Senior Writer for the Santa Barbara Independent
Matt Kettmann is the senior writer for the Santa Barbara Independent, where he started his journalism career after graduating UCSB in 1999, and a writer-at-large for Wine Enthusiast, where he's been covering the winemakers and vineyards and reviewing the wines of the Central Coast since 2014. He's the author of Vines & Vision: The Winemakers of Santa Barbara County and pens a weekly newsletter for Independent.com called Full Belly Files, which has been named the best newspaper newsletter in California. He and his Bordeaux-born wife are the parents of two teenagers and a dog named Arrow. On top of his two jobs, Matt volunteers as an advisor for a number of nonprofits, including Notes for Notes, the SB Botanic Garden, the SB Culinary Experience, and White Buffalo Land Trust.