September 13 & 14
The Festival was created in 1982 by the late Carrie Jacobson May, Barbara Reding and Eric Johnson to showcase local artistic talent. Fifty artists participated on the Esplanade that first year in the “Capitola Village Art Festival”. The Capitola Chamber of Commerce became involved the following year in 1983. The late Jay Collins created the first poster, wine tasting was added and the name was changed to the “Capitola Art & Wine Festival.”
Art
Artistic talent ranges from exquisite jewelry to metal sculpture for the home, intricate blown glass, handcrafted leather goods and woodwork, water color and oil paintings, photography, and everything in-between; even a local face-painter for the children (or the child within). And for the budding young artist, there is a children’s art area with ongoing projects to entertain the younger set.
Entertainment
Today the Festival is hosted by the Capitola- Soquel Chamber of Commerce and includes over 160 local and nationally acclaimed fine artists, wine tasting from 22 Santa Cruz Mountain wineries, local gourmet restaurants & caterers and fabulous entertainment all weekend including The Sun Kings – a Beatles tribute, fun-in-the-sun funk and California Rock from Extra Large, and the samba-reggae-funk-surf- and-skate, phenomenon known as SambaDá,
Wine
The Capitola Art & Wine festival is the perfect venue and opportunity to taste the wide variety of wines produced by our local wineries such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir or Chardonnay. For those who take the time to savor them, describing the taste of these wines is a fascinating exercise in getting in touch with your sense of taste and smell.
The 2014 Capitola Art & Wine Festival features these exceptional wineries: • 37th Parallel • Alfaro Family Vineyards & Winery • Bargetto Winery • Beauregard Vineyards • Bruzzone Family Vineyards • Burrell School Vineyards • Chaucer’s Cellars • Domenico Winery • Hallcrest Vineyards & Organic Wine Works • Heart O’ the Mountain • Hunter Hill Vineyard & Winery • Martin Ranch Winery • Naumann Vineyards • Nicholson Vineyards • Pelican Ranch Winery • Roudon-Smith Winery • Sones Cellars • Soquel Vineyards • Storrs Winery • Silver Mountain Vineyards • Trout Gulch Vineyards • Zayante Vineyards
Taste your way through the Festival! Chardonnay, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Rose, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah … whatever your pleasure. With the beautiful Monterey Bay as your backdrop, peruse beautiful works of art and listen to great music while enjoying the exceptional wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
