News on the Fair Play Festival

It was 1984 when Fair Play’s first three wineries thought of coordinating the dates and publicity for their annual open house celebrations and held the first Fair Play Wine Festival. The Fair Play Wine Festival holds the honor of the oldest ongoing winery association event in all the Sierra Foothills, and at the time it started it was unique in having Festival goers visit each participating winery. The fans of Fair Play wines couldn’t help but bring their friends, fueling the success of the Fair Play Wine Festival for two decades. What started with three wineries has grown and grown, every year delivering good times and great wines to thousands of supportive fans.

The dynamics of the Festival have changed greatly over the years but the format has changed little. The Festival has become so successful but the quality of the experience has not declined. The Festival is wonderfully informal, with several of the Fair Play wineries choosing to welcome you with exciting special events during the traditional first weekend in June. Please check back with us as we will post all the details as they are developed and links to each winery’s website will offer more detail.

In the meantime, thank you to all who attended the Festival in 2009 and we are planning all new events for the Fair Play Festival in 2010. The possibilities for the future are as varied and unique as the wineries of Fair Play. Before and beyond the traditional first weekend of June lie lots of opportunities to enjoy a visit to the Wineries of Fair Play, because there’s always something happening in Fair Play!