6th Annual
Garagiste Festival
Northern Exposure
April 27, 2024
The 6th Annual Garagiste Festival: Northern Exposure is coming back on April 27, 2024 to give you rare access to the region's best small, hard-to-find winemakers. At this exclusive event, you will discover and taste amazing, cutting-edge wines from over 40 high-quality, micro-production, commercial wineries from Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Santa Cruz, and many more Northern California wine regions.
Find out for yourself why we’ve been selling out our events for ten years and why we were named the #1 Wine Festival in the Country by USA Today! Meet the winemakers and hear directly from them about the ins and outs of their winemaking styles.
ABOUT
Most of these excellent hard-to-find wineries do not have tasting rooms and can’t be found on “wine country” maps. Many sell out their wines quickly to their allocation lists. The Garagiste Festival gives you the rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor and discover some pretty unique wines and even enjoy a few first vintages! The wines showcased here are created from personal passion, not a marketing strategy. These are NOT supermarket wines, and the difference is astounding.
Escape the usual festival crowds by coming to Sonoma and tasting for yourself!
Check out our blog post “What’s the big deal about being small?” to learn more about the core vision of the Festivals.
2024 EVENT SPONSORS
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS & TICKETS
Rare & Reserve Early Access
Saturday 1:00–5:00pm
$100
Grand Tasting
Saturday 2–5pm
$79
SATURDAY, APRIL 27th
Sonoma Veterans’ Memorial Hall
126 1st Street W, Sonoma CA 95476
Festival Ticket Levels
Rare & Reserve Early Access — 1:00-5:00pm — $100
Come early and get to taste the best of their best, as our wineries treat our early access guests with library, club only or reserve wines, only being poured from 1:00-2:00pm. The festival’s Grand Tasting follows from 2-5pm with an additional 100+ wines featuring over 20 different varietals. These tickets are limited to ensure early access guests enjoy a less-crowded tasting experience. Complimentary cheese & charcuterie (and water) will be provided along with tasty treats from local artisan vendors. Signature Stozlze glass included. ONLY 150 Tickets Available!
Grand Tasting — 2–5pm — $79
The festival’s Grand Tasting is from 2-5pm with over 40 winemakers pouring 150+ wines and 20+ varietals. Complimentary cheese and charcuterie (and water) will be provided along with tasty treats from local artisan vendors. Signature Stozlze glass included.
SILENT AUCTION
Attendees also get day of access of some of these amazing wines via our Wine-Only Silent Auction. All proceeds from this fund-raiser go to the Garagiste Scholarship Fund at Cal Poly SLO to help fund the future of CA winemaking.
ARTISAN VENDORS
TRADE AND MEDIA
Trade & Media entry begins at 1:00pm. ONLY wine bar / shop / restaurant owners and wine brokers / distributors will be allowed to purchase a Trade ticket ($20 per person). Please contact us at info@garagistefestival.com for further details and ticket information.
Members of the Media, please contact Melanie Webber at melanie@mwebbcom.com to register.
VOLUNTEERS
Please contact us at heather@garagistefestival.com if you are interested in volunteering at the Festival. You must be over 21 years old to participate.
DISCLAMERS
*We make no promises/ guarantees that any refreshments/ food and/ or beverages are free of any allergens or health restricting products. We will not be held responsible/ liable for any illness that may occur while consuming at his/her own free will and at his/ her own discretion.
No ONE under 21 will be admitted to the building. This includes small children and babies. We understand they will not be drinking but this is the policy of the ABC and not allowed under our event license. You will have more fun this way. We appreciate your understanding.
Only licensed service animals will be allowed into the venue. Please leave your pets at home.
All sales are final. You may personally sell / transfer a ticket to someone else as long as they are over 21.