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2019 CALIFORNIA JANUARY 2019
Food Festivals, Wine & Beer Festivals
(see also: 2018  -  2017  -  2012)

January 1-31, 2019
California Restaurant Month
Statewide, California
January’s California Restaurant Month puts the state’s amazing bounty on rich display. It makes feasting even more accessible than usual, with a legion of participating restaurants in cities and regions across the state offering deals and special menus at various times during the month.  And this year, more regions and cities are participating than ever. From San Diego to Sonoma, Tahoe to Temecula, the month of January overflows with sunny deliciousness. Here’s how it works: Participating cities and regions have their own restaurant week—lasting anywhere from a week to 10 days—during the month of January. During each weeklong celebration various restaurants offer special deals, such as affordable prix fixe menus for lunch and/or dinner, or sizably discounted meals.

January 1-31, 2019  Sonoma Valley Delicious! - Sonoma, California
Sonoma Valley has partnered with Visit California for the month of January to celebrate all things epicurean. Guests will enjoy special offers, including prix fixe menus, special food & wine pairings, signature dishes and cocktails, and more at restaurants, tasting rooms, and wineries!

January 6-11, 2019  Cheeseburger Week in Pasadena
Pasadena, California
During Cheeseburger Week Pasadena honors Lionel Sternberger's genius in being the first to put cheese to hamburger and serve it at the Rite Spot in Pasadena in 1924.  Forty of Pasadena's favorite restaurants, lounges and burger joints offered their signature burgers, some special creations and a deals  during Pasadena Cheeseburger Week.

January 7-13, 2019 - Santa Monica Restaurant Week
Santa Monica, California
To celebrate California Restaurant Month and highlight Santa Monica as an award-winning, health-conscious culinary destination, participating Santa Monica restaurants and their chefs will craft delicious, healthy, and custom dishes centered around this year’s special restaurant week ingredient – the pomegranate.

January 11-13, 2019
45th Annual Santa Cruz Fungus Fair
Santa Cruz, California
The annual event will be sponsored by the Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz, expanding the understanding and appreciation of mycology (study of mushrooms). The Fair is a popular event for the entire community.

January 13-15, 2019 - 44th Winter Fancy Food Show
San Francisco, California
The Winter Fancy Food Show is the West Coast’s largest specialty food & beverage trade show, held annually in January. Discover 80,000 on-trend and best-in-class products including confections, cheese, coffee, snacks, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more. Connect with 1,300 exhibitors representing the latest in specialty foods and beverages from across the U.S. and 35 countries and regions. Attendance: 17,000

January 18-21, 2019  9th Annual Napa Truffle Festival 2019
Napa, California
World class cuisine meets cutting edge truffle science!  Featuring black truffles, cultivation and culinary programs, leading truffle scientists, a truffle orchard excursion and epicurean marketplace, fabulous food and wine pairings, and world-famous Michelin Star chefs.

January 19-20, 2019  San Diego Travel & Adventure Show
San Diego, California
The Country’s Most Exciting Travel Show Returns to San Diego.  The Annual San Diego Travel & Adventure Show is where travel lovers come for travel inspiration, expert information and fun, cultural interaction.  It’s where you’ll discover thousands of authentic travel experiences and speak directly to the travel experts who can get you there, give you the inside scoop, and save you money on exclusive travel deals.

January 19-20, 2019 - 27th Annual Winter Wineland
Sonoma County, California
140+ wineries offer wine, art, and education. Some wineries will have food pairings and others will have tours.

January 19-20, 2019 - Asian American Expo - Pomona, California
The largest Asian Trade Show. Celebrating the Lunar New Year festivities, building dialogue between the booming Asian and U.S. markets, offering joy, fun and happiness to all!
 

2018 CALIFORNIA JANUARY 2018
Food Shows and Local Food, Beer and Wine Events
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January 9-11, 2018  4th Annual BlendFest on the Coast
Paso Robles, California
The Only Event Dedicated To Blends.  Paso Robles’ winemakers love to blend, mixing varieties to craft something unique and delicious. BlendFest celebrates these rule-breaking, unconventional wines throughout the weekend on the beautiful California Coast.

January 11-21, 2018
Oakland Restaurant Week
Oakland, California

January 12, 2018  Scientific Grower Truffle Grower Seminar
Napa, California
Designed for potential truffle growers, this in-depth seminar provides a detailed technical overview of the basic science and methodology involved in truffle cultivation.

