Event details
Pouring at Ojai Food + Wine 2026
From 2,800 feet above the Ojai Valley, taste our organically farmed, estate-grown mountain wines, poured among chefs, sommeliers, and sunshine.
Date:March 8, 2026
Time:7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location:905 Country Club Road, Ojai
Ojai Food + Wine returns to the Ojai Valley Inn for four days of world-class cuisine and wine. This intimate festival brings together top chefs, sommeliers, and over 100 wineries for private dinners, tastings, and hands-on demos in one of California's most enchanting settings.
The Grand Tasting takes place
Visit Ojai Mountain at the Grand Tasting
Stop by our table to taste the wines that have critics calling this "one of the most exciting new projects in California." We'll be pouring:
Our team will be on hand to talk through how each wine is grown, what makes mountain viticulture different, and what we have coming out of the cellar this year. If you've visited the estate before, this is a great chance to reconnect. If you haven't, consider this your introduction.
What Makes Ojai Mountain Different
California's highest coastal vineyard and southernmost cool-climate estate, Ojai Mountain sits at 2,800–3,000 feet elevation, just 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean. The Ojai Valley's rare east-west mountain orientation funnels marine air directly inland, moderating temperatures throughout the growing season.
The result: 40–50°F diurnal temperature swings that preserve acidity and aromatic compounds, fractured Monterey shale soils that force vines to struggle and naturally limit vigor, and a semi-arid climate with extreme variability. These conditions allow us to produce wines with the structure, acidity, and lift that define world-class cool-climate viticulture—tension, not weight.
Ojai Mountain is the southernmost site in California producing cool-climate wines.
Join Us at the Grand Tasting
Tickets for the Ojai Food + Wine Grand Tasting are available now. Visit festival website to purchase.