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Start Time: 7:30AM
Event Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drive-the-vineyards-tickets-35742560962
Drive the Vineyards
The "Drive the Vineyards" Tour will take place on Saturday, July 22, 2017
Costs: There is no charge to participate in this tour.
Optional Wine Tasting: Ferrari Carano Winery - $25.00 pp, Dutcher Crossing Winery - $10.00 pp, Spragia Winery - $20.00 pp, 30% discount on wines.
Lunch will be a "bring your own" picnic lunch at the Dutcher Crossing Winery. Please bring your own picnic lunch with food to share for 25 individuals (there is not sufficient time to stop at a restaurant for lunch).
Sign-up closes on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 8:00 PM
Join the Diablo PCA Chief Driving Instructor, Jeff Urnes on a tour of the Somona Wine Country. This tour will start at the Buttercup Cafe in Walnut Creek and proceed to the Ferrari Carano, Dutcher Crossing and Spragia wineries after a rest stop at Johnny's Java in Cotati, CA. Optional wine tasting will be available (for an optional fee) at each of the wineries, with a "bring your own" picnic lunch at the Dutcher Crossing Winery. The tour will end at the Spragia Winery where a 30% discount on wines will be offered.
Notes:
This is a freeway tour with a rest stop at Johnny's Java in Cotati.
Schedule (Click here to display a custom Google Map of the route) Once the map is displayed you may send it to your cell phone by text or email, share the link, or print the directions.
07:30 Pre-trip meeting at Buttercup in Walnut Creek
07:45 Enroute to Rest Stop at Johnny's Java, 8492 Gravenstein Highway, Cotati, CA 94931
Route: I-680 N to I-780 W to I-80 E to CA-37 W to CA-116 W to US-101 N to Exit 481B, CA-116 W to:
8492 Gravenstein Highway Cotati, CA 94931
09:00 Arrive at rest stop: Johnny's Java, 8492 Gravenstein Highway Cotati, CA 94931
09:30 Enroute to Ferrari Carano Winery 8761 Dry Creek Rd., Healdsburg, CA 95448
Route: CA-116 E to US-101 N to exit Dry Creek Rd Healdsburg to:
8761 Dry Creek Rd., Healdsburg, CA 95448
10:15 Arrive at Ferrari Carano, 8761 Dry Creek Rd., Healdsburg, CA 95448
10:30 Wine tasting (tasting optional, $25.00 pp tasting fee) at Ferrari Carano
12:00 Enroute to Dutcher Crossing Winery 8533 Dry Creek Rd, Geyserville, CA 95441
Route: South on Dry Creek Road to: 8533 Dry Creek Rd, Geyserville, CA 95441
12:30 Lunch and Wine tasting (informal picnic lunch, optional wine tasting, $10.00 pp) at Dutcher Crossing Winery
14:30 (Time approx.) to Sbragia Winery (optional wine tasting, $20.00 pp, 30% discount on wines) 9990 Dry Creek Rd., Geyserville, CA 95441
Route: North on Dry Creek Road to: 9990 Dry Creek Rd., Geyserville, CA 95441
For information regarding this event contact: Jeff Urnes,
For questions regarding registration on Eventbrite contact: Carolyn Wong,
For general questions regarding the Diablo Region PCA contact: Carlos Bocanagra,