A Tribute to Grace
A Tribute to Grace is a Santa Barbara-focused producer built around Grenache, sourcing from high-elevation sites across California to make wines that are lean, translucent, and deliberately restrained by California standards.
History
A Tribute to Grace was founded by Angela Osborne, a New Zealand-born winemaker who settled in California and built the project around a single conviction: that Grenache, treated with care and picked at the right moment, could make wines of genuine delicacy in a state better known for weight and extraction. The label began as a small négociant-style operation, sourcing fruit from select vineyards rather than owning land outright. Osborne has remained the central figure throughout, and the project has stayed deliberately small. The name itself reflects a personal and somewhat philosophical orientation toward the grape, though Osborne has consistently let the wines speak rather than the backstory.
Vineyards
The core of the lineup draws on Santa Barbara County, with the Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard appearing across both the rosé and a red bottling. That site sits at notably high elevation for the region, which moderates ripening and preserves acidity. The portfolio also reaches beyond Santa Barbara: the Paicines Ranch sits in San Benito County, a cooler inland valley with significant diurnal range; the Besson Vineyard is in the Santa Clara Valley; and the Dorigo Family Vineyard represents another distinct California appellation. This multi-county sourcing strategy is deliberate, using site character to express different registers of the grape rather than anchoring the project to a single place. Farming details across these sites are not uniformly documented, though Osborne has shown consistent preference for sites with natural tension built in by climate rather than canopy management alone.
Winemaking
The wines are made with a light hand by California Grenache standards. Whole-cluster fermentation appears explicitly in at least one bottling and likely informs others to varying degrees, contributing structure and a savory, sometimes stemmy lift that counters the grape's natural tendency toward softness. Extraction is kept moderate, and the wines are typically pale to mid-ruby in color, closer in weight to a serious Burgundy than to a Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Oak influence is restrained; the wines read more of fruit and texture than of wood. The Luke bottling sits slightly apart from the single-vineyard Grenaches and likely represents a different blend or vinification approach, though specifics are limited. Across the range, the unifying quality is a deliberate avoidance of the richness that most California Grenache producers pursue, favoring instead wines that finish dry, cool, and relatively firm.
Wines
2023 Grenache Thompson Vineyard
2023 Grenache Michaud Vineyard
2023 Ros of Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2023 Grenache (Central Coast)
2023 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2023 Graciano Marie Shake Ridge Ranch
2023 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2023 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2023 Grenache Paicines Ranch
2023 Luke
2023 Grenache Vie Caprice
2023 Grenache Dorigo Family Vineyard
2023 Grenache Besson Vineyard
2023 Grenache Whole Cluster
2022 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2022 Grenache Vie Caprice
2022 Ros of Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2022 Grenache Blanc Thompson Vineyard
2022 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2022 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2022 Grenache Paicines Ranch
2022 Grenache Thompson Vineyard
2022 Grenache Whole Cluster
2022 Grenache Bessan Vineyard
2022 Grenache Dorigo Family Vineyard
2022 Luke
2022 Grenache Hofer Vineyard
2021 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2021 Grenache Bessan Vineyard
2021 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2021 Grenache Whole Cluster
2021 Grenache Thompson Vineyard
2021 Grenache Vie Caprice
2021 Grenache Blanc Thompson Vineyard
2021 Luke
2021 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2021 Grenache Dorigo Family Vineyard
2020 Blanc de Noir Gracias Madre
2020 Grenache Thompson Vineyard
2020 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2020 Grenache Blanc Thompson Vineyard
2020 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2020 Ros of Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2020 Grenache Morro View Vineyard
2020 Grenache (Central Coast)
2019 Ros of Grenache
2019 Ros of Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2019 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2019 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2019 Grenache Blanc Thompson Vineyard
2019 Grenache Spear Vineyard
2019 Grenache Morro View Vineyard
2019 Grenache Thompson Vineyard
2019 Gracias Madre
2019 Luke Shake Ridge Ranch
2019 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2019 Grenache Besson Vineyard
2019 Grenache Vie Caprice Vineyard
2019 Graciano Marie Shake Ridge Ranch
2018 Grenache Blanc Thompson Vineyard
2018 Grenache Thompson Vineyard
2018 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2018 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2018 Grenache Spear Vineyard
2018 Grenache Morro View Vineyard
2018 Luke
2018 Grenache Besson Vineyard
2018 Grenache Vie Caprice Vineyard
2017 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2017 Grenache Spear Vineyard
2017 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2017 Grenache Hofer Vineyard
2017 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2017 Grenache Besson Vineyard
2017 Grenache Morro View Vineyard
2017 Graciano Marie Shake Ridge Ranch
2017 Grenache Vie Caprice Vineyard
2016 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2016 Ros of Grenache
2016 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2016 Grenache Spear Vineyard
2016 Grenache Proviso Vineyard
2016 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2016 Grenache Morro View Vineyard
2016 Grenache Besson Vineyard
2016 Luke
2016 Grenache Vie Caprice Vineyard
2015 Grenache (Santa Barbara County)
2015 Grenache Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2015 Grenache Besson Vineyard
2015 Grenache Provisor Vineyard
2015 Grenache Murmur Vineyard
2015 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2015 Grenache Vie Caprice Vineyard
2014 Grenache Shake Ridge Ranch
2014 Grenache Morro View Vineyard