Los Olivos Luxury: Fess Parker Wine Country Inn

Television enthusiasts of a definite property apt retrieve Fess Parker arsenic the prima of 50s and 60s tv shows Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone. But to vino enthusiasts, Parker is amended known arsenic a Santa Ynez Valley icon who helped to alteration the portion into a vino lover’s destination. Parker lived for decades successful Santa Barbara County, and after retiring from acting, he reinvented himself arsenic a respected vintner and hotelier. He, and present his family, person cultivated a world-class hospitality portfolio astir the quality and bounty of Santa Barbara County. Guests to Los Olivos tin acquisition the afloat breadth of the Parker family’s hospitable offerings with a enactment astatine the quaint Fess Parker Wine Country Inn, which serves arsenic a gateway not lone to their winery, but besides to the much than 30 tasting rooms wrong walking distance.

Fess Parker Wine Country Inn Library. Photo courtesy of the Inn

This Preferred Hotels & Resorts LVX Collection boutique inn is the cleanable spot for exploring Los Olivos. Centrally located to the abundance of tasting rooms and boutiques, the Inn continues to beryllium household tally by Fess’s lad Eli Parker and his sister Ashley Parker Snider, the stewards of their father’s vino and hospitality visions. 19 rooms and suites of varying sizes located wrong 2 buildings offer luxurious indulgences specified arsenic a vessel of complimentary vino upon arrival, a heated pool, a lush plot with firepits, a bountiful buffet breakfast, and plush beds and bedding.

Fess Parker Wine Country Inn Guest Room. Photo courtesy of the Inn

Fess Parker Wine Country Inn Pool. Photo courtesy of the Inn

Located wrong the Inn is Nella Kitchen & Bar. With its heat-lamp warmed beforehand patio and cozy interior, it’s the section spot successful which to stitchery aft a time of vino tasting and to indulge in the prima attraction Pinsas, Roman-style pizzas with flatbread-like crusts and a assortment of toppings, specified arsenic the “Carciofi” (baby artichokes, fior di latte, pancetta lardons, carbonara sauce, Pecorino Fiore Sardo), the “Bianca” (fior di latte, Parmigiano, Challerhocker, caramelized blonde onions), and the “Scarpetta” (fior di latte, five-hour Bolognese, Parmigiano). For luncheon successful town, effort the new, Michelin-recognized Bar Le Côte, a stylish seafood tavern inspired by the modern cuisine of European seaside capitals. The Fried Oyster Po’Boy with sliced tomato, shredded lettuce, and spicy BLC tartar condiment has go a accelerated favorite.

Nella Restaurant & Bar Scarpetta Pinsa. Photo courtesy of Nella

Bar Le Côte Fried Oyster Po’Boy. Photo courtesy of Bar Le Côte

A enactment astatine the Inn includes complimentary vino tasting at Epiphany (the Parker family’s 2nd statement that allows Eli to research lesser known varietals) and astatine the eponymous Fess Parker Winery located adjacent on the picturesque Foxen Canyon Wine Trail. Long a apical vino tasting destination for its exceptional Rhône and Burgundian varietals from Santa Barbara County, the winery precocious renovated its tasting country to uncover a modern plan that pays homage to the family's roots portion supporting the winery's much elevated tasting experiences.

Fess Parker Winery interior. Photo courtesy of the winery

Fess Parker Winery Tasting Patio. Photo courtesy of the winery

Decorative touches see a mural of the Fess Parker Home Ranch, showcasing the 714-acre spot purchased successful 1988, as good arsenic a stunning Kodiak Greenwood photograph of Parker's favourite spot on the ranch, which is printed connected metallic and hung arsenic a tryptich supra the fireplace. Memorabilia from Parker's acting days – including the guitar with which helium auditioned for the relation of Davy Crockett and an archetypal transcript of the lyrics from 'The Ballad of Davy Crockett' with borderline edits – are a motion to the precocious patriarch's roots.

Just arsenic Napa Valley’s Yountville is playfully referred to arsenic “Kellerville” owed to Chef Thomas Keller’s galore restaurants that enactment the tiny town’s main drag, Santa Ynez Valley’s Los Olivos could beryllium considered “Parkerville” owed to Fess Parker’s invited influence, and his archetypal content successful the galore wonders and attributes of this bucolic cardinal California region. Whether a Davy Crockett/Daniel Boone instrumentality oregon a vino fan, each volition find thing to emotion successful Los Olivos.