{"id":20,"date":"2008-01-26T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2008-01-26T19:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/26\/wine-festivals-near-napa-valley-2008.html"},"modified":"2008-01-26T14:46:44","modified_gmt":"2008-01-26T19:46:44","slug":"wine-festivals-near-napa-valley-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/26\/wine-festivals-near-napa-valley-2008.html","title":{"rendered":"Wine Festivals near Napa Valley:  2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2e5142c0289a1f785cf2dcce097231a4\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-6725039255769208\";\r\n\/* Reno Hotels Leaderboard *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"0584775893\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><input type=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sftodo.com\/images\/NapaWineries\/PlumpjackNapa.JPG\" alt=\"Napa Valley Wine\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning a trip to the Bay Area, or live in the Bay Area an just love wine &#8211; plan for these upcoming food &amp; wine festivals in 2008.&nbsp; You can enjoy food and wine in a beautiful outdoor setting at some of the world&#8217;s finest wineries.&nbsp; Throughout Napa, Sonoma, and the Russian River area &#8211; there are wine festivals almost every month of the year.&nbsp; Here are some of our favorite wine country festivals in 2008:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/sonomawinecountryweekend.com\/harvest_home.asp\"><strong><\/p>\n<h3>Eat, Drink, and Be Green:&nbsp; Sebastopol California<\/h3>\n<p><\/strong><\/a>It&#8217;s a fun, grass-roots, eco-event on <strong>April 20th<\/strong>, featuring a walk around tasting of spring wine releases from nearby Green Valley.&nbsp; The festival features DeLoach Vineyards, Dutton-Goldfield, Freeman Family Winery, Hartford Court, Iron Horse Vineyards, Marimar Estate, Orogeny and Patz &amp; Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The day&#8217;s speaker will be Gil Grosvenor, Chairman of National Geographic.<\/p>\n<p>The festival features interpretations of &ldquo;world street food&rdquo; &#8211; everything either grown on the Iron Horse estate or come from farms within a 100 mile radius.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will cost from $50 General Admission and $250 for the All Access Pass, which includes a private reception at the Victorian home of Iron Horse founders Audrey &amp; Barry Sterling.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/sonomawinecountryweekend.com\/harvest_home.asp\">Sonoma Wine Country Weekend 2008<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>During August 29-31, you can enjoy premier wine and food festival, combining the best of Sonoma&#8217;s wine and food and a Wine Auction. The festival features more than 200 wineries and chefs, plus winemaker lunches and dinners, a grand tasting.&nbsp; A low-key and fun way to end the summer in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sftodo.com\/napa.html\">Sonoma&#8217;s wine country.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sftodo.com\/images\/NapaWineries\/NapaValleyTree.JPG\" alt=\"Napa Valley California\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.napavintners.com\/trade\/tm_3_release_detail.asp?ID_News=118\">&nbsp;American Classic Wine Auction: Napa Valley<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re truly a high roller &#8211; this invitation only wine auction raises over $10 million over 4 days by auctioning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sftodo.com\/napawineries.html\">Napa Valley<\/a>&#8216;s best wines.&nbsp; Packages include luxury cars; celebrity experiences, and other amazing items.&nbsp; Lifestyles of the rich and famous is here for you &#8211; with all you can eat and drink while you help a number of worthy Bay Area and national charities.&nbsp; Request your invitation early &#8211; these folks are serious about wine and helping folks.&nbsp; Pulling up to an event like this might best include a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.limoguides.com\">limousine <\/a>&#8211; for both glamour and safety&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Whichever festival you choose &#8211; enjoy San Francisco&#8217;s neighboring wine valleys on a sunny day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re planning a trip to the Bay Area, or live in the Bay Area an just love wine &#8211; plan for these upcoming food &amp; wine festivals in 2008.&nbsp; You can enjoy food and wine in a beautiful outdoor setting at some of the world&#8217;s finest wineries.&nbsp; Throughout Napa, Sonoma, and the Russian River [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sftodo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}