{"id":4818,"date":"2014-07-22T22:11:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T22:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/?p=4818"},"modified":"2019-01-20T17:52:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-20T17:52:43","slug":"santa-barbara-fisherwoman-stephanie-mutz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/santa-barbara-fisherwoman-stephanie-mutz\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Barbara Fisherwoman Stephanie Mutz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent Wine Bloggers Conference in the Santa Barbara Wine Country, a small group of bloggers enjoyed a wonderful visit to the <a title=\"Bridlewood Winery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridlewoodestatewinery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bridlewood Estate Winery<\/a> in the Santa Ynez AVA.\u00a0 The entrance to the winery is impressive, with its Spanish Mission style of architecture.\u00a0 Our Apple Basket lunch of local sandwiches and salads was served overlooking Bridlewood Lake and was complemented by delicious Bridlewood wines.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4819\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bridlewood-bell-tower.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4819\" src=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bridlewood-bell-tower.jpg\" alt=\"Bridlewood winery\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bridlewood-bell-tower.jpg 640w, https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bridlewood-bell-tower-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bridlewood-bell-tower-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bell Tower at Bridlewood Estate Winery in Santa Barbara wine country<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the lunch, we had a very informative seminar in the Bridlewood cellar.\u00a0 Rather than the usual panel of winery owners and winemakers, this panel included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Martin (Moderator), editorial director of Food Republic<\/li>\n<li>Mark Williams, Winemaker for Bridlewood Estate Winery<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Olsson, chef and proprietor of New West Catering and Industrial Eats Restaurant<\/li>\n<li>Jake O\u2019Francis, Pig farmer<\/li>\n<li>Christopher and Johanna Finley, farmers for Finley Organic Farms<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Mutz, Santa Barbara Fisherwoman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4821\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/stephanie-e1406066963913.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4821\" src=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/stephanie-e1406066963913.jpg\" alt=\"fisher woman stpehanie\" width=\"375\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Stephanie Mutz by Fran Collin, francollin.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most interesting to me was the inclusion of Stephanie, a sea urchin fisherwoman. As Stephanie\u2019s website states, she\u2019s been fishing in the Santa Barbara area for 7 years and strives to make fresh, sustainable seafood available to the local population.<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie got her undergraduate degree at UC Santa Barbara and then went on to Graduate School in Australia.\u00a0 Her goal at the time was to become a Community College professor in her field of Marine Biology. While she was writing her Graduate School dissertation, she worked on urchin boats.\u00a0 After a part-time teaching job ended, she decided to concentrate on fishing full time.<\/p>\n<p>Being that most of the people Stephanie fishes with are male, she feels fortunate that they are accepting of her and very helpful when necessary. She usually goes out on her boat alone, unless the weather is bad or she needs extra help getting what she needs for the market.\u00a0 In some cases, she joins other fishermen on their boats for fishing or diving.\u00a0 Stephanie fishes for sea urchins and snails and regularly delivers her catch to local chefs when the weather and the catch are good. There seems to be a fad for sea urchin delicacies in Southern California and that demand is keeping Stephanie very busy these days. She also works closely with Jeff Olsson and his Industrial Eats Restaurant. \u00a0Stephanie does not always know what her daily catch will be and often she will bring Jeff in something different than he asked for. \u00a0She praises Jeff for being adaptable and creative in making the best of Stephanie&#8217;s haul.<\/p>\n<p>After a day at sea, Stephanie unwinds by sitting in her meadow at home with a glass of wine to recap the day with her boyfriend, also a fisherman.\u00a0 They discuss ways to become more efficient and productive at doing what they love to do.\u00a0 She does her best to promote what the industry is all about to the entire community. She thinks its important to encourage people to have a balanced lifestyle, which includes eating local foods.<\/p>\n<p>For recipes and information on how to find Stephanie\u2019s catch, consult her website:\u00a0 <a title=\"Stephanie Fish\" href=\"http:\/\/seastephaniefish.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seastephaniefish.com<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4820\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/seaurchin-appetizer.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4820\" src=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/seaurchin-appetizer.jpg\" alt=\"sea urchin delicacies\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/seaurchin-appetizer.jpg 640w, https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/seaurchin-appetizer-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/seaurchin-appetizer-75x50.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Appetizers prepared by Chef Jeff Olsson. On the right is sea urchin on avocado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent Wine Bloggers Conference in the Santa Barbara Wine Country, a small group of bloggers enjoyed a wonderful visit to the Bridlewood Estate Winery in the Santa Ynez AVA.\u00a0 The entrance to the winery is impressive, with its Spanish Mission style of architecture.\u00a0 Our Apple Basket lunch of local sandwiches and salads was &#8230; <a title=\"Santa Barbara Fisherwoman Stephanie Mutz\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/santa-barbara-fisherwoman-stephanie-mutz\/\" aria-label=\"More on Santa Barbara Fisherwoman Stephanie Mutz\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,451,794],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1887],"authors":[{"term_id":1887,"user_id":7,"is_guest":0,"slug":"janelle","display_name":"Janelle Becerra","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Janelle-Bercerra.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Janelle-Bercerra.jpg"},"first_name":"Janelle","last_name":"Becerra","user_url":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4818"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13826,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818\/revisions\/13826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4818"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=4818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}