Join Vintners of the Santa Cruz Mountains for 6 extraordinary dinners and tasting salons featuring award-winning wine and delicious food. Meet the winemakers, enjoy farm to table cuisine and taste extraordinary wines. All prices are inclusive of food, wines and service charge.
Vineyards in the Sky
May 10 – Wrights Station Winery
Celebrate the unique wineries of the Santa Cruz Mountains – often tucked into nooks and crannies in mountainous terrain, lifted above the fog yet hidden from view by towering redwood trees.
Terroir in a Glass
June 22 – Storrs Winery & Vineyards
Unique to the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA is the convergence of 2 tectonic plates running through the AVA – raising ancient seabeds and creating mini mountains with distinctive and geologically diverse soils – contributing to unique flavor profiles of the wines.
Exceptional Wines of The Chaine d’Or
July 25 – Ridge Vineyards
Experience the exception wines of this golden road during a 3 hour walkaround tasting featuring 12 wineries and small bites from Oak & Rye.
Midsummer Harvest Dinner
August 11 – Lester Estate Wines
A feast of summer flavor as we look ahead to the harvest season while dining al fresco on a beautiful August evening. Enjoy Chef Brad Briske’s seasonal fare alongside some of our most notable wines for an exceptional experience.
Into the Fog
September 13 – Thomas Fogarty Winery
Two factors greatly impact the wines: ocean influence and complex mountain topography. Experience the distinct aromas and flavor profiles derived from these factors as you taste wines from the northern part of the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA.
Premier Cruz: A Mountain Cabernet Experience
November 10 – Vidovich Vineyards
An exclusive tasting of Cabernet of the Santa Cruz Mountains featuring 16 cabernet producers. A 3 hour wine tasting salon with strolling lunch hosted at Vidovich Vineyards at the top of Montebello road.