California Wine Festival returns to Carlsbad Aviara Resort June 20-21, 2025
Let’s get right down to it. The California Wine Festival is one of my most favorite events in San Diego. Unlike some wine and food festivals where the crowds are big and the food and wine portions small, the Carlsbad event is just right. The crowds and venue are large enough but not too large, and the food and wine options plentiful and wonderful.
SUNSET RARE & RESERVE TASTING
Friday, June 20, 2025 - 6:30-9pm
Guests are invited sip on fine wines and taste a variety of delicacies at the beautiful Park Hyatt Aviara Resort Golf Club & Spa's newly renovated Lawn. This is an elegant VIP event for true fine wine lovers, located in one of San Diego County's most beautiful coastal cities – Carlsbad. The limited number of tickets sell out quickly (due to the rarity of the wines being poured). A champagne reception is just the prelude to an evening of sampling hard-to-find trophy wines, some already out of circulation and impossible to find are poured, to an adoring crowd dressed in their finest casual/elegant resort wear.
BEACHSIDE WINE FESTIVAL
Saturday, June 21, 2025 - 1-4pm (VIPs 12pm)
The quintessential California wine tasting experience – sun, sea, food, wine and music – all come together at this sun-splashed wine fest overlooking lush rolling hills with the shimmering Pacific beyond at Park Hyatt Aviara Resort's Heron Lawn. By 1:00 pm the joint is jumping at this Camelot-like white-topped tent village. Wine oenophiles will find hundreds of fine wines, regional craft brews and a dizzying variety of foods to sample. Artisanal cheeses, breads, olive oil, as well as shellfish, salads,chocolates, cakes, and more! A live band keeps the beat for this all-day feast for the senses where wine and food are king and queen.
TICKET INFO TO THE CALIFORNIA WINE FESTIVAL AT CARLSBAD’S PARK HYATT IN AVIARA
You can select either the Friday Sunset Rare and Reserve Tasting event, an upscale sort of affair, or the Saturday Beachside Wine Festival, a more casual “go booth to booth” experience. Both are wonderful but the Saturday event gets a big thumbs up from me. Come on, you’re in coastal Carlsbad, you’re enjoying the sunshine and there’s wine and food at every booth just begging you to try it. Is there a better way to spend a Saturday?
