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	2019 Featured Wineries & Breweries
	The Goldschmidt Vineyard label is a program designed to showcase single vineyard source wines from both the Alexander Valley and Napa Valley Oakville appellations. The goal is to create wines that highlight the distinct characters, benefits and attributes derived from these site specific harvests. Goldschmidt Vineyards Cabernets are crafted with the best possible resources to achieve exceptional richness, quality and balance – the hallmarks of world-class wines.
	The Bellante Famliy Winery has been making small lot, hand-crafted, age worthy Rhone Reds, Pinot Noir and Viognier wines from Santa Barbara County fruit since 2000. The Bellante banner is a tribute to the owner, Chuck Bellante, his grandfather, father and son.
	Our Tasting Room features twenty draught beer faucets, a wall-projected screen, a 48″ lcd tv, and a super-up-close-and-intimate view of our brewery! We’re open seven days a week and we offer free parking for games and events at Angel Stadium and the Honda Center. Drop in and taste our award winning craft beer.
	Frisby Cellars was established in 2008 and has been producing award winning wines using grapes sourced from distinguished vineyards throughout Paso Robles. Frisby Cellars produces their wines in Paso Robles then transports their wine to Orange County where they operate an Urban Winery & Tasting room. Wines are barrel aged, blended and bottled at the OC location. Frisby Cellars is commited to producing hand crafted wines of complexity and elegance that express the climate and terroir of each vineyard in Paso Robles.
	Cafe Affaire is your local coffee catering company based out of Anaheim, California. At Cafe Affaire we offer a unique gourmet coffee service to accommodate your individual needs. The drinks are served and prepared with style, using the highest quality ingredients. Our professional staff always arrives promptly.
	Brew tasty and bold gluten-free beers in order to deliver a unique and unforgettable drinking experience. From our atypical ingredients to our unparalleled brewing methods, creativity is at the heart of all of our achievements.
	Sodaro Estate Winery was founded in 1998 by Don and Deedee Sodaro. Rooted in a deep love of agriculture, its inception was drawn from Don’s lifelong passion for farming. The finest wines require unending care, everlasting love, and finally, a profound passion for both the product and process. Sodaro Estate Winery was founded on the principle that from the gifts nature has imparted upon our vineyard, we can bestow the world with the very best wine.
	Stereo is an independent brewery making remixes of classic styles. You need the right music for the right situation and we believe the same is true with beer. We brew beer we want to drink – from the hop forward, to classic styles reimagined, to a crisp light delight. Bring your vinyl, friends, family, hop heads and audiophiles, but leave the Journey records at home. We’re excited to meet you!
	Tucked away in historic Silverado, in the enchanted eastern hills of Orange County, lies one of Southern California’s newest wineries. Under a restful canopy of giant oak trees and smack dab in the middle of working horse stables, this is a truly special place. All converging with 30 years of award winning wine making excellence and a wine tasting bar with country charm to spare. Cowboy Canyon Winery is a place you won’t want to leave. But when you do, it will be with an armload of wine. Open for tastings most weekend afternoons, new wines and expansion plans are already on the way.
	Like the Bootleggers of yesteryear, Bootlegger’s Brewery grew out of the local community and has remained focused on purveying the highest quality beer to our locals. We believe fresh local beer builds a stronger community. While we started in Fullerton California, these days we’ve expanded our community ties far beyond Fullerton and have firmly followed our motto of “Drink Fresh, Drink Local”. Where We Started In 2006, Aaron, the founder, realized he had an opportunity to transform his long time hobby of homebrewing into a viable business while taking an Entrepreneurship class at California State University of Fullerton. He set about honing his business plan and pitched it to a class panel. Before he knew it, he had leased a small 1800 square foot building, purchased a 7-barrel brewhouse, and was well on his way in building Fullerton’s first production brewery. In April 2008, after over a year of construction, Bootlegger’s Brewery opened and sold it’s first keg to a well known neighborhood bar in Downtown Fullerton.
