Winery Details

From the Lucas & Lewellen vineyards in Santa Barbara County, Louis Lucas selects choice 
lots for a limited production of premium wines. Attention to detail in the vineyards yields superior 
quality grapes from which Megan McGrath Gates crafts award winning wines. The vineyards of Lucas & Lewellen are located in the three principal wine grape growing regions of Santa Barbara County: the Santa Maria Valley, the Los Alamos Valley, and the Santa Ynez Valley. These valleys all run west from the coastal mountains to the Pacific Ocean, allowing warm days and cool nights to produce a long, gentle growing season. 

• Judge: Co-owner Royce Lewellen was a long time Superior Court Judge, and the courthouse complex in Santa Maria is named in his honor.

• Grower: A pioneer of Santa Barbara County wine grape growing, co-owner Louis Lucas has been a leader in the region since the early 1960’s.

• Origins: Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards was created in 1996 when, out of the blue, Lucas invited Lewellen to lunch to discuss selling his vineyards. By the end of that lunch, Lucas and Lewellen Vineyards was in business.