January 12-14, 2018
Riverside Home & Garden Show
Riverside, California

January 12-16, 2018
Redondo Beach Restaurant Week - Redondo Beach, California

January 12-21, 2018
Vacaville Restaurant Week
Vacaville, California
Vacaville Restaurant Week was created by Visit Vacaville to highlight the diversity of the Vacaville dining scene! Restaurant weeks in San Francisco and Sacramento have seen great success while showcasing their broad diversity. Now it’s time for Vacaville restaurants to come together with the community and celebrate a week of fabulous dining. Restaurant Week gives all local foodies and families the opportunity to enjoy special pricing & specialty menus from participating restaurants throughout Vacaville.

January 12-21, 2018  Dine Downtown Sacramento
Sacramento, California
Calling all foodies! Experience the best of Downtown Sac’s gourmet food scene during the award-winning Dine Downtown Restaurant Week. Price: $35 for 3-course prix fixe meal.  To Benefit: Social services and food literacy programs in Sacramento.

January 12-26, 2018  Winter dine L.A. Restaurant Week
Los Angeles, California

January 13, 2018  Dig Truffles? Experience - Napa, California
Are you a foodie passionate about truffles? Then the Dig Truffles? Experience is tailored just for you! Combining an interactive, experiential session with an exquisite truffle lunch and tour at a premier Napa winery and an exclusive tour of the first truffle orchard in Napa Valley, complete with our favorite truffle dogs, this program packs the truffle weekend highlights into one great truffle day.  After learning all about truffles, you’ll be treated to a superb Winery Truffle Lunch & Tour – one of the highlights of the festival weekend – prepared by an award-winning master chef. The lunch, a truffle menu that features fresh black truffles in every course, will be perfectly paired with select wines from the host winery.

January 18-20, 2018  Zinfandel Experience
San Francisco, California
Attending Zinfandel Experience is more than going to a fun and lively wine tasting event. It's also about making deeper connections with others who love Zinfandel as much as you do. It's about introducing your friends to a meaningful part of your life. And it's about discovering new ways of bringing Zinfandel's magic into the world.   Set at both the historic Presidio overlooking the San Francisco Bay and the iconic Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco, Zinfandel Experience is the largest single varietal tasting of its kind that brings together top winemakers and wine enthusiasts to celebrate America’s grape.  (also: http://www.zinfandel.org/)

January 19-21, 2018  The Good Food Awards - San Francisco, California
The Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsibly produced. We grant awards to outstanding American food producers and the farmers who provide their ingredients. Honoring the  recipients who push their industries towards craftsmanship and sustainability while enhancing our agricultural landscape and building strong communities. Good Food Awards will be given to winners in 15 categories: beer, cider, charcuterie, cheese, chocolate, coffee, confections, preserved fish, honey, oils pantry, pickles, preserves, spirits, and our newest category, elixirs. . Awards will be given to producers and their food communities from each of 5 regions of the US. The Good Food Awards seal, found on winning products, assures consumers they have found something exceptionally delicious that also supports sustainability and social good.

January 19-28, 2018  Oxnard Restaurant Week - Oxnard, California
Restaurants will promote all things culinary across the Golden State, from farmers’ markets and chef tasting to  winemakers and craft beer specials for January 2018 “Oxnard’s Dine, Wine & Beer Week”  Oxnard’s Dine, Wine and Beer Week is held annually in conjunction with California Restaurant Month designed to promote culinary travel throughout the state.

January 19-28, 2018  19th annual Crab, Wine & Beer Festival 2018
Mendocino, California
Mendocino County’s rugged coastline has been home to generations of fishermen who harvest the bounties of our cold, clear Pacific Ocean—and this includes delicious Dungeness crab. And, every January, Mendocino County celebrates this delightful crustacean and locally grown and produced wines and beers with a Festival that delights foodies, oenophiles, and beer lovers alike!

January 21, 2018  Cheesemonger Invitational
San Francisco, California
The Olympics of Cheese are here: the Cheesemonger Invitational! More than 30 of the country's top cheesemongers will come together for one action-packed weekend to showcase the very best in the field.  Organizers of the invitational have selected these mongers from specialty shops from coast to coast, traveling from Michigan, Florida, Tennessee, New York, Vermont, Washington, D.C. and other locales, along with competitors from all over California and the Bay Area.  The invitational was founded by cheese expert and importer Adam Moskowitz in NYC in 2010, and this will mark the fifth year that San Francisco plays host to the weekend, held in conjunction with the Winter Fancy Food Show; it will return once again to NYC in June 2018.

January 21-24, 2018  Dairy Forum 2018 - Palm Desert, California
IDFA's Dairy Forum brings together the leadership of the U.S. dairy industry — processors, producers, suppliers, retailers, policy makers, academics and agricultural media — to build relationships and discuss the current landscape as it relates to the future of the dairy industry.

