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August 1, 2010
Palmina in the Tasting Room
August 1, 2010
Brewer-Clifton in the Tasting Room
July 1, 2010
Melville in the Tasting Room

813 Anacapa St

Santa Barbara, California, 93101

(805) 966-9463 • map

Restaurant:

Nightly from - 5:30pm

Bar • Café:
Monday - Friday: 

11:00am - 10:00pm

Saturday - Sunday:

4:00pm - 10:00pm

Tasting Room:
Daily: 12:00pm - 6:00pm

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Wine Cask Press & Reviews

March 21, 2010
805 Living- Welcome Back Wine Cask

The community of diners who frequented Wine Cask had a long time to bond.  For more than 30 years the restaurant inhabited a patio and a few rooms of the 1920s Spanish-Colonial El Paseo building in downtown Santa Barbara.  Its well-executed California cuisine and comprehensive wine store attractecd a wide audience, which developed a fierce loyalty to the brand.  When Wine Cask closed its doors unexpectedly in February of last year, under the leadership of Bernard Rosenson, many in its community felt the loss deeply.  Some might say that Santa Barbara had lost is most notable food and wine icon.

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August 13, 2009
Santa Barbara News Press - Wine Cask to reopen in fall

The Wine Cask will reopen this fall on the heels of the harvest season.

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August 14, 2009
Santa Barbara Independent - Rebirth of the Wine Cask

Rumors had been swirling around Santa Barbara’s foodie and winemaking community for months, and this week, it was finally made official: The Wine Cask will re-open in November at the same exact location in the El Paseo complex on Anacapa Street, and its attempted return to epicurean excellence is riding squarely on the backs of former owner Doug Margerum and onetime Wine Cask employee Mitchell Sjerven, who now owns and operates the downtown restaurants bouchon and Seagrass. Also involved this time around are silent investors reportedly connected to the SIMA Corporation, the property ownership and management company that counts the El Paseo complex as one of its many holdings in Santa Barbara.

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November 15, 2009
Wine Spectator - Winemaker Q&A: Doug Margerum

Doug Margerum thought he was out of the restaurant business. But after the Wine Cask, the Santa Barbara restaurant and wineshop his family owned from 1981 to 2007, closed under its new owner, he wanted to bring it back-and reconnect with consumers. Margerum teamed up with restaurateur Mitchell Sjerven and is backed in part by the property's landlords. The restaurant made its name with one of the best wine lists in the country, but was also popular with local winemakers and hosted the annual Santa Barbara County futures tasting. It became a hangout/classroom for then-up-and-coming winemakers such as Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat and Adam Tolmach of Ojai winery.

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November 2, 2009
Video tour of the Wine Cask from SantaBarbara.com

Tour of the Wine Cask restaurant (currently under construction) in Santa Barbara. Music intro by Benise.

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August 10, 2009
Local Duo Acquire Wine Cask

Former owner Doug Margerum and Santa Barbara restaurateur Mitchell Sjerven have joined forces to bring back the venerable Wine Cask. Margerum, who owned and operated the award–winning institution since 1981 before selling in 2007, and Sjerven, who owns Santa Barbara restaurants Bouchon and Seagrass both took the restaurant’s closure personally. Rather than simply sit back and allow a permanent demise of the Wine Cask, the duo instead decided to combine their passion and talents. “It wasn’t so much the business side of the equation—things happen, restaurants are tough even in good times—but the personal aspect of seeing what had been the formative decades of my professional career just evaporate,” relates Margerum.

Read More
March 21, 2010
805 Living- Welcome Back Wine Cask

The community of diners who frequented Wine Cask had a long time to bond.  For more than 30 years the restaurant inhabited a patio and a few rooms of the 1920s Spanish-Colonial El Paseo building in downtown Santa Barbara.  Its well-executed California cuisine and comprehensive wine store attractecd a wide audience, which developed a fierce loyalty to the brand.  When Wine Cask closed its doors unexpectedly in February of last year, under the leadership of Bernard Rosenson, many in its community felt the loss deeply.  Some might say that Santa Barbara had lost is most notable food and wine icon.

Read More
November 15, 2009
Wine Spectator - Winemaker Q&A: Doug Margerum

Doug Margerum thought he was out of the restaurant business. But after the Wine Cask, the Santa Barbara restaurant and wineshop his family owned from 1981 to 2007, closed under its new owner, he wanted to bring it back-and reconnect with consumers. Margerum teamed up with restaurateur Mitchell Sjerven and is backed in part by the property's landlords. The restaurant made its name with one of the best wine lists in the country, but was also popular with local winemakers and hosted the annual Santa Barbara County futures tasting. It became a hangout/classroom for then-up-and-coming winemakers such as Jim Clendenen of Au Bon Climat and Adam Tolmach of Ojai winery.

Read More
November 2, 2009
Video tour of the Wine Cask from SantaBarbara.com

Tour of the Wine Cask restaurant (currently under construction) in Santa Barbara. Music intro by Benise.

Read More
August 14, 2009
Santa Barbara Independent - Rebirth of the Wine Cask

Rumors had been swirling around Santa Barbara’s foodie and winemaking community for months, and this week, it was finally made official: The Wine Cask will re-open in November at the same exact location in the El Paseo complex on Anacapa Street, and its attempted return to epicurean excellence is riding squarely on the backs of former owner Doug Margerum and onetime Wine Cask employee Mitchell Sjerven, who now owns and operates the downtown restaurants bouchon and Seagrass. Also involved this time around are silent investors reportedly connected to the SIMA Corporation, the property ownership and management company that counts the El Paseo complex as one of its many holdings in Santa Barbara.

Read More
August 13, 2009
Santa Barbara News Press - Wine Cask to reopen in fall

The Wine Cask will reopen this fall on the heels of the harvest season.

Read More
August 10, 2009
Local Duo Acquire Wine Cask

Former owner Doug Margerum and Santa Barbara restaurateur Mitchell Sjerven have joined forces to bring back the venerable Wine Cask. Margerum, who owned and operated the award–winning institution since 1981 before selling in 2007, and Sjerven, who owns Santa Barbara restaurants Bouchon and Seagrass both took the restaurant’s closure personally. Rather than simply sit back and allow a permanent demise of the Wine Cask, the duo instead decided to combine their passion and talents. “It wasn’t so much the business side of the equation—things happen, restaurants are tough even in good times—but the personal aspect of seeing what had been the formative decades of my professional career just evaporate,” relates Margerum.

Read More