Art & Wine returns to historical Downtown Placerville, 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16. Twenty El Dorado County wineries will be pouring in 20 downtown locations and, best of all, the event is totally free. Guests must be 21 or older to participate and wine must be sipped inside the merchant locations.
The following list of participating merchants and wineries proceeds down Main Street from the west to the east end.
Man Cave & Sierra Vista, a 50-year legacy winery, presents wines made using sustainable and eco-friendly practices.
Ambiance Clothing Store & Crystal Basin offers the “best wines for carnivores.” The winery makes small batches of rich, fruit-forward wines.
Planted on Main & Nello Olivo serves the best Italian wines in California, smooth, well balanced and robustly flavored.
Treehouse & Chaney Family Winery, established in 2023, follows the core values of “Good Vines, Good Wines, Good Times.”
Placerville Art Gallery & 1850 Wine Cellars uses the “Gold Standard” in wine making.
Art Studio 360 & Shadow Ranch prides itself on organic farming practives and renewable energy sources.
Gold Country Artists & Golden Leaves Winery cultivates varietals such as Bordeaux and Spanish varieties.
Placerville News & Cappelli Wine is a micro-winery with hand crafted wines at affordable prices. They encourage customer bottle re-use.
Home Inspirations & Mediterranean Vineyards crafts varietals inspired by France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Empire Antiques & Cielo Sulla Terra means “heaven on earth” and the owners weave together their interests in healing, equestrian pursuits and winemaking.
Pop Art & Fenton Harriott makes a complex, full bodied and delicately balanced wine. The winery is located on part of the Pony Express Trail.
Artistic Beads & Medeiros Winery uses both modern and traditional techniques to produce reasonably priced quality wines.
Violets Are Blue & Holly’s Hill Vineyard embodies “Rugged Refined.” They exclusively use varieties also planted in the Rhine Valley.
Creekside Studio & Skinner Vineyards was established at nearby land by a Scottish ancestor in 1861, one of the first wineries in the county.
Volution Gallery & Myka Cellars was founded by Myka Raas, who began with cool climate varietals and has now diversified with local grapes.
Thrifted Cat & Bumgarner Winery, “Where Beauty and Bounty Meet.” They are about family, tradition and celebration of the land.
Loved to Death & Element 79 refers to the 79th element on the periodic table, gold. 1979 is also the year that the owners married.
Kitchen Goods & Via Romano. Enjoy this wine while you still can. The owners will be retiring on Dec. 23.
Spa 520 & Lava Cap Winery is run by a third generation farming family. Their estate has mountain grown grapes at a 2,700-foot elevation, producing and intensely aromatic and luscious wine.
Royal Six Tattoo & Toogood Winery began in 2001 by Paul Toogood, and the Mittelstaedts bought it in 2019. The winery’s 5,000-square-foot cave must be seen to be believed.
