Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure Expands – Over Fifty SBC/SYV “Garagiste” Winemakers to Pour March 29th and 30th in Solvang

Tickets now on sale for two days of events and seminars featuring hard-to-find, high-quality, small-production winemakers from Santa Barbara County and Santa Ynez Valley; 50% are new festival discoveries; one in four pouring first vintage, 80% have no tasting room. Garagiste Event tickets are now on sale at http://californiagaragistes.com/buy-tickets/ for its expanded Santa Ynez Valley-based “Garagiste…

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Cark Kanowsky Reports: WINE, FRIENDS, & MEDITERRANEAN WEATHER – IT’S ALL ABOUT CALIFORNIA, BABY

Saturday, 20/04/2013, Solvang, California. Just another day we spoiled Southern Californians have come to expect. Moderate temps, just a whisper of a breeze, and cloudless sky set the stage for the Santa Barbara County Vintners Festival. 80+ wineries pouring high scoring reds and whites, restaurants serving some delectable treats, and an outstanding chocolatier. It’s simply…

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Perlis Picks: The Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure

The Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure www.garagistefestival.com The garagiste movement is gathering steam. After two successful festivals in Paso Robles, Doug Minnick and Stewart McLennan took their concept of showcasing small wineries to the Santa Ynez Valley. Focusing on wineries with annual production of less than 1,200 cases, The Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure was held February…

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