January 21-28, 2018  Napa Valley Restaurant Week
Napa Valley, California

January 21-28, 2018  San Diego Restaurant Week
San Diego, California

January 22-31, 2018  San Francisco Restaurant Week
San Francisco, California
SF Restaurant Week is a celebration of San Francisco’s world-class dining community. Nearly 130 restaurants around San Francisco offer special prix-fixe menus to showcase their passion for sharing great food with diners.

January 23-25, 2018  Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
Sacramento, California
By combining a trade show with a broad spectrum of seminars, the Unified Symposium provides attendees direct access to all the latest information.

January 27, 2018  27th Annual Holtville Rib Cook-Off
Holtville, California
Hosted by the Holtville Athletic Club, this year”s event is scheduled one weekend prior to the Super Bowl and is expected to draw a crowd of 15,000 people.  Attendance: 15,000.

January 27, 2018  Annual Winter Wine Classic
Santa Barbara, California
Tasting nearly 100 classic California wines of this legendary stature at one event is truly a rare chance for fine wine lovers to taste the very best all in one place. The event will include famous names from the wine world like Bernardus, Charles Krug, Lieff Wines and Whitehall Lane as well as artisan gold-medal producers such as Beckmen, Lloyd Cellars and Westerly who will pour their ultra-premium wines and delight of the hundreds of oenophiles in attendance.  A wide variety of delectable wine-worthy gourmet morsels will be paired and offered by some of the region’s most notable chefs in this luxuriant wine and food celebration. Top Santa Barbara restaurants include Blush, VIVA, Chase Restaurant & Lounge, Enterprise Fish Company and much more!

January 27-28, 2018  Temecula Valley Barrel Tasting
Temecula, California
A new world twist on old world varietals, this two day barrel tasting weekend features your favorite varietals made with Temecula Valley style.

January 28, 2018  Annual Wine Classic - Los Angeles, California
Loyola Marymount University Annual Wine Classic.  Featuring more than 150 wines from 40 boutique California wineries. Silent auction includes specialty wines and products. Proceeds benefit LMU student scholarships.

January 28, 2018  Chocolate Infusion - Nevada City, California
Spend a glorious winter Sunday afternoon enjoying chocolate, wine all in the Speakeasy vibe of the 1920’s. Sample delicious and decadent chocolate treats from local and regional chocolatiers and chefs, taste wonderful local wines and even some craft beer that compliment the sweet and savory food samples you’ll enjoy.  Bring your friends, dress in period 1920’s costumes (if you desire) and enjoy an afternoon like no other at Chocolate Infusion.

January 28-Feb 3, 2018  Dine Out Escondido! - Escondido, California
Enjoy scrumptious specials from our highly-acclaimed chefs, restaurateurs, and eateries. Savor the diverse culinary flavors of Escondido by taking advantage of this opportunity to visit your favorites and create new experiences! Cheers!

January 30-31, 2018  Sustainable Foods Summit
San Francisco, California
North American edition of the Sustainable Foods Summit. Focal themes of this new edition are food security & waste, marketing best-practices and new technologies.  The Sustainable Foods Summit is a series of international summits that focuses on the leading issues the food industry faces concerning sustainability and eco-labels, such as Organic, Fair Trade, Rainforest Alliance, UTZ Certified, etc. The aim of the Sustainable Foods Summit is to explore new horizons for eco-labels and sustainability in the food industry by discussing key industry issues.
 

2017 CALIFORNIA JANUARY 2017
Food Shows and Local Food, Beer and Wine Events
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January 16-26, 2017  Downtown San Jose Restaurant Week
San Jose, California

January 22-28, 2017  Taste of Yolo Restaurant Week
Yolo, California

January 22-29, 2017  Downtown Ventura Restaurant Week
Ventura, California

January 23-29, 2017  Yuba-Sutter County Restaurant Week
Yuba-Sutter County, California

January 27-29, 2017  OC Home & Garden Show - Anaheim, California
Largest Home Show in both LA & Orange Counties! Expected attendance:  Over 10,000 people.
 

CALIFORNIA JANUARY 2012
Food Shows and Local Food, Beer and Wine Events
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January 28-29, 2012  Bring Out the Barrel 2012: Good Wine Hunting
Placerville, California
Come out and be the first to taste El Dorado’s finest wines straight from the barrel! You will be treated to a special preview of extraordinary vintages before they are blended or bottled. Each vineyard will be offering wine tastings, light hors d'oeuvres, and the opportunity to learn more about wine and wine making. As you’re discovering great wines, be on the hunt for other items as part of the winery scavenger hunt. Prizes will be awarded to the first 10 to participants to finish.