Local Wine Events

Get the WOW factor: West of West (WOW) Wine Festival offers wine lovers an insider taste of some of the most acclaimed cool-climate Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays and Syrahs on the market today. Created by the West Sonoma Coast Vintners, an association of wineries and growers on Sonoma’s coastline, WOW will be held August 3rd-5th, 2012 just one hour north of San Francisco in the quaint coastal hamlet of Occidental, CA.

WOW gives you unparalleled access to small production, limited release wines tasted in the terroir where they were grown, a front row seat at exciting seminars featuring prominent guest speakers, and admission to a delectable Whole Hog Feast at the Occidental Center for the Arts. Join us in August and experience first-hand the extraordinary wine, food and culture of the West Sonoma Coast.

Schedule:

SOLD OUT - Friday, August 3rd: Winemaker Welcome Dinners

SOLD OUT! - Saturday, August 4th: Three-Seminar Series moderated by Jordan Mackay, Eric Asimov, Kerrin Laz, Alder Yarrow and Jon Bonné, the Grand Tasting gives attendees access to more than 40 producers and growers & the evening concludes with A Whole Hog Feast prepared by famed chef Ashley Christensen of Poole's Dinner with Live Music from Sean Hayes.

SOLD OUT -Sunday, August 5th: A second opportunity to taste the wines of more than 40 producers and growers; many of them hard-to-find gems, all of them pure expressions of the West Sonoma Coast.

Join us this August for a taste of the West Sonoma Coast!