74TH ANNUAL MONTEREY COUNTY FAIR TO HOLD 6TH ANNUAL MONTEREY COUNTY WINE TASTING EVENT

Monterey County will bring some of its best wines together for Monterey County Fair’s very special Wine Tasting event. This not-to-be-missed event will be held on Thursday, September 2nd from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM at the Turf Club featuring award winning wines from the Central Coast Wine Competition.  Pre-sale tickets may be purchased on the website, www.montereycountyfair.com, or at the Fair Administration Office on Garden Road and Fairground Road for $20 and includes fair admission.  We have a special ticket price of $15 for Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Members.  Tickets will also be sold at the door for $25 the evening of the event. Come out and enjoy this very special evening which was created to celebrate the diversity and the world-class quality of varietals, wineries and vineyards that make Monterey County a premier wine destination.

The winners of the Central Coast Wine Competition were announced recently and several wineries from Monterey County received awards! A total of 527 wines from the Central Coast American Viticulture Area (AVA) as well as Ventura County were entered. The Central Coast AVA encompasses Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara counties. The Monterey County winners included Best of Zinfandel and Best of Monterey County: Kenneth Volk, Santa Maria 2007 Zinfandel, Monterey and Lockwood Vineyard, Monterey 2008 Estate Chardonnay received a Gold Medal.
 
For a complete list of all medalists from the 2010 Central Coast Wine Competition, please refer to the Facebook page or the competition’s blog at http://centralcoastwinecompetition.wordpress.com/

The Monterey County Fairgrounds is a premiere event center set on 22 oak-studded acres. It is home of the annual Monterey County Fair, host to many major public and private events on the Central Coast, and the site of the Monterey Bay Race Place, a Satellite Wagering Facility. The Monterey County Fair is the 7th District Agricultural Association of the State of California. For more information, call (831) 372-5863 or check out the website, www.montereycountyfair.com.