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Wine Festivals

Central Coast Wine Festivals

Spanning from Paso Robles to SLO Coast & Santa Barbara
Paso Robles Blendfest on the Coast logo for 2023

Blendfest on the Coast

February - Cambria & San Simeon

Experience a taste of Paso Robles Wine Country on the beautiful California coast. Paso Robles BlendFest on the Coast is the only Wine Festival Dedicated to Blends and offers a selection of exciting events. Paso Robles’ winemakers love to blend wine, mixing varieties to craft something unique and delicious. BlendFest celebrates rule-breaking, traditional, and unconventional wine blends throughout the weekend.

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Garagiste Southern Exposure, Solvang

Garagiste Festival Southern Exposure

February ~ Solvang

The Garagiste Wine Festival is the first and only wine festival dedicated to the undiscovered and under-recognized American artisan ‘garagiste’ producers who are making some of the best, most exciting, handcrafted small-lot production wines in the world, committed to discovering the best and most innovative limited-production winemakers and promoting and showcasing them to a broad audience of discerning wine consumers.

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birdseye view of Grand tasting at world of pinot noir held at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara

World of Pinot Noir

Feb/Mar ~ Ritz-Carlton Bacara

The annual World of Pinot Noir (WOPN) event gathers the planet’s foremost Pinot Noir wineries and winemakers, renowned chefs, sommeliers and leading wine scholars in a weekend-long seaside celebration of this delicious and storied wine.

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Paso Robles Spring Release Month Logo

Paso Robles Spring Release

Entire Month of March

Throughout the month, discover a slice of Paso Robles Wine Country’s charisma and get out to some of the over 100 individual events like winemaker dinners, seminars, live music, specialty tours, and more. Experience the unique personalities, iconic places, and creative activities that only Paso Robles Wine Country can deliver. 

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Hospice du Rhone's Logo Walla Walla 2024

Hospice du Rhone

April ~ Walla Walla, Washington

TWENTY-TWO VARIETIES. ONE VISION. Occurring biennally, Hospice du Rhône's flagship event historically in Paso Robles, CA, will take place for the first time in Walla Walla, WA in 2024. Joing the largest international gathering celebrating Rhône wines and winemakers. Wine tastings featuring over 120 international Rhône producers, seminars on the forefront of Rhône thinking, an exclusive live auction, delicious meals paired with Rhône wines, and above all - serious fun! 

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Atascadero Lakeside Wine Fest

Atascadero Lakeside Wine Fest

June ~ Atascadero Lake

The Atascadero WineFest experience will showcase premier wines from the Central Coast and beyond. Now celebrating it’s 26th year, this WineFest boasts over 100 wines from more than 50 wineries, breweries, food purveyors, and art exhibitors for attendees to enjoy while relaxing at the sun kissed, lakeside location. A “roar-and-pour” will put folks up close and personal with zoo animals as they taste wines within the Charles Paddock Zoo.

arial view of California wine festival

California Wine Festival

July ~ Santa Barbara

Thousands of wine lovers pour into Santa Barbara’s sun-splashed beachside location for a day of sun, sea, wine, food, and music. Wine oenophiles will find hundreds of fine wines, regional craft brews and a dizzying variety of foods to sample.

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green oak trees in vibrant green vineyards with hillside in background and blue skies with white clouds

Wine and Fire

August ~ Sta. Rita Hills

Make plans now for the hottest wine event on the Central Coast. Visit Sta. Rita Hills wineries and tasting rooms for four days of festivities. The Sta. Rita Hills is a prestigious wine growing region for Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and other cool climate wine grape varieties.

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Paso Robles Harvest Month, Hanging in Paso, October 2023 logo

Paso Robles Harvest Fest

Entire Month of October

The entire month of October is Harvest Wine Month. Wineries host individual events throughout the month. Look for specialty tours, winemaker dinners, grape stomps, music events, and more. October traditionally has exceptional weather, when days are warm and nights are cool, a staple for Paso Robles Wine Country and a perfect time to take in the incredible colors, sights, and aromas of harvest.

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Arial view Vega Vineyard in Santa Barbara Wine Country, host to SB Vintners Festival

Santa Barbara Vintners Festival

October ~ Vega Vineyard & Farm

The Annual Santa Barbara Vintners Festival is the largest tasting of Santa Barbara County and your chance to try more of that Santa Barbara County wine you love, get to know the people who make it and where they make it from.

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SLO Coast Wine Collective celebrating Harvest of the Coast

Harvest on the Coast

November ~ SLO Coast

Gather to meet and visit with your favorite winemakers and producers. Taste their cool climate wines that are defined by the elements of the Pacific, influenced by soil, shaped by wind, cooled by fog, and kissed by sun at this late fall event. Discover where the coast meets the vines. 

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The Garagiste Wine Festival, Paso Robles logo

Garagiste Festival

November ~ Paso Robles

The Garagiste Wine Festival is the first and only wine festival dedicated to the undiscovered and under-recognized American artisan ‘garagiste’ producers who are making some of the best, most exciting, handcrafted small-lot production wines in the world, committed to discovering the best and most innovative limited-production winemakers and promoting and showcasing them to a broad audience of discerning wine consumers.

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