The 2023 Occasion Includes a Return to the Open Home Format
February 13, 2023 (PLACERVILLE, CA) – The El Dorado Vineyard Affiliation’s (EDWA) Passport to the Nice Out There returns for its 32nd 12 months on April 22-23, 2023. The favored annual occasion permits visitors to expertise 20 family-owned wineries all through El Dorado County, with every vineyard providing signature meals and wine tastings, reserve wines, and different surprises. After a swap to a reservation-based occasion in 2021, Passport will return to its authentic Open Home format.
“We’re enthusiastic about returning to the unique format,” mentioned El Dorado Vineyard Affiliation President Teena Hildebrand. “It permits our visitors to freely journey from vineyard to vineyard with out having to stay to a selected schedule, taking advantage of their Passport expertise.”
The Open Home format offers visitors flexibility on which wineries to go to. They merely choose their beginning vineyard, which is the place they choose up wine glasses and wristbands, and from there they’re free to go to any of the 20 taking part wineries.
New for 2023, Passport to the Nice Out There tickets have been streamlined. This 12 months, everyone seems to be a VIP. As well as, visitors can now select from three ticket varieties: one-day, two-day, and Designated Driver. Early Hen tickets, which supply a $10 financial savings, might be out there by February 21 at 5 pm.
“The shift to the brand new ticket varieties and the Open Home strategy makes it simpler for visitors,” famous Hildebrand. “Our aim is to create an distinctive expertise on each stage, from ordering tickets to visiting wineries. Protecting issues easy is a vital part of that have.”
This 12 months’s wineries boast a variety of award-winning wines, distinctive varietals, and tasting experiences within the Larger El Dorado, Carson Street, Nice Valley, and Honest Play areas of El Dorado Wine Nation. Wineries featured embrace Boeger Vineyard, Bumgarner Vineyard, Busby Cellars, Chateau Davell, Crystal Basin Cellars, Area Quantity Fifteen, Golden Leaves Winery & Vineyard, Holly’s Hill, Madrona Vineyards, Mellowood Vineyards, Myka Estates, Slender Gate Vineyards, Nello Olivo Vineyard (each areas), Shadow Ranch Vineyards, Skinner Vineyards (each areas), By way of Romano Winery, Toogood Cellars, and Toogood Property Vineyard.
Info on tickets and taking part wineries may be discovered at https://eldoradowines.org/
El Dorado Vineyard Affiliation member wineries are a choose group of small, unbiased wineries that meet the affiliation’s strict standards and embody the area’s spirit. They’re unbiased producers who’re invested within the county’s agriculture and supply and produce regionally. They solely function wines from our authorized AVAs: El Dorado, Honest Play, and Sierra Foothills. El Dorado wineries embrace uniqueness, range, and excellence in wine varieties and types. Go to their web site to be taught extra at eldoradowines.org.
