Santa Cruz Mountains Vintners’ Festival, “Roots That Rock,” Announces Line-up for Downtown Santa Cruz Street Faire

First Downtown Wine Festival In Over 10 Years Will Feature Wine, Artisan Food, Entertainment & Art The Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association, representing more than 70 wineries located within one of the most unique natural environments for wine-growing in the world, today released a preview of the line-up for the Downtown Santa Cruz Street Faire. The Street Faire takes place June 9, from 11am to 3pm on Pacific Avenue (between Locust and Walnut Streets) in downtown Santa Cruz. Tickets are available online at http://scmvintnersfestival.eventbrite.com. Celebrating "Roots That Rock,” the Downtown Santa Cruz Street Faire is new to this year’s Vintners’ Festival and provides a taste of the Santa Cruz Mountains in a convenient one-stop street faire atmosphere. Sip and buy wines from legendary winemakers of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Wine tasters will be able to sample wines that are not always available outside of a tasting room. Many of the participating wineries are generally not open to the public or are limited to special event-only tastings. The street faire will also feature artisan foods, local art and live entertainment. PREVIEW LINE-UP: Wineries Bargetto Winery Beauregard Vineyards Big Basin Vineyards Burrell School Vineyards Cinnabar Winery Dancing Creek Winery Downhill Cellars Hunter Hill Vineyards & Winery MJA Vineyards & Winery Muccigrosso Vineyards Myka Cellars Naumann Vineyards Sante Arcangeli Family Wines Silver Mountain Winery Storrs Winery and Vineyards Villa del Monte Winery Wines at the Street Faire will be available for purchase at the Vintners’ Marketplace bottle booth. Artists Anne Labrie Studios Annieglass August Moon Creations Bonny Doon Fused Glass Cardamom Tuesday Damselfly Jewelry Copper Moon Apothecary Friends of SC State Parks (Michael Schwab Prints) Hook and Loop Jewelry Design Jade Shaper Linda Cordy Photography Lori Canton Photography reWINEd Designs Roots Artkives Ruby Roxanne Designs Ruth Easterbrook Ceramics Sandcastle Magic Entertainment 7th Wave Amee Chapman Cooper Street Band Mitch’s Mob Trippy Chicks Hoop Troupe Artisan Food Buttercup Cupcakes and Farm House Frosting Cardamom Tuesday Center Street Grill Chocolate Restaurant Chocolate Visions Low n Slow Food Truck Mission Hill Creamery Monterey Chocolate Company The Oyster Man Pacific Thai Sweet Pea’s Cafe TICKET INFO: Downtown Santa Cruz Street Faire tickets are $8 per person. Ticket price includes entry and a commemorative wine glass. Tasting tickets will be $1 each and a taste is between 2-5 tickets per varietal. Tickets available online at http://scmvintnersfestival.eventbrite.com.