Once again, Wally's popular summer afternoon tasting will include over 50 Central Coast wineries. To date, confirmed wineries include Saxum, Au Bon Climat, Qupé, Hitching Post Wines, Fiddlehead, Loring, Beckmen, Rusack, Presidio,Talley, Ambullneo, Whitcraft, Row Eleven, Paige 23, Summerland, Tantara, Linne Calodo, Arcadian, Claiborne & Churchill  Talbott.   

And this year the WCCWFC proudly introduces the participation of California micro- breweries, including Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles; Nectar Ales, Paso Robles; The Bruery, Placentia; Telegraph Brewing Company, Santa Barbara; and Stone Brewing Company, Escondido. 

With some of the best chefs and restaurants represented, including Frank Ostini showcasing the art of grilling on his traveling Santa Maria Barbecue pit from The Hitching Post II, returning guests from Los Angeles are Osteria and Pizzeria Mozza by Nancy Silverton and Matt Molina, La Brea Bakery, Spago Beverly Hills, CUT, Lucques/A.O.C. /Tavern, Comme Ça, Gelato Bar and the Hungry Cat.  Featured from the best of the Central Coast are: Bouchon/Seagrass, Artisan, Pasolivo, Olio e Limone Ristorante, The Ballard Inn Restaurant in Ballard, Brothers’ Restaurant at Mattei’s Tavern and Full of Life Flatbread from Los Alamos.  Joining the event for the first time is Josiah Citrin’s celebrated Caché Restaurant & Lounge, in Santa Monica and Wally's Cheese Box.

In addition to the wine and food tasting, guests are invited to participate in a silent auction of rare wine offerings and premier gift packages.  This year’s auction items will include travel packages to Avia in Napa, the Capella resort in Ixtapa, The Benjamin Hotel in New York, the Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley, Las Ventanas al Paradiso in Cabo San Lucas, Montage Hotel in Beverly Hills, Hadsten House in Solvang, and a week-long fabulous vacation home on Martha’s Vineyard.  Also featured this year is a special appearance and signing by photographer Mark Robert Halper, who will donate 50% of the book sales of his latest collection, Sunlight and Water: Celebrating the Winemakers of Santa Barbara County, to the scholarship fund.   For the seventh year, to entertain the crowd is Gary Burk’s lively group, the Inexpensive Winos.  A majority of the funds received directly benefit the Michael Bonaccorsi Scholarship Fund at the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology.

We are pleased to announce Ms. Meredith Bell as the recipient of the Michael Bonaccorsi Foundation Scholarship for 2010.  Ms. Bell will be in attendance for the annual fundraising event to meet guests, winemakers and members of the Bonaccorsi Family.