Casual Wining

08/19/2024

Fun!

Most tastings are hosted outdoors on our lawn and patio areas boasting stunning vineyard views. Limited indoor seating is available by request. We offer wine tasting reservations starting at 11am with the last reservation at 4pm. 

08/18/2024

The new Domenico Winery in Ione, CA. Absolutely beautiful venue with excellent wine, awesome wedding venue with bridal dressing rooms!

Open Friday through Sunday 11-5, 11655 Paine Rd., Ione, CA. Check it out!

08/16/2024

So much live music and great food this weekend to go with the great wine available at the wineries of the Sierra foothills. And the weather looks perfect! Mid 80s! Check out our events calendar to find your fun this weekend! https://casualwining.com/upcoming-events/

08/16/2024

Can’t wait to check out the new Domenico Winery tasting room this weekend in Ione! Even better, only 5 miles from home.

Check out this great take from the Ledger Dispatch https://www.ledger.news/on_the_vine/domenico-winery—amador-county-announces-august-18-opening-in-ione/article_348f5b18-59b5-11ef-9405-47627e1b583b.html

08/16/2024

A local legend!

08/16/2024

Can’t wait to check out the new Domenico Winery tasting room this weekend in Ione! Even better, only 5 miles from home.

Check out this great take from the Ledger Dispatch

Husband-and-wife team Dominick and Gloria Chirichillo, proprietors of the award-winning Domenico Winery in San Carlos, CA, along with sons, Nick and Matty Chirichillo and their wives Marina Patton and Jasmine

08/09/2024

Here are just a few of the events happening soon at the Sierra Foothill wineries. Click this link to find more! https://casualwining.com/upcoming-events/

Featured Events Fair Play Zin Fest 2024 – Labor Day WeekendThe Annual Fair Play Zin Fest will be an event for the senses, an epic wine and food adventure celebrating award-winning premium zinfandels and other fantastic wines produced out of […] $20 – $65Find out more 31 August 2024 Fair Play Z...

08/01/2024

Great origin story!

07/30/2024

Give yourself something to look forward to! Start planning your weekend in Sierra foothill wine country now by checking out our event calendar!
https://casualwining.com/upcoming-events/

07/27/2024

So much to do at the Sierra Foothills wineries this weekend! We are heading to the Taste of Calaveras food and wine festival, our first time attending. Join us there, or head to the foothills and check out the events calendar for fun things to do!

Featured Events Taste of CalaverasThe 15th annual "Taste of Calaveras" Wine, Food and Art Experience is happening on Saturday, July 27th, at Ironstone Vineyards. Stroll through the beautiful Gardens at Ironstone Vineyards Breezeway and […] $25 – $60Find out more 27 July 2024 Ironstone Vineyards,...

07/25/2024

Another crazy busy weekend at the wineries of the Sierra Foothills! Check it out here! https://casualwining.com/upcoming-events/

07/24/2024

This visit to Hatcher/School St Wines in Murphy's, CA, shows how the family owned wineries of the Sierra foothills provide a one of a kind experience. Read about it here: https://tinyurl.com/2s4bkuhv

A 2 Hour Tasting (!) at Hatcher & School Street Wines Jul 23, 2024 | 0 comments You go wine tasting for the experience, and what an experience my first time at Hatcher & School St. Wines was! We visited way back in 2021 when tasting rooms were just starting to reopen after the pandemic and my sister...

07/19/2024

Look at that weekend lineup! Lots of fun events in the Sierra Foothills this weekend, just 2 1/2 hours from the Bay area. https://casualwining.com/events/month/

07/18/2024

So much happening in Sierra foothill wine country this weekend! Check out our calendar of events and plan your weekend here! Just 2 1/2 hours from the Bay area, more than 250 wineries! Learn more here: https://casualwining.com/upcoming-events/

Welcome to Casual Wining!   A website for people who just like wine   We are really happy you’re here. Join us as we discover new wineries along the Western Sierra Nevada Foothills region of California, where some of the best wine grapes in the country are grown. Along the way we’ll learn more...

07/18/2024

This weekend's featured event: Scott Harvey's 20th anniversary celebration! Good music, good food, great wine and lots of fun! July 20, noon to 4:00. More info at https://casualwining.com/event/scott-harvey-wines-20th-anniversary-party/

Scott Harvey Wines is celebrating 20 years with an unforgettable blowout event at their Shenandoah Valley location! Enjoy an afternoon of festivities, includ

07/18/2024

What a great story!

07/17/2024

We can’t wait for this! Amador County is known for its Barberas, and sampling some of the best in one venue will be such a treat.

Get tickets online for Barbera Festival 2024 here.

07/15/2024

Yes it does!

07/05/2024

Love this venue! Should be fun!

Come join us on August 17 6pm for our first wine maker’s dinner! We partnered up with the lovely to provide a delicious 4 course meal. To purchase your ticket please visit www.church-and-main.com/events.

07/04/2024

What a fun lineup!

06/25/2024

The concluding paragraph in the Lodi Growers post on "Why Lodi produces delicate, fragrant styles of red wine" (re https://lodigrowers.com/why-lodi-produces-delicate-fragrant-styles-of-red-wine/ ): "Reality is different from what you read in books. Warm-climate red wines can indeed be more delicate, finely scented, and just as zesty in acidity as cooler-climate wines. It is specific terroir, the adaptation of cultivars, and the intervention of growers and vintners that make the only differences that count."

06/21/2024

Hang in there!

06/19/2024

Yum! And free is just the right price.

06/19/2024

Having trouble making up our mind…

06/18/2024

Life goals