	Guillermo Erickson Sauza, a fifth-generation family member, produces Tequila Fortaleza, using traditional techniques. This is a beautiful artisan hand-crafted, stone milled tequila. Tequila Fortaleza is produced entirely within the walls of their estate, using centuries old traditional methods which, although are very labor intensive, create a tequila which is unequaled in taste and smoothness.
	Ascension Cellars began when two friends, Erick Allen and Brian F. Sauls, were enjoying a glass of wine together one summer day. “You know, this is good,” they said, “but there is something missing.” And so, the quest for something better began. They wanted elegance, body, and boldness in their wines. They wanted wines that they would be proud to offer to their family and friends.What followed was good fortune by the barrel. Vast support came not only from knowledgeable mentors in Lake Arrowhead, who have been making wine together for decades, but also from family, friends and other winemakers. All were the inspiration for two friends who simply aspired to make a wine that matters.
	Vinemark Cellars Winemaker Mark Wasserman grew up watching his grandfather, Papa Joe, make wine in his basement in Ontario, California for friends and family to enjoy. It was only fitting that later in his life, Mark would set out to honor his grandfather’s legacy by crafting wines from premium select vineyards throughout California, including vineyards in Santa Ynez, Paso Robles, Monterey and Napa Valley.
	Quigley Fine Wines – We are importers of artisanal wines from sustainable, small production vineyards in Italy, France and Spain. The families and winemakers behind every bottle of wine we offer are as charming and as interesting as the wine itself. It is our goal to bridge the gap between the winemaker and the wine drinker – to keep the stories behind the wine alive until the cork is popped and the wine can speak for itself…
	Navarro Vineyards was founded in 1973 by Ted Bennett and Deborah Cahn. In the early seventies Ted and Deborah were searching for a perfect place to grow Gewürztraminer and settled on a 900 acre sheep ranch in the Anderson Valley. The ranch has a rugged terrain and climate similar to Alsace which promised that the grapes would ripen late in the growing season with tart acidity. During the last forty + years they have planted about 120 acres of grapes. As well as their beloved Gewürztraminer, Navarro grows estate Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Muscat Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc. Ted and Deborah have been joined by their grown children, Aaron and Sarah Cahn Bennett, who are actively involved in the family business.
	Cass Vineyard and Winery is located in the rolling, oak-studded hills between Paso Robles and Creston on California’s beautiful Central Coast. This area that the vineyard calls home offers quiet serenity for the visitor and an ideal growing environment for wine grapes.
	Wiens Family Cellars – Wiens is known for its quality red wines, “Big Reds”. For the ultimate wine country experience visit us for a tour, a picnic on our patio, and Temecula tasting of Temecula Valley’s best wines. After tasting our Big Reds, we are sure you will join our Temecula Wine Club. The winery is open daily 10:30am – 6pm.
	Houdini and Wine Country Gift Baskets have been in the wine business, sourcing and selling wine, for over 30 years. During this time we have tasted thousands of wines and met a variety of characters including some of the best wine grape growers and winemakers in California. These relationships have allowed us to source our own grapes and work with the winemakers to create many wines that we know our customers and their gift recipients will enjoy.
	Here in Coombsville the soils are a result of volcanic eruptions that occurred some three to five million years ago. The rhyolite tuffs and andesite breccias heaved from the earth are the parent material for nearly all of the soils in these parts. These soils, in turn, have undergone uplift, dispersion and erosion over many thousands of years. The Vaca Mountains, which form the backdrop of Coombsville, were forced up by plate tectonics, taking layers of sediment up with them. When they reached a height they could no longer sustain, the hillsides came crashing down into the flats. This is the land we farm. If you think of a vineyard as a vessel for extracting flavor from soil, then what you get when you sip a glass of wine is a taste of Earth’s history.
	Our wine is intended to increase our client’s enjoyment in life… Foster communication and build relationships with others… And create a greater appreciation for the culture of fine wines. Our product is marketed through in-home tastings, special events, such as Hotel Wine Tastings and Exhibitions. Our Wine Consultants educate and inform about fine wines and how to match them with delicious cuisine. Furthermore, they build and maintain lasting relationships with our clients through their knowledge of wine and their sensitivity to our clients needs.
