Earth Day Food & Wine Festival Weekend
Friday, April 16 - Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Earth Day Food & Wine Festival is a weekend celebration of
sustainably produced, award-winning food and wine grown on
California’s scenic Central Coast. Enjoy the feature event on
Saturday, April 17 and join us for barrel tastings, cooking
demonstrations, live music, and vineyard tours throughout the weekend.
Organized by the
Central Coast Vineyard Team,
a local non-profit dedicated to sustainable winegrowing since 1994, the
event's proceeds support research, education, and farmworker outreach.
The
Earth Day Food & Wine Festival, held on April 17, 2010 in Santa
Margarita, California, will sound as great as it tastes, thanks to the
toe-tappin’, fiddle-playin’ four-piece band, Julie & the Bad Dogs.
Julie will open the Premiere hour of the main event with classical
violin and then bring in her “dogs” (Glen, Art, and Frank) to get
things rockin’ as the event’s General Admission gates open. Come join
us on the dance floor as the band plays a combination of blues, rock,
country (and then some) while celebrating Earth Day at this unique food
& wine event featuring earth-friendly cuisine.
Bach to Rock at the Earth Day Food & Wine Festival
Of course, Julie & The Bad Dogs are just one part of the Earth
Day Food & Wine Festival. This year’s event will offer a full
weekend of activities to
complement the abundant gathering of food and wine purveyors at the
main event on Saturday, April 17, 2010. Come toast with the
winemakers, nibble bites of local cuisine and shake the hand of many
farmers who grow the sustainably produced food and wine offered here on
the Central Coast. These earth conscious exhibitors will be showing off
their fruits, vegetables, meats, cheeses, olive oils, hand-crafted
wines and more all in celebration of Earth Day.
Also don’t forget about our commitment to host a minimal footprint celebration!
We have again implemented an extensive recycling and composting
program, plastic reduction policy, solar powered entertainment stage,
convenient countywide shuttle services and carpooling initiatives to
reduce waste and energy throughout the entire weekend. As a result, in
2009 the Earth Day Food & Wine event generated only two bags of
trash for over 1000 guests.
We look forward to raising a glass with you at the 4th annual Earth
Day Food & Wine Festival as we celebrate the hard work of and
dedication to each of our participants to protecting and conserving our
valuable resources.