Posts Tagged ‘Wine Tours’
Farm and Wine Bus Tour Big Savings Day!
Exploring Northern California’s hills and valleys by bus is only the beginning. We take participants right to the source of our local food chain: the farms and vineyards. Our bus goes behind the gates and beyond the tractors to meet local farmers & vintners. Learn where their farm story began, how they see our local agriculture growing, and their role as a provider to our local communities and restaurants. We literally go from the farm to fork in our bus adventure.
Take advantage of our special farm and wine bus tour day this upcoming May 19th with discount savings on tour tickets. For this date only, we are offering a special ticket price of $54 per adult ticket – a $15 savings per ticket! Use promo code: FRESH to receive discount: http://www.zerve.com/LocalRoots/Sierra
Our Sierra Foothill Farm & Wine Tour focuses on the Placer County area on the Sunday, May 19th bus tour route. We showcase Placer Grown farms and vineyards along a beautiful planned tour route.
Though subject to change, you can expect:
- Transportation from a central meeting location in our 14 passenger executive bus
- A 4 hour bus tour with 5 to 6 different stops
- A trained local guide ready to showcase farms, orchards, & vineyards
- An opportunity to shop at each stop
- A catered, 4 course gourmet lunch
- Local Roots Food Tours reusable shopping bag
Typical stops will be to a indoor farmers market/bakery, a local olive oil mandarin farm, 1 or 2 fresh berry patches/farms, 1 organic produce farm, 1 flower farm and 1 local vineyard with wine tastings. Shopping will be allowed on all stops and is highly encouraged! Our bus tour is fully guided by our locally trained hosts who will delight you with stories and fun facts about the region. Each participant will be treated to a gourmet lunch, along with complimentary beverages.
Come along and enjoy the beauty of the rolling Sierra’s along with bountiful farms, spring flowers and delicious bites of our local bounty. It will be a day you will always remember and the opportunity to connect to our local farmers and vintners. Don’t forget to bring your cameras - there will be some wonderful photo ops! For further questions about our farm & wine tours please give us a call: 1-800-407-8918 or contact us via our email: info@localrootsfoodtours.com
California Agritourism Offers Great Farm Tours!
Many might wonder what actually defines; “Agritourism” Is it a trend or just a catch phrase that is becoming more and more prevalent in agricultural communities? Agritourism is widespread in America. Agritourists can choose from a wide range of activities that include picking fruits and vegetables, riding horses, tasting honey, learning about wine and cheesemaking, or shopping in farm gift shops and farm stands for local and regional produce or hand-crafted gifts. People have become more interested in how their food is produced. They want to meet farmers and processors and talk with them about what goes into food production. For many people who visit farms, especially children, the visit marks the first time they see the source of their food, be it a dairy cow, an ear of corn growing in a field, or an apple they can pick right off a tree.
Northern California is growing their Agritourism and several tour companies offer great options in the form of tours and events in which participants are taken directly to the farms, the cheesemakers, the winemakers and bakers. So many options to choose from……are you ready to go?
1. Local Roots Farm & Wine Tours in Sacramento Valley
http://www.localrootsfoodtours.com 1-800-407-8918
Sierra Foothills Farm & Wine Bus Tours take participants on a 4 hour bus journey through the beautiful hills and valleys of Placer County visiting local olive groves, mandarin orchards, organic farms, beautiful vineyards and an indoor produce market and bakery. The opportunity to meet passionate farmers and vintners on each tour stop. Tours include a gourmet lunch which includes farm to fork ingredients from placer county farms and wine tasting at local vineyard. Tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays year round. Custom group tours for private parties are offered 7 days a week.
2. Ag Venture Tours in Salinas Valley
http://www.agventuretours.com 831-761-8463
Van tours planned around the Monterey Bay Region stopping at several chosen organic farms in the prosperous Salinas Valley. Different tour options. Advanced ticketing required.
Top 10 Tips to Explore Wine Tasting Rooms Successfully
Wine, Wine, Wine! (by Bethany Woy)
It used to be quite a process to organize a trip to Wine Country, plan out which wineries you wanted to try, find someone willing to be your designated driver and check times and availability at each winery. With the growing trend of wine tasting happening not only in California but also all over the United States, tasting rooms have been popping up all over the place. A typical tasting room is operated by a winery (usually in a vineyard) where bottling, production and shipping take place. Some wineries operate multiple tasting rooms in different cities. Sometimes smaller wineries join together in a single tasting room so they may showcase their product.
If you’ve never attended a wine tasting at a tasting room: Please do. It’s an amazing experience. I know wine tasting can be an overwhelming thing and sometimes wine gets a bad wrap because people think it can be pretentious. I promise you it’s not. Make it a hobby! It’s fascinating the amount of time the wine making process is and it’s a beautiful science. You can so quickly get in touch with your palette and food will start tasting different! And desserts! Pairing wine and food can be so much fun!
What should you be looking for in a wine while you are tasting? Here are the basics:
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Food & Wine Tour launching in Murphys, CA!
Come enjoy the finest wine and food in gorgeous Murphys, CA! Aptly named “Queen of the Sierras”, and one of Sunset magazine’s Top Ten Coolest Small Towns, Murphys is a superb destination for fine dining and wine tasting, and this tour shows you the best of both worlds. Stroll along 1800’s-era Italian brick and stone buildings where talented chefs and vintners now produce their mouth-watering dishes and award-winning vintages.
Our 3-hour tour includes up to 9 stops at the best restaurants and shops. You’ll eat unique dishes made from fresh, locally-sourced produce & taste fabulous, locally-made wines.
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Local Wine Trail Event Not To Be Missed!
Discover the Sierra Vintners Wine Trail
Presented by Coldwell Banker | Grass Roots Realty
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
12:00pm to 5:00pm
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
12:00pm to 4:00pm
Tickets
Early-Bird Weekend Pass – $40
(through Sunday, May 22)
Last Minute Weekend Pass – $55
(after May 22)
Designated Driver – $10
Your ticket will entitle you to a commemorative wine glass, map and wristband giving you access to all fifteen wineries and their Wine Trail festivities. They can be picked up on the day of the event at any of the participating wineries.
Purchase
Online at www.SierraVinters.com or at any participating winery
For Questions or Assistance:
info@sierravintners.com or 530.205.3016
Participating Wineries:*
- Avanguardia Wines
- Bent Metal Winery
- Coufos Cellars
- Double Oak Vineyard & Winery
- Indian Springs Vineyard
- Lucchesi Vineyards & Winery
- Montoliva Vineyard & Winery
- Naggiar Vineyards & Winery
- Nevada City Winery
- Pilot Peak Winery
- Sierra Knolls Vineyard & Winery
- Bear River Wine Tasting
- Sierra Starr Vineyard
- Solune Winegrowers
- Smith Vineyard
- Szabo Vineyards
