Tempt your Taste Buds at the twenty-fourth annual Ojai Wine Festival
Sunday, June 13, 2010, 12:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Tasting from 12 noon – 4:00 p.m.
Tickets: Online, at the Attitude Adjustment Shoppe – Ojai, or Roadrunner Shuttle

Ojai, CA – The twenty-fourth annual Ojai Wine Festival will take place Sunday, June 13, 2010 from 12:00 to 5:00 pm on the scenic shores of Lake Casitas.
The annual fundraising event attracts close to 4,000 attendees each year. Reggie Wood, President of the sponsoring Rotary Club of Ojai-West boasted “You can’t beat the combination of fantastic wine, beer, food, live music, dancing and fun in such a beautiful setting on the shores of Lake Casitas.”
Wine Festival Executive Director, Angela May, added “Last year had a record breaking 57 wineries who poured 240 diverse wines. We anticipate a similar variety of high quality wines at this year’s festival she added. Tickets are limited and May advises buying tickets online now. Photos, maps, and information from last year’s event can be found at http://www.ojaiwinefestival.com.
Ten popular local restaurants will offer tasty food at reasonable prices. Guests may dine and drink wine at shaded tables or picnic on a grassy knoll overlooking the stage and Lake Casitas. Not a wine lover? Beer lovers can enjoy tasting a great selection of domestic and import beers. Visit the new Wine by the Glass Lounge to enjoy live music as well as interactive magic and mind reading performed by Kiyan, “Man of Magic.”
Visitors can look forward to listening, dancing, and singing along to the music of Beatles tribute band, Sgt. Pepper, plus Tom Thumb and the Hitchikers, an 11-piece rock & soul review. The festival will also feature an assortment of arts and crafts vendors selling their wares. Small children can play in the park’s play area and free boat rides on Lake Casitas will again be available to all attendees. More than 100 volunteers guarantee a well run and safe festival.
Admission prices and how to purchase tickets are as follows:
Advance sale tickets are $30 available online at http://www.ojaiwinefestival.com , add $3.00 handling charge per order. Tickets are also on sale at Ojai’s Attitude Adjustment Shoppe in the Ojai Valley Shopping Center, (805) 646-1109. Don’t want to drive? For $50 buy a package deal event drinking ticket with roundtrip Roadrunner Shuttle ride from the Ventura Train station to the Lake event site online at http://rrshuttle.com/ojaiwinefestival.
The deadline for purchasing advance tickets online or phone is Friday, June 11th at 5:00 pm. Purchased tickets will not be mailed out. Pick up your tickets with your payment confirmation slip at the Will Call booth the day of the event. Groups of twenty participants or more receive a discounted price of 10%. Call Angela May at 1-800-648-4881 for details.
Regular Adult Admission the day of the event is $40.00. The ticket price includes admission, all entertainment, a souvenir wine glass, and ten (10) wine-tasting tickets – to be redeemed at the wine or beer tasting booths. Children under 16 years are free with a paid adult. Wine by the Glass is $6.00. Extra tasting tickets are $2.00 each. Parking is $5.00 at the site. Pets, outside alcoholic beverages, umbrellas or shade structures are not allowed at the event.
Room/Ticket/Shuttle Package for two are available at the Ventura Crowne Plaza for only $199 with a Sunday night stay; for more information call: (805) 648-2100. Mention the Ojai Wine Festival to receive a discounted room in Ojai at Su Nido (805) 646-7080, Casa Ojai (805) 646-8175, or the Chantico Inn and Suites (805) 646-8100. Take advantage of the free Ojai Wine Festival Shuttle from Ojai. Stay a full weekend in the Ojai Valley with time to visit Ojai’s shops, galleries, and historic Museum; visitors can book accommodations in Ojai or Ventura. See the Ojai Chamber of Commerce at http://ojaichamber.org for more details.
Lake Casitas has 400 beautiful campsites, from tent sites to deluxe RV hookups. See http://www.castiaswater.org for details. Call 805-649-1122 Monday – Friday 8 am – 3 pm.
The Ojai Wine Festival is a non-profit fundraising event of the Rotary Club of Ojai-West to help fund many humanitarian and community projects, including the environmental science based educational Lake Casitas Boat Tours for Ojai public schools. For information on Rotary community service projects, visit http://www.ojairotarywest.org or mail in your questions to:
P.O. Box 1501, Ojai, CA 93024.
This press release thanks to the Ojai Rotary Club ~ West
Photograph with attribution to Steve Adams