11th Annual Russian River Valley Winegrowers
Grape to Glass Weekend

Santa Rosa, CA (August 8, 2006) Experience the Russian River Valley like never before at the 11th Annual Russian River Valley Winegrowers Grape to Glass weekend, August 18-20, 2006. Tickets are still available for a myriad of activities where you will meet the growers, talk with the winemakers, taste the wines and experience the beauty at this three-day event in the heart of Sonoma County?s acclaimed Russian River Valley appellation.

Friday?s activities include a leisurely bike ride through the picturesque backroads bordering the Russian River Valley?s lush vineyards, a Magical Mystery Bus tour and an evening under the stars at MacMurray Ranch where you will enjoy a Seafood Barbecue and Fred MacMurray classics at an outdoor movie theater.

Meet the passionate growers and winemakers who create some of America?s most prize winning wines on Saturday, August 19 at the behind-the-scene tours followed by the Hog in the Fog Barbecue with more than 50 wineries, a spectacular barbecue dinner and silent and live auctions.

Sunday wraps up with lunch and a fun wine and food pairing seminar with TV cooking personality and Sonoma County resident Guy Fieri who will show you how to ?Play with Your Chardonnay? with some unusual food and wine pairings. The lunch takes place on the croquet greens at Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards as the Wings Over Sonoma County Air Show happens overhead.

For more information and tickets call 707-521-2535 or go to the web site at www.rrvw.org.

The Russian River Valley Winegrowers are a non-profit organization that nourishes the agricultural diversity of the appellation, its rural community lifestyle and authentic farming heritage while advancing Russian River Valley wines in the national and international marketplace.