Santa Barbara wine country is still young enough that we can sit down with the people who made its history.

Louis Lucas has just completed his 55th harvest. He was one of Santa Barbara County’s pioneering commercial wine grape growers and the first to plant Pinot Noir here, as far as we can tell.

Over those 55 harvests, the Dirtman has become one of the most loved and respected growers in California wine - a farmer, mentor, storyteller and friend - whose fingerprints are all over the region we know today.