California Wine Festivals are Back! Sip these in…

BottleRock Napa Valley

September 3-5
Experience Napa Valley wine, beer, music, art and restaurants the 2021 festival. Acts include Guns N’ Roses, Stevie Nicks, Foo Fighters, and many more.

Capitola Art & Wine Festival

September 11-12. Downtown Capitola.
Stroll the Festival and admire the talent of over 160 fine artists while sipping wines from 22 Santa Cruz Mountain wineries.

Lodi Grape Festival

September 16. Lodi Event Center, Lodi.
What started out as a small food festival has evolved into a four-day event filled with entertainment, food, vendors, a carnival and wine tasting.

10th Annual Barbera Festival

September 11. Amador Vintners @ Terra D’Oro Winery, Plymouth.
A celebration of the classic Italian varietal, Barbera, with 50+ producers from around California, all gathering in the beautiful vineyards of Amador County.

Sample the Sierra

September 18. Bijou Community Park, South Lake Tahoe.
Enjoy great food, wine, art and music at Lake Tahoe’s farm-to-fork festival.

LOS ANGELES: : LAWineFest

Oct. 2-3, 2021

The annual Fest combines tastes of wines from California and around the Globe. The ‘Celebration of All Things Wine’ offers tastes from 50+ wineries, numerous craft breweries, plus artisan boutiques and gourmet food trucks for purchase. There are also two special Boutique Winery gardens that offer tastings from boutique wineries producing under 2,000 cases of wine per year (separate ticket).  The Fest offers live music each day, Saturday is Roots Rock and Sunday will be “Jazz at the Fest” with some of our exciting jazz friends.

SANTA BARBARA: California Wine Festival

September 24-25, 2021

Don’t miss the annual California Wine Festival, in beautiful Santa Barbara – one of the largest outdoor wine festivals in the state! This beautiful city is the original home of the CWF, a spectacular gathering of wine, food, music and fun at the beach! A true world-class resort city, Santa Barbara attracts sophisticated visitors from around the world many of whom spend a few days by the beach tasting great California wines. A hip crowd  of wine lovers flock to the three-day Festival, making this one of the most desirable consumer wine events of the year.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE: Sample the Sierra

September 18, 2021
This California wine festival brings together local chefs/restaurants with neighboring growers/producers to turn out scrumptious samples craftily paired with the appropriate wine or brew. The festival marketplace includes locally made goods such as jam, soap, honey and olive oil along with specialty products created right here in the county, such as fine art, jewelry, and crafts.

Sample the Sierra also features the Sierra Chefs Challenge, a cooking challenge between three regional chefs cooking with locally sourced ingredients. Watch three of the most talented chefs prepare delicious meals – and even get the opportunity to taste them!

San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival

Nov 11-21, 2021
The San Diego Bay Wine + Food Festival spotlights the culinary scene of America’s Finest City, with events focusing on the city’s latest trends, including: its commitment to sustainable seafood, fermentation, and exploring the neighboring gastronomy of San Diego’s bordering Baja region.

The week long California wine festival culminates with the Grand Tasting on the scenic San Diego Bay featuring over 60 of San Diego’s top Chef’s and restaurants as well as over 200 international wineries, breweries and spirit companies, chefs, culinary personalities, and gourmet food. The festival sees over 10,000 wine and food aficionados from across the nation for the biggest wine and food celebration in Southern California.