California Wine Festivals to Sample & Savor
California wine festivals have grown to become one of the most popular events, attracting thousands of people who enjoy wine tasting in a festival atmosphere that includes entertainment, foods and many vintners in one place so you can survey featured wines you may not have had opportunity to sample previously. Unique events such as Temecula's Balloon & Wine Festival, Mendocino's Crab & Wine Festival or Lakeport's Chocolate & Wine Festival make for tasty, colorful and fun traditions you'll savor. Submit your wine festival events to us-- no guarantees to run them, but we try!
| Santa Barbara | California Wine
Festival californiawinefestival.com |
July |
| Santa Barbara Wine Festival sbnature.org |
June |
| Monterey Wine Festival montereywine.com |
June |
| Tiburon Wine Festival tiburonwinefestival.com |
May |
| Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival svcoc.org |
June |
| Oakland Wine Festival oaklandwinefestival.com |
July 16, 2016 |
| Temecula Balloon & Wine Festival tvbwf.com |
May |
| Paso Robles Wine Festival pasowine.com |
May 20-22, 2016 |
| LA Winefest lawinefest.com |
May |
| Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival lafw.com |
August |
| Ojai Wine Festival ojaiwinefestival.com |
June |
| Sunnyvale Wine Festival svcoc.org |
June |
| Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival downtownlosaltos.org |
July |
| Livermore Wine Country Festival livermoredowntown.com |
May |
| Sebastopol | West of West Wine
Festival westsonomacoast.com |
July |
| Dana Point | California Wine
Festival californiawinefestival.com |
April |
| Clayton Art & Wine Festival claytoncbca.org |
May |
| Dana Point | Food Wine & Music
Festival foodwineandmusicfestival.com |
June |
| Big Sur Food & Wine Festival bigsurfoodandwine.org |
November |
| Paso Robles Garagiste Festival californiagaragistes.co |
November |
| Lincoln Wine Fest lincolnwinefest.org |
May |
| Bodega Seafood, Art & Wine Festival bodegaseafoodfestival.com |
August |
| San Luis Obispo | Savor the Central Coast savorcentralcoast.com |
September |
| Tehachapi Mountain Beer & Wine Fest tehachapibrew.com |
July |
| VinDiego Wine & Food Festival vindiego.com |
April 2, 2016 |
| Brentwood Art Wine & Jazz brentwoodartsociety.org |
August |
| Mission Viejo Food & Wine
Festival mvfoodandwinefestival.com |
May |
| La Jolla Art & Wine Festival ljawf.com |
October |
| Calabasas Malibu Food & Wine
Festival malibufoodandwinefestival.com |
May |
March
PALM DESERT Food & Wine Festival Palm
Desert The annual the Food & Wine
Festival Palm Desert will be held palmdesertfoodandwine.com
SANTA YNEZ The Garagiste Festival -
Celebrating the Artisan Winemaker californiagaragistes.com
April
Earth Day Wine festivals, and a variety of wonderful spring wine delights can be found throughout the state of California.
May
LIVERMORE
Livermore Wine Country Festival
livermoredowntown.com
CLAYTON Clayton Art & Wine
Festival
claytoncbca.org
ANDERSON VALLEY Pinot
Noir Festival
tiburonwinefestival.com
SAN FRANCISCO
Uncorked!The Ghirardelli Square Wine
Festival
Ghirardelli Square and on Beach Street
sresproductions.com
TIBURON Tiburon Wine
Festival
tiburonwinefestival.com
PASO ROBLES
Wine Festival
pasowine.com
THOUSAND OAKS California Jazz & Wine
Fest
californiajazzwine.com
LODI
ZinFest Wine Festival
Lodi Lake Park
zinfest.com
SANTA ANA Orange County
Food & Wine Festival
ocfoodandwine.com
WALNUT CREEK
walnut-creek.com
LOS ANGELES
Annual Culinary
Evening with the California Winemasters
californiawinemasters.org
June
SANTA MONICA Wine Festival
on the Santa Monica Pier
drinkeatplay.com/winefest
PINE MOUNTAIN VILLAGE Wine in the Pines
wineinthepines.com
CAMARILLO June 1, 2014 Casa Pacific
Wine, Food & Brew
cpwineandfoodfestival.com
CALABASAS Calabasas Malibu Wine & Food
Festival,
malibufoodandwinefestival.com
OJAI Ojai Wine Festival
ojaiwinefestival.com
DEL MAR Toast of the Coast
Wine Festival
sdfair.com
DANA POINT
Food, Wine & Music Festival
foodwineandmusicfestival.com
ATASCADERO: Wine Festival
Atascadero Lake
atascaderowinefestival.org
BONNY DOON Art & Wine Festival
bonnydoonartandwinefestival.com
ENCINITAS
Rotary Wine & Food Festival
encinitaswinefestival.com
MONTEREY
montereywine.com
NAPA VALLEY June 5-7, 2014 Auction Napa
Valley: The American Wine Classic
auctionnapavalley.org
July
AVILA BEACH Central Coast Wine
Classic centralcoastwineclassic.org
SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara Wine
Festival
californiawinefestival.com
August
SCOTTS VALLEY Scotts Valley Art &
Wine Festival
scottsvalleychamber.com
SAN RAFAEL Art & Wine Festival (cancelled?)
