Christina LoCascio, known in local art and wine circles as “the artist who paints with wine,” earned her Fine Arts Degree from UC Santa Barbara and attended programs at the Laguna College of Art and Design as well as Otis College of Art in Los Angeles. LoCascio has collaborated with Artiste Winery in five solo exhibits and over nine wine labels featuring her wine art. “The synthesis of wine and art is an idea Artiste and I share, so I gravitate to showing my work there,” LoCascio states. Her August 2010 exhibition, Silent Sunlight will be the latest showing of wine paintings at Artiste. The exhibit will delve deeper into LoCascio's experimentation with form and abstraction while still maintaining the unique effects of using wine on paper. Read Christina's Bio
53% 2007 Nebbiolo Stolpman Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 22% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 15% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Harmon Estate Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County Production 218 Cases [12/750mL] 120 Magnums [1.5L] 6 Double Magnums [3L] 2 Salamanzars [9L]
Silent Sunlight | 750mL A Neo-Burgundy style blend
49% 2009 Pinot Noir MJ Lords, Sonoma Coast 22% 2009 Pinot Noir Goodchild Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley Santa Barbara County 10% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
53% 2007 Nebbiolo Stolpman Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 22% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 15% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Harmon Estate Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County Production 218 Cases [12/750mL] 120 Magnums [1.5L] 6 Double Magnums [3L] 2 Salamanzars [9L]
49% 2009 Pinot Noir MJ Lords, Sonoma Coast 22% 2009 Pinot Noir Goodchild Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley Santa Barbara County 10% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
Tre Uve | 3L Double Magnum Nuovo Italiano style blend
53% 2007 Nebbiolo Stolpman Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 22% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 15% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Harmon Estate Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County Production 218 Cases [12/750mL] 120 Magnums [1.5L] 6 Double Magnums [3L] 2 Salamanzars [9L]
49% 2009 Pinot Noir MJ Lords, Sonoma Coast 22% 2009 Pinot Noir Goodchild Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley Santa Barbara County 10% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
Tre Uve | 9L Salamanzar Nuovo Italiano style blend
53% 2007 Nebbiolo Stolpman Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 22% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County 15% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Harmon Estate Vineyard Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County Production 218 Cases [12/750mL] 120 Magnums [1.5L] 6 Double Magnums [3L] 2 Salamanzars [9L]
49% 2009 Pinot Noir MJ Lords, Sonoma Coast 22% 2009 Pinot Noir Goodchild Vineyard, Santa Maria Valley Santa Barbara County 10% 2008 Syrah Larner Vineyard, Ballard Canyon Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County
10% 2008 Syrah Camp Four Vineyard, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Barbara County