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Fair Play Wineries Harvest Wine Festival

Fair Play Wineries Harvest Wine Festival 2023
Come experience harvest in Fair Play.
Over 20 wineries come together to give you the experience of harvest in Fair Play! Food and wine pairings, activities and the sights, sounds, smells and feeling of harvest come alive for your enjoyment! Choose your day, or come the whole weekend. Do you have a driver? Great, they get a discounted ticket and get to eat and enjoy the activities! Your ticket comes with a souvenier glass. Don’t forget to choose your starting winery, that’s where you will get your wristband, glass and map!
Here are the participating wineries:
Bumgarner Winery
Bumgarner Fair Play will be celebrating the harvest with a traditional Pasta e Fagioli (Italian soup with fresh vegetables, pasta, and beans), bread, and handmade chocolates.
Busby Cellars
Join us for delicious food, award-winning wines, and barrel tasting while taking in panoramic vineyard views. Gourmet menu includes Garlic-Ginger Chicken Satay Skewers with Peanut-Lime Dipping Sauce and Caramelized Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Balsamic Glaze. Be sure to finish your complimentary wine flight with delicious Port and Brownie Bites. Wine Club discount offered to all Harvest Festival participants! Enjoy our newest releases, old favorites, and modest prices! Located just one mile from Somerset corner.
Cantiga Wineworks
Welcome to Cantiga, one of the region’s most unique wineries! We specialize in classic European-style, food-friendly wines with minimal intervention and low sulfites. Enjoy a helping of Spanish Paella, while chatting with winemaker/owner Rich Rorden about why his non-malolactic wines can age gracefully for decades. Learn about harvest and winemaking through an interactive, educational tasting experience: “The Life of a Wine: From Vineyard to Vault.”
Chateau d’ Estienne
Château d’ Estienne is the perfect blend of wine and breathtaking views! Join us for an unforgettable experience. Indulge your senses and sip on exquisite and award winning wines while soaking in the stunning surroundings. Enjoy Portuguese varieties and the best Port in all North America, voted by San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, paired with delicious Hors d’oeuvres. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to create lasting memories.
E16 Winery
At E16, we are grateful for having a successful harvest thus far and want to celebrate this year’s crop with our unique “Three Spoons Wine Pairing”. Spend an afternoon in our Club Cave and experience our chef’s exclusive one-off creations designed specifically for the E16 varietal and vintage. Enjoy a discussion with E16 founder, Robert Jones, at our famous Star Bar while sampling our fall lineup of wines.
Element 79 Vineyards
Come experience a fun blind wine pairing challenge. Instead of us telling you which wine pairs best with our featured Wine Country Tapas, we decided that you would be the best judge of which wine pairs best. We will have fun games and smiling faces through the day and if you purchase a six pack or more you will be entered into a drawing for an Element 79 experience to include an overnight stay in our vineyard cottage with complimentary tasting and Tapas.
Fleur de Lys Winery
Gourmet cheese and tapenade wine pairings.
Golden Leaves Vineyard and Winery
Enjoy our wines paired with savory & sweet puff pastry bites including shrimp, onion, mushroom & cheese tartlets, tiny meat pies; and fruit, nut & chocolate pastries for dessert. Shop local crafts at our vendor booths. Saturday 1-4pm Book Signing: California wine country adventurist and author of “Drink Your Words”, Carolyn Dismuke
Gwinllan Estate
Join us at Gwinllan Estate Winery for delicious food and award-winning wines. We will be extending our wine club discount to all Festival participants. Learn how to make authentic tacos and then savor our street tacos with your wine sampling. Enjoy our spectacular views and relax on our patio outside the wine cave surrounded by the beautiful El Dorado County country side.
Medeiros Family Wines
Join us on the crush pad as you sample award winning wines, with live music(Saturday) and a food pairing with Barrel tasting of our 2022 wines (Futures will be available for purchase)
Mediterranean Vineyards
Live music, lawn games, wine specials.
Mellowood Vineyard
Award-winning wines, amazing Kenyan BBQ and warm hospitality await you at Mellowood Vineyard. Enjoy our Estate wines while exploring the beautiful grounds. Try your hand at corn hole in our picnic grove, take a hike up Zin Hill while sipping Mellowood Zinfandel and take in the breath-taking views. Make your own wine cork wreath to take home and be sure to meet the owners and winemaker and hear about their journey from Kenya to Mellowood.
We will offer member for a day discount on all wine purchases
Mirador Winery
Mirador has created an experience for those who want to deepen their knowledge of wine while discovering the region in a relaxing setting. The experience will allow visitors to share conversations with the Mirador winemakers, sample wine and feast on wood-fired pizza while learning the importance of the terroir, the history of the vines and the techniques used during the wine making process of harvest. We look forward to seeing you at Mirador.
MV Winery
MV will be serving our fabulous Lagrein Fresh Vegetable Harvest Soup with or without Andouille Sausage, rolls and assorted sweet treats. Taste the delicious MV wines and start you holiday shopping early at our local artisanal vendors. Bocce Ball and Corn Hole.
Oakstone Winery
Join team Oakstone during the Harvest festival for great wine, great views, and great people. Tasting will include your choice of 15 wines, specialty curated cheese and cured meats plate and an up-close encounter with our baby Nigerian Dwarf goats. Sip wine and selfie with the goats! #goatselfie
Perry Creek WInery
Indulge in a delightful time at Perry Creek as we unveil a rare treat from our cellar-aged collection.We will be offering both new and older vintages, providing a vivid demonstration of the contrast between youthful and matured wines. To complement this extraordinary wine experience, our culinary artisans have crafted a festive pumpkin bisque, lovingly garnished with creamy creme fraiche and delicately toasted pepita seeds. The rich, velvety soup will dance on your taste buds, perfectly harmonizing with the nuanced flavors of our exceptional wines. Additionally, don’t miss our grandest sale of the year, where numerous wines will be available at a remarkable 50% discount. Cheers!
Polynesian Girl Winery
Food: Food pairings by Gold Vine Grill
Activity: Tahitian pearl jewelry education and custom pieces on display
Saluti Cellars
Enjoy authentic Italian wood fired pizza with flour imported from Italy with our wine pairings. Listen to live music on our vista patio and take an escorted tour of our caves, vineyards and horse riding facility.
Sentivo Vineyards
Food: Information coming soon!
Activities: Library and vintage tastings, music, craft fair sales
Shadow Ranch Vineyard
Get your groove on at Shadow Ranch! We will have a live band performing for you while you taste our incredible wines. You can also enjoy a delicious Harvest Chili, perfect for these autumn days. We will be offering special discounts on wine for Harvest Festival participants. We can’t wait to see you there!
Toogood Wine Caves
Food: Tri tip sliders
Activity: Cave and barrel tasting
Windwalker Vineyards
We will offer seasonal pairings with select Windwalker wines, and of course, the whole line up at the tasting bar. We will have craft vendors on our deck for the 2 days.