{"id":17874,"date":"2014-10-29T02:54:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T09:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=17874"},"modified":"2014-10-29T02:54:31","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T09:54:31","slug":"wines-of-the-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wines-of-the-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Wines of the West"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Skip the Halloween candy\u00a0this weekend\u00a0and head\u00a0directly\u00a0for\u00a0the wine. With Halloween virtually over and impending holidays requiring your attention (Thanksgiving is Nov. 27 and Christmas just eight weeks away ) you need to start gathering refreshments for dinners and gifts. The perfect opportunity begins at\u00a0festivals\u00a0along winding roads ‘Way out West’\u00a0where\u00a0guests will be sipping California’s best.\u00a0\u00a0More than\u00a0100 wineries are represented in a handful of fantastic\u00a0events. Pictured above (left) is Master Winemaker Jon McPherson of South Coast Winery in Temecula. In the middle photo he holds an artful bottle\u00a0from the\u00a0winery’s collection. The right photo shows a woman sampling wine at Leonesse Cellars in Temecula where the\u00a0Harvest Celebration featuring 30 wineries takes place this weekend.<\/p>\n

Weekend Wine Festivals<\/a><\/p>\n

TEMECULA Harvest Celebration 2014 Barrel Tasting Weekend! November 1 – 2, 2014
\nNORTHERN SONOMA COUNTY A Wine & Food Affair November 1-2, 2014
\nRAMONA Art and Wine Festival Nov. 1, 2014
\nYOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK: Vintners’ Holidays November 4-December 4, 2014
\nSAN FRANCISCO Single Vineyard Nights SVN November 5, 2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skip the Halloween candy\u00a0this weekend\u00a0and head\u00a0directly\u00a0for\u00a0the wine. With Halloween virtually over and impending holidays requiring your attention (Thanksgiving is Nov. 27 and Christmas just eight weeks away ) you need to start gathering refreshments for dinners and gifts. The perfect opportunity begins at\u00a0festivals\u00a0along winding roads ‘Way out West’\u00a0where\u00a0guests will be sipping California’s best.\u00a0\u00a0More than\u00a0100 wineries […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17874"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}