sresproductions.com
SEBASTOPOL
West of West Wine Festival
westsonomacoast.com
BODEGA Bodega Seafood Art & Wine
Festival
mountainview.miramarevents.com
September
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
"A Festival Like No Other"
http://mountainview.miramarevents.com
LAFAYETTE Lafayette Wine Festival
lafayettefestival.com
October
SAN FRANCISCO: Union Street Wine Walk sresproductions.com
LA JOLLA: Wine & Art Festival ljawf.com
AUBURN: AUBURN WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL auburnwineandfood.com
CHICO: Sierra Oro Farm Trail Association Passport Weekend sierraoro.org
LONG BEACH: Promenade Beer & Wine Festival downtownlongbeach.org
SANTA MARIA
Celebration of Harvest Weekend
celebrationofharvest.com
SANTA BARBARA/SOLVANG: Celebration of Harvest Weekend celebrationofharvest.com
BEVERLY HILLS
Cultivate L.A.
unitedfriends.org
Vermouth |
Wally's Wines |
Wine Warehouse |
ZD Wines |
SALINAS VALLEY
Food & Wine Festival Wine
Tasting Oct. 11, 2014
salinasvalleyfoodandwine.com
RIVERBANK Cheese & Wine riverbankcheeseandwine.org
LONG BEACH: Promenade Wine & Beer
Festival downtownlongbeach.org
YUBA CITY: Fotine's Greek Food &
Wine Festival fotines.com
KELSEYVILLE
Harvest Festival
steelewines.com
OAKHURST
Fall Festival - Wine, Chocolate, Beer & More oakhurstchamber.com
MONTEREY
Celebrate Harvest
montereywines.org
HEALDSBURG
Pinot on the River
pinotfestival.com
PASO ROBLES: Harvest Wine Weekend pasowine.com
PISMO BEACH: BUBBLYFEST
bubblyfest.com
MONTEREY Inaugural Wine, Dine and Jazz
CARMEL Celebrate Harvest
APTOS:
Harvest Dinner
scmwa.com
HOPLAND: Hopland Passport
destinationhopland.com
PLACERVILLE: Art & Wine Festival
placerville-downtown.org
REDDING:
Fall Festival
YUBA CITY California Wine and Beer Festival, californiabeerandwinefestival.com
FRESNO:
Fall Wine Cornucopia
idrinkwine.net
November
SONOMA: Reserve Sonoma Valley
Eight thematic excursions with
behind the scenes visits to four
wineries, chauffeured transportation,
and a wine-country picnic lunch. SonomaValleyWine.com
SAN DIEGO San Diego Bay Wine &
Food Festival sandiegowineclassic.com
BIG SUR Big Sur Wine & Food Festival
bigsurfoodandwine.org
| Festival Name | City | Web/ contact |
| Art & Wine Festival | Cambria | seecambria.com |
| Art & Wine in the Park | Fortuna | artandwine inthepark.com |
| Art & Wine Festival | Mariposa | mariposa rotaty.org |
| Balloon & Wine Festival | Temecula | tvbwf.com |
| Chocolate Salon | San Francisco | sfchocolate salon.com |
| Chocolate & Wine Festival | Lakeport | lakeport chamber.com |
| Crab & Wine Festival | Mendocino | mendocinoc oastclinics.org |
| Earth Day
Food & Wine Festival |
Templeton | earthdayfood andwine.com |
| Hall Cabernet Cookoff | St. Helena | cabernet cookoff.com |
| Grape to Glass | Russian River | rrvw.org |
| Monterey Wine Festival | Monterey | monterey wine.com |
| Seafood, Art & Wine Festival |
Bodega Bay |
winecountry
festivals.com |
| Spring Wine Show | Lodi | grapefestival.com |
| Taste of Solvang | Solvang | solvangusa.com |
| Taste of Yountville | Yountville | yountville.com |
| VinOlivo | Sonoma | sonomavalley wine.com |
| Mendocino Whale & Wine Festival |
Mendocino | mendowhale.com |
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.