West of the West Wine Festival

The "WOW" Wine festival is the ultimate wine destination weekend bringing together the exceptional West Sonoma Coast wines along with the laid back culture, local cuisine and the majestic beauty of West County, Sonoma Coast all under one gorgeous tent at Sebastopol’s The Barlow. The wine festival celebrates its fifth year with a new Opening Night Ceremony with a Whole Hog BBQ, a stellar global Chardonnay seminar moderated by Bloomberg wine writer Elin McCoy, a study of the terroir of Freestone and Occidental seminar, a visit to the epic Taylor Lane – home to some of West County’s famed vineyards, access to the VIP Grand Tasting and an invite to the Saturday night celebration party catered by award winning Stark &Co. featuring West County favorites such as a local oyster bar followed by porchetta carved tableside, halibut cheeks, Dungeness crab, fennel sofrito and many more specialties from our region. The Grand Dinner will be paired with a selection of fabulous library and reserve wines brought by our distinguished vintner guests.