Bargetto Winery's Art & Wine Festival

Bargetto Winery's Art & Wine Festival is an annual grand tasting festival held in Soquel, California — hosted at Bargetto's Soquel Tasting Room at 3535 North Main Street, the same property where the Bargetto family has produced wine since 1933. Scheduled for April 12, 2026, the festival combines wine tasting with food vendors, local art, and live music at one of the Santa Cruz Mountains' longest-operating family wineries. Ticket pricing had not been announced at time of publication; visitors should check bargetto.com for updates before attending.

Bargetto Winery's Art & Wine Festival takes place on the working grounds of the Soquel Tasting Room, where wine is available by the glass for purchase and food vendors provide on-site dining. Local artists display and sell work alongside the wine program — visual art is a structural part of the event, not incidental decor. Live music completes the format. This programming approach mirrors Bargetto's regular event calendar, which features open seating, no-reservation formats, and rotating local vendors and performers. The Soquel Tasting Room is open daily from 12:00 to 5:00 PM, and the festival takes place on those same grounds, giving attendees a direct sense of the winery's everyday character. Bargetto's other ticketed events — such as the Carve & Sip Workshop priced at $85 general admission and $80 for wine club members — indicate that member discounts are part of the winery's standard event pricing structure.

Ticket prices, GA inclusions, and VIP options had not been confirmed as of publication. Those planning to attend should verify pricing and reservation requirements at bargetto.com before April 12, 2026. The Soquel Tasting Room can be reached by phone at (831) 475-2258. Because the festival takes place on the winery property, attendees will have access to Bargetto's full portfolio — estate wines, Italian varietals, and mead — in the same setting where those wines are made and poured daily.

Bargetto Winery sits within the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, a cool-climate appellation where low-yielding vineyards produce wines of notable concentration. The winery grows Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Merlot, and Pinot Grigio, alongside northern Italian varietals — Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, and Refosco — at the Regan Estate Vineyard near Corralitos, established in 1992. These 3 Italian varietals are blended into La Vita, the winery's flagship wine, aged in oak barrels for 2 to 2.5 years. Bargetto also produces Chaucer's Mead, made from 100% pure honey without artificial flavors, in continuous production since 1964. The festival offers a single afternoon to sample this full range at the historic Soquel property where the Bargetto family has made wine for more than 90 years.