July 2008
19/20: (THIS WEEKEND!) 7th Annual Art, Wine, & Music Festival at the Village at Squaw Valley USA, 10am to 5pm. The event features two performance
stages, restaurants and shops, and walkways lined with fine art booths and
exhibits. Fundraiser for Tahoe Forest Hospital, Tahoe Adaptive Ski School, and
Tahoe Arts for the Schools.
26: Wine Tasting at Raley's, 692 Freeman Ln, Grass Valley, CA 95949
August
2008
3: Bottling
in the Winery, wine will be available to purchase. For directions to the winery, click here.
16: Roots & Wings Fundraiser, Lake Wildwood, Penn Valley, CA. Click here for a slide show of last year's event. From the marina in Lake Wildwood, participants board privately owned boats for transporation to houses on the Lake. Each house hosts a winery, provides guests tours of their grounds, and provides entertainment. A great way to enjoy an afternoon! Money goes towards youth programs at the Pleasant Valley School System. 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
24
& 25: Family Winemakers at Fort Mason,
Sunday, August 24, open to the public from 2:00 pm to
6:00 pm. Tickets for the public will go on sale both
online and at the Fort Mason Box Office on July 16.
Ticket price is $45 in advance, $55 day of the event.
Visit the Family Winemakers web site at http://www.familywinemakers.org/tastings/tastings.cfm
for more information.
31: 20th Annual Alpen Wine Festival at Squaw Valley, Wine Tasting, Live Jazz, Silent Auction & Raffle $40 for wine benefit wine tasting which includes a Spiegalau crystal souvenir wine glass) Join us from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the Village for a benefit wine tasting from over 40 Vineyards, a huge silent auction & raffle, and free live music all to benefit The Heuga Center, a foundation providing wellness & education for people with Multiple Sclerosis.
September
2008
5: Taste of Sacramento, an evening celebrating restaurants, wineries and breweries from all over the
Greater Sacramento Area. Held at the Sacramento Convention Center from 5:30-9:00 pm. Exclusive Silent Auction open between 5:30 and 8:00 pm. Click here for more information.
6: Wine Club Pickup at Lucchesi Winery, release of new Pinot Grigio and a special, limited production Cabernet Sauvignon - only available to wine club members! Food will be served during this special event. Time TBD. RSVP by calling the winery at 530.263.7634.
13/14: 10th Annual Gold Harvest
Wine Trail, All fourteen wineries will open their
doors for two days of wine tasting, vineyard, cave,
and cellar tours, customized food and wine pairings,
great music, local art, and innumerable other forms
of entertainment. Held right in the middle of harvest,
this is your opportunity to get a first hand view of
working wineries. Attend the Gold Harvest Wine Trail,
meet the Winemakers, and experience the rush of crush.
Ticket price TBD. Visit the Northern Sierra Wine Association
web site here.
13/14: ArtBark Fest, Squaw Valley, CA.11 am - 5 pm both days The Village at Squaw Valley USA (North Lake Tahoe) Entry Fee: FREE ADMISSION Wine Tasting - $30 (Includes Commemorative Glass) Benefit for Humane Society Truckee-Tahoe & Squaw Rescue Dogs. For more information, visithttp://www.tailsbythelake.com/tbafe.html
November
2008
15: San Diego Bay Wine & Food
Festival, Southern California's largest wine and
culinary event! Tickets are now available for all Festival
events, as we say, its lip smacking, glass clinking,
celebrity watching, swishing, swirling, mouth watering
kind of fun!
You won't want to miss the 160 world-class wineries,
60 fine dining restaurants, gourmet foods, celebrity
chefs, wine dinners, cooking classes, wine tasting classes,
olive oil competition, live and silent auctions, personalities,
and whew, more food and wine than you know what to do
with! Come join more than 6,000 tastemakers including
legendary winemakers, celebrity chefs and others with
great taste (just like you!).
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