California Wine Festival​ To Return To Carlsbad

CARLSBAD, CA — The California Wine Festival is scheduled to return this summer to Carlsbad.

The 2025 festival will take place April 25-26 in Dana Point, June 20-21 in Carlsbad, July 18-19 in Santa Barbara, and Oct. 17-18 in Huntington Beach. The event series will feature immersive wine experiences featuring top wineries, gourmet bites and live music.

"We aim to be a place where our guests can connect with why so many of us call California home," said Emily Kaufmann, executive director of California Wine Festival. "Our vibrant state has some of the most picturesque strips of coastline globally, innovative culinary concepts, and is the homebase to so many phenomenal wineries, accounting for 80% of the wines produced throughout the country. We take pride in our relationships with winemakers across the state's diverse growing regions, and look forward to raising a glass of one of their award-winning wines with new and returning guests alike."

Each two-day event kicks off with a Friday evening Sunset Rare and Reserve Tasting, offering a sparkling wine reception and samples of reserve wines, as well as tasting room exclusives and limited-production bottles from vineyards across the Central Coast, Napa Valley, Sonoma County and more.

The second day will feature Beachside Wine Festival, an interactive and educational way to sample wines. The event offers one-on-one conversations and tastings with culinary and wine representatives from California wineries and local restaurants. Over hundreds of premium wines from California will be available for unlimited samples, as well as various craft beers and other libations produced across the state. There will also be live music and small portions of artisanal cheeses and bites from area restaurants.

All of the events will feature a silent auction during the Sunset Rare and Reserve Tasting to benefit charitable organizations, including Sandy Feet Initiative, Golden Rule Charity and Food Bank of Santa Barbara County.

The two-day Carlsbad festival will take place at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort.

Tickets are on sale now for the Dana Point festival. Tickets will go on sale starting March 1 for the Carlsbad and Santa Barbara festivals, and June 1 for the Huntington Beach festival.