  • Charcuterie @ Sunset – Settle in with artisanal charcuterie, wine in hand, and take in the spectacular sunset over the mountains.

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A group of four people on a guided farm tour smiling outdoors in a green field with cows, hilly terrain, trees, and a blue sky in the background.

Santa Ynez Valley: A landscape of mountains, rangeland, ranches and vineyards

U-pick exerience. A hand picking a cluster of ripe blackberries on a blackberry bush with green leaves.

Orchards: Heritage Tree Groves and U-Pick Farmstands

On a Heritage Farmland tour experience, a man in a cowboy hat and plaid shirt standing among several horses near a vehicle.

Ranches: Heritage Breed Livestock - Cattle, Goats, Donkeys

Santa Ynez Valley History

  • Santa Ynez Valley features five towns established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Ballard (1881), Santa Ynez (1882), Los Olivos (1887), Solvang (1911), and Buellton (1920).

  • The valley has always enjoyed a strong agricultural base. In the late 1800s, cattle and sheep reigned, followed by crops such as olives, peaches, walnuts, prunes, apples, cherries, and quinces. The dairy industry rose and fell in the mid-1900s. Today, the countryside is dominated by wineries (more than 50), cattle ranches, and horse ranches that specialize in thoroughbreds.

  • The stagecoach played an important role in settling the Santa Ynez Valley. From 1858 to 1889, it ran from San Francisco to Yuma, Arizona, stopping near Ballard.

  • The Pacific Coast narrow-gauge railroad came to Los Olivos in 1887. In addition to transporting people up and down California, it made the shipment of farm products cheaper and more convenient.

A person traveling on a paved country road alongside a vineyard with lush green vines, dry rolling hills, and trees; mountains under a partly cloudy sky in the background.
A hand picking ripe blackberries on a bush surrounded by green leaves.

A hand picking ripe blackberries on a bush surrounded by green leaves.

Olive oil tasting with a loaf of sliced bread with olive oil being drizzled onto it, beside a glass bowl of olive oil and some black olives on a rustic wooden table.

Olive oil tasting with a loaf of sliced bread with olive oil being drizzled onto it, beside a glass bowl of olive oil and some black olives on a rustic wooden table.

Santa Ynez Valley Landscape and Vineyard with a large tree in the center, rows of grapevines with golden leaves, mountains in the background, and clear sky.

Santa Ynez Valley Landscape and Vineyard with a large tree in the center, rows of grapevines with golden leaves, mountains in the background, and clear sky.

Historic Black and white photo of multiple cows feeding from a trough on a farm, enclosed by wooden fencing.

Historic Black and white photo of multiple cows feeding from a trough on a farm, enclosed by wooden fencing.

A white chicken walking on straw-covered ground in an outdoor farm setting.

A white chicken walking on straw-covered ground in an outdoor farm setting.

A group of goats grazing on a grassy field under a blue sky with scattered clouds, with trees in the background.

A group of goats grazing on a grassy field under a blue sky with scattered clouds, with trees in the background.

Close-up of a cow's face with two different-colored eyes, black and white fur.

Close-up of a cow's face with two different-colored eyes, black and white fur.

Vineyard with rows of grapevines in a hilly landscape under a clear blue sky.

Vineyard with rows of grapevines in a hilly landscape under a clear blue sky.

Group of people walking through an olive grove orchard with rows of green-leafed olive trees, green grassy path, fencing, rolling hills, trees, and mountains in the background.

Group of people walking through an olive grove orchard with rows of green-leafed olive trees, green grassy path, fencing, rolling hills, trees, and mountains in the background.