It will be an all day tasting, sampling and marketplace celebration with cheese makers, chefs, wine makers, farmers, shopkeepers, food writers, bread bakers, resort proprietors, caterers and friends, where attendees can discover, devour and learn.

Join us for the day and you can:
• Enjoy world class Cooking Demonstrations from Local, Regional and Nationally known chefs
• Sample Local Wines at the Sonoma County Vintner's Wine Bar and many individual winery tables
• Taste and Buy Local and Artisan Foods from all over the Region
• Meet Food Writers and Local Food & Wine Shop Keepers
• Take Guided Cheese Tastings with Award Winning Cheesemakers
• Taste the top creations of award-winning caterers

And this year we have a host of related activities planned - from September 20th (the planting of the walnut trees at the Guerneville School Garden) to the new Country on the River (Music in the Meadow) starring Hal Ketchum. This will be a memorable series of events.

Come join us at the Russian River Food & Winefest to celebrate and experience our area’s unique bounty at the peak of our harvest season.

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The Russian River Resort Area has been a favorite destination for Bay Area residents and visitors for more than a hundred years.

Now known as one of the world’s most exciting and emerging wine regions, Western Sonoma County is also well known for its extraordinary farms, cheese makers, bread bakers, coffee roasters and so much more.

The distinct agricultural mix offers the widest variety of fine food and drink of any appellation in America.

The Russian River Valley Appellation, formally established in 1983, is one of the largest in Sonoma County and in the Northern California Wine Country. With 12,000 acres devoted to wine grapes, the appellation includes over 200 winegrowers and 50 wineries.

Its boundaries roughly follow the low-lying flat plain extending south and west of Healdsburg, following the Russian River as it turns toward the Pacific Ocean. The coastal hills at Guerneville mark its western boundary.

While Guerneville is at the heart of the Russian River Resort Community, Monte Rio is certainly its crossroads.

This year’s location brings our area's finest artisans to a beachfront meadow right on the banks of the river, surrounded by redwood groves and historic vacation resorts.