18th Annual Catalan Festival

July 24th and 25th, 2010 11:00AM to 4:00PM

Celebrating 24 years of making world-class sparkling and still wines.

The Catalan Festival at Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards pairs the unique spirit of Catalonia with the world-class quality of California sparkling and still wines. A celebration of the winery’s Spanish roots and the opening of the winery in July 1986, the Catalan Festival is now in its 18th year.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to let your senses be enticed by the melodies of classical guitar, rhythms of flamenco dance, aromas of saffron and spice, and taste of world-class bubbly.

Spain used to be a cluster of different kingdoms— Aragon and Catalonia, Valencia, Castilla—each with its own language, culture, heritage and royal family. Eventually, by marriage or conquest, it all became one country. In the northeast of Spain, Catalonia has kind of an urban, yet Mediterranean feel to it. A lot of artists and entrepreneurs come from there as opposed to other regions that are more agricultural. Barcelona, Catalonia's enchanted city, is often referred to as Paris with palm trees.

Whether you're coming for the first time or to relive happy memories, you'll find plenty to do at the festival. Click here to watch a video of a previous Catalan Festival.

Click here to purchase tickets for Saturday, July 24th or Sunday July 25th

PLEASE NOTE
After 12:00pm on Friday, July 23, 2010, all ticket sales for the Catalan Festival will be sold at Will Call on Saturday and Sunday at the event.

We will sample the cuisine of bay area restaurants and caterers including:
Paella Guy with Jose Castenada, Sabor of Spain, Barlata/B44, Vineyards Inn, Big Jim's BBQ with Suckling Pig and La Espanola meats.

Schedule of Events

The following is a schedule of activities for 2010 event.
• 11:05 am - 11:30 am: Big Jim's BBQ Cooking Demo
• 11:35am - 11:50pm: Gegants de Mataro Traditional Catalan(weather permitting)
• 11:55pm - 12:20pm: Paella cooking demo by "Paella Guy" Jose Castenada
• 12:30pm - 1:15pm: Flamenco Fantasy Guitar performance by Eric Symons
• 1:30pm - 2:30pm: Dance performance by Sol Flamenco
• 2:45pm - 3:10pm: Flavors of Spain cooking demo by Steve Rose Vineyards Inn
• 3:20 -3:45 Sardana dance (traditional Catalan dance)
• 4:00 close

Purchase Tickets

The adult admission price is $50.00 and $42.50 for wine club members (up to 4 tickets)and for Children under 21. Children under 5 are free. The admission price includes:
- Admission to the event
- A logo champagne flute
- Plastic (reusable) festival tray
- (2) wine tokens good for a glass of sparkling or table wine
- (4) food tokens

Additional food and drink tickets can be purchased the day of the event. The food items are provided in sample portions. (The food vendors are independent providers and they set the pricing and portion sizes for their samples.)

Click here to purchase tickets for Saturday, July 24th or Sunday July 25th

If you prefer to order tickets by phone please call our hotline at (707) 933-1999.
(please note, there will be a $5 per order charge for phone orders)