Santa Cruz’s Surf City Vintners Grand Opening
Ξ August 11th, 2008 | → 0 Comments | ∇ A Day at a Time, Wine News, Winemakers, Wineries |
After many long months of planning and building the Surf City Vintners are at last hosting their Grand Opening Saturday, August 16th, from Noon to 5p.m. on the Westside of Santa Cruz. The group is made up of the long established Pelican Ranch Winery, Exquinox Champagne Cellar, Sarticious Gin/Alexander Cellars, and newcomers Sones Cellars, Dragonfly Cellars, Santa Cruz Mountains Vineyard, Trout Gulch Vineyards, and the micro-crush winery Vino Tabi.
Bonny Doon Vineyard, though located in the main complex, is not yet a formal member of the group. Neither will their tasting room be open by this weekend.
As of this writing (Monday, 8/12) final details are still being sorted out by each winery as to their choice of activities, food and festivities to mark the occasion. I do know Sones Cellars will have live music, barrel tastings, and eats.
I find the Surf City Vintners a special mix. Not only are they largely micro-boutique wineries but nearly each member is producing something different. You’ll find Cabernet, Merlot, Spanish and Portuguese varieties, single vineyard Pinots and Rhone expressions, Italian varieties, and Zins. And that is just the reds! Not bad for 7 wineries. As a wine tasting destination one could hardly do better.
At the end of the day it is a short distance to restaurants, the beach/Boardwalk, downtown Santa Cruz. Highway 1 is a block away.
Please click on the map above for directions.
I wish them the best!
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