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Lucas Himovitz
Top Food, Beer, & Wine Festivals
A real-life cornucopia, California is one of the world’s most productive agricultural regions. For example, we are by far the country’s top grower of avocados and strawberries. Unofficially, the state is also the national leader in food festivals. That is because Californians not only excel at growing and preparing food, they love to celebrate it, too. Attend events throughout the year that honour everything from Dungeness crab to tamales, artichokes, and dates. And, of course, plenty of California wine and craft beer, too. Watch cooking demonstrations by star chefs, enjoy live entertainment, and sample surprising speciality foods. Garlic ice cream, anyone?
Jan 19 - Jan 28
January
Dive into over a week’s worth of all-you-can-eat crab feeds, winemaker's dinners, wine competitions, crab cruises, cooking classes, and family-style cioppino feeds at this regional celebration of...
Gianni Dominici/Flickr
October
Honour the harvest season this October at the Hoes Down Harvest Festival, a family-friendly event that takes place at the beautiful...
January-February
Experience one of California’s most magical winter settings, the Majestic Yosemite Hotel (formerly...
Photo by DNC Parks & Resorts at Yosemite, Inc.
Apr 20 - Apr 23
April
Get ready for the Central Coast’s ultimate gathering of the culinary world. First launched in 2008, Pebble Beach Food & Wine is one of those...
Courtesy of Coastal Luxury Management
July
Vampires beware: the Gilroy Garlic Festival is one garlic-infused weekend that creatures of the night may want to avoid. Everyone...
Bill Strange Photography
June
So amazingly popular that it has had to move out of its namesake town and 18 miles south to Monterey, the two-day Castroville Artichoke...
August
Revel in the flavours of the ultimate foodie city as San Francisco’s premier chefs—many of them movers and shakers in the sustainability movement—strut their stuff at the ...
Gamma Nine/ Eat DrinkSF
February
Want a date? You’re guaranteed to get one at the Riverside County Fair & Date Festival, the Indio extravaganza honouring the sweet,...
Kate Bolin/Flickr
Joey Hernandez/SD Bay Wine & Food Fest
September
Get dressed up and party at special events all over this beautiful beach town in “the O.C.” Special chefs’ dinners at area restaurants, live cooking demonstrations, and other special experiences...
September
With the nickname 'America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital', it’s only appropriate that Sacramento celebrates the bounty sourced from its 1.4...
Courtesy of Sacramento Convention & Visitor's Bureau
October
The first avocado trees in California were planted around 1871, and now the state grows a whopping 90 percent of the crop harvested in the U.S. So it makes sense that one of the state’s top...
Olle Svensson/Flickr
Jun 3
August
Showcasing the city’s prowess as a seriously great food destination, the Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival is an epicurean spectacular showcasing...
Stefanie Parkinson
December
If you have never unwrapped the corn husk of a tamale to reveal the delicious, steaming masa inside—well, you have a good thing coming. Head for the...
Omid Tavallai/Flickr
Aug 14
June
Raise a cold one to the world’s hottest brewers at this annual craft-beer bonanza every June. The San Diego International Beer Festival...
Dave Lauridsen
California: Luxury
Kicking back after you kick off your boots is a snow-country tradition, and there’s plenty of post-slopes fun at California’s top alpine resorts. Have a beer or warm up...
California: Luxury
From regal stone and timber lodges visited by kings, queens, and presidents, to kitsch-perfect settings where you can play caveman, California’s most unforgettable hotels...
Sample the flavours of the Napa Valley, Sonoma County and the Anderson Valley on this scenic drive past rolling hills and endless vineyards.