	A Stones Throw Winery was originally founded in 2002 out of Trabuco Canyon and operated as a small boutique winery called Hamilton Oaks Vineyard and Winery Inc. In 2012 the winery opened a second tasting room as Hamilton Oaks San Juan in the historic Swanner House in San Juan Capistrano, on the 3-acre property amongst the orange groves. In 2016 a group of former Marines and retired Marines formed a new partnership with Giracci Vineyards and Farms to establish A Stones Throw Winery. The winery is thrilled to have the expertise of the Giracci Team and the support of some-hard charging Marines.
	Chad and Linda, sharing an unbridled enthusiasm for fine food and wine followed their hearts to wine country, tasting and touring around the globe. They only imagined living the dream in the countryside, getting back to their roots; riding their horses, tending their garden, loving the land and growing and harvesting grapes. After the two married in 1998 Chad and Linda Kearns connected with best friends and fellow philanthropists Michael and Donna Cipolla to make wine. As hobby wine makers Michael now jokes with Chad, “The first year we taught them and the second year they taught us.” That was the year that Chad put his doctorate in Pharmacy to the test using his background in chemistry to take a winning medal for their 2001 Zinfandel at the OC Fair.
	There’s a lot of water out there. Oceans, rivers, fish tanks, fountains. But none of that water is Essentia. We created Essentia ionized alkaline water because we believe hydration makes us all a little better, inside and out. Don’t laugh. When you’re properly hydrated, you think, feel, move, work and play more effectively. And that feeling, that confidence, is contagious. At Essentia, we’re committed to delivering water of superior quality that we think can support your lifestyle.
	Tatratea is a tea based liquor and ranges from 32%-72%, this liquor got tremendous exporsure in the Nightclub and Bar Convention in Vegas 2011. Tatrateas can be served as shots, cocktails, on the rocks, neat or hot in tea. You really need to try it to believe how good it is!
	Blinking Owl Distillery The Blinking Owl is the very first craft distillery in Orange County. We also are one of the first distilleries in the state of California to hold the Type 74 Craft Distillers License allowing us to operate our tasting room and sell a few bottles. We make Vodka, Gin, several types of Whiskey, and the Scandinavian spirit, Aquavit.
	March Wines After instantly hitting it off at the Duckhorn harvest party in 2012, Charley and Maura started dating. Four years later, March Wines was created with the idea of making our favorite wine and introducing our friends and family to the most unique varietal, Riesling. Currently, working as Assistant Winemakers at small production, high-end wineries in Napa, we make March Wines to express our love for lighter bodied, complex wines, that are affordable and fun to drink!
	Refugio Ranch Vineyards Refugio Ranch is truly a family owned and operated business. Borrowing from Old World traditions of passing land and passion down from one generation to the next. We work on the ranch, we play on the ranch – always with the knowledge that we are merely stewards of the land in the course of its long history.
	Roblar Winery Nestled in an oak tree-studded 40-acre vineyard located in the heart of Santa Barbara County, Roblar Winery and Vineyards reflects the spirit of Santa Ynez Valley- rustic, authentic, and bold. Our philosophy is to foster a unique visitor experience of bringing together great wine, great food, and great friends.We encourage guests to explore the estate—from our stunning 5,000 sq. ft. tasting room complete with an indoor-outdoor stone fireplace, to the trellis-covered patio, looking out over our expansive gardens.
	SoMa Cellars As life-long friends and wine aficionados, SoMa Cellars is the heartfelt realization of our vision to make wine that we love and would love to share. We both appreciate wines that are fresh, vibrant and crafted in traditional fashion to showcase the essential qualities of the fruit.
	Wilson Creek Wilson Creek Winery is a family-owned winery in the heart of Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country known for its quality wines and warm hospitality. The winery features a welcoming tasting room, full-service restaurant with vineyard view dining and expansive patio, creek side picnic area, indoor and outdoor conference and event spaces, romantic wedding venue and exclusive retreat accommodations