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Sevtap Winery specializes in small-lot, handcrafted wines focusing on Bordeaux varieties. Our grapes are all from California's central coast vineyards, and the wine is made in the heart of Santa Barbara County. You will currently find our wines on restaurant menus and wine bars in Santa Barbara and the Santa Ynez Valley, with the service area continuing to grow. I encourage safe consumption. Please use a designated driver for wine tastings. If you don't have one, please have a designated driver! "Good things run in my blood. As a Turkish immigrant, I know the value of hard work, determination, and the power of heart. Thank you for supporting the dream."

History of Art Sevtap

Born in Istanbul, Turkey, Ertugrul "Art" Sevtap immigrated to the US in 1992 to attend school for deep sea diving in Irvine, but a last minute decision brought him to Santa Barbara instead. Once here he attended Santa Barbara City College to study Marine Technology, and after a couple years, moved to New Orleans as an Underwater Construction Worker for the oil rigs and pipelines. During this time, Art loved watching Chef Emeril Lagassi's cooking show on the Food Network, so three years later he gave up life at sea for a job at Emeril's restaurant, Nola in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
In time, Art came back to Santa Barbara where he worked at Pierre Lafond and drove for Jeep Tours throughout Santa Ynez Valley. As a chef, Art had always appreciated wine, but now his passion for food and wine became clear. He began to take vineyard management and chemistry classes at Allen Hancock College as well as UC Davis extension, which helped him land his first wine job in production at Kalyra. Art started Sevtap Winery in 2008, and opened the doors to his tasting room in downtown Solvang in the fall of 2010, fulfilling a dream that continues to grow with each new day.

History of Sevtap Winery

As the owner, winemaker and tasting room manager of Sevtap Winery, Art is quite the busy man. Sevtap Winery came onto the Santa Ynez Valley wine scene in 2008 with only a few hundred cases of hand-crafted Bordeaux-style wines, produced with fruit from several prominent vineyards throughout the Central Coast. A couple years later Art had more than tripled his production, as well as opened the doors to his tasting room in downtown Solvang.
Art's constant desire to learn more about different grapes and their characteristics and personalities led him to discover his love for Bordeaux varietals, which he uses to create innately simple yet delicious wines such as his 2008 Beren (60% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon), 2009 Namaste Rosé (75% Cabernet Franc, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon), 2009 Simplicity Rosé (Merlot Blanc), and most recently the 2010 Birtanem (100% Sauvignon Blanc), which is Turkish for "My One and Only". Release your inner artist by drawing on the chalk walls, or express your inner musician with an impromptu jam session with the guitars available to all guests.