17th Annual Bodega Seafood Art and Wine Festival in August

Below is information on the 17th Annual Bodega Seafood Art and Wine Festival in California this August.

When: August 27 – 28, 2011
Where: 16855 Bodega Hwy Bodega, CA
Website: Bodega Seafood Art and Wine Festival
Info: Come to the most joyful, unique celebration of food, wine, beer, art and entertainment in the wine country!

The Festival Features:

A beautiful, juried fine art and craft marketplace!
Over a dozen restaurants and catering companies serving a variety of foods, with an emphasis on seafood
3 stages of excellent entertainment and a large dance floor!
Great kids entertainment and games!
The Bodega Seafood Festival Rubber Duck Races!
An expansive Wine and Microbrewed Beer Tasting featuring dozens of wineries and breweries.
Last Year’s wineries included:
Alexander Valley Vineyard, Benziger, BR Cohn Winery, Cahill, Cosentino, Cline Cellars, Crane Brothers Winery,
Cynthus Wines, David Noyes Wines, Deerfield Ranch Winery, Diamond Oaks Winery, Foppiano, Frey Vineyards,
Handley Cellars, Kokomo Winery, Korbel Champagne Cellars, Larson Family Vineyards, Long Gamma Wines,
Martin Ray, Pedroncelli Winery, Ravenswood, Reynoso, Rielle Wines, Robert Rue Vineyard & Winery, Simple
Math Cellars, Staplehead, Stryker Sonomo, Thumbprint Cellars, Trefethen Family Vineyards, and Twisted Twig.
Last Years Breweries included:
Anderson Valley Brewing Co, Bear Republic Brewing Co, Black Diamond Brewing Co, Faultline Brewing Company, Firestone Walker Brewing Co, Iron Springs Brewing Co, Lagunitas Brewing Co, Lost Coast Brewing Co, Mad River Brewing Co, North Coast Brewing Co, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, Sonoma Springs Brewing Co, and Third Street Aleworks.

About the Festival

The idea for Bodega Seafood Art & Wine Festival was conceived in Florida, of all places. Escaping the winter cold in 1995 to exhibit in art festivals, Michael and Janet discovered that seafood festivals in Florida, and the south were common. But these fun and entertaining events were rare on the West Coast. As luck would have it a suitable venue was soon chosen.

The festival focuses on quality, and the on the bounty of the local area. The number of participating of artists is limited through a jury process to insure quality. Food purveyors, wineries and micro breweries from throughout Northern California are carefully selected. Top entertainers are selected for eclectic variety and crowd pleasing popularity.

Seven years ago the festival moved from its original home in Bodega Bay inland, to the quaint village of Bodega. The move provided much better weather, and an opportunity to expand the size of the show. The new site has gotten rave reviews and this is now the permanent location for this wonderful show.

Renee Blodgett

Renee Blodgett is the founder of We Blog the World. The site combines the magic of an online culture and travel magazine with a global blog network and has contributors from every continent in the world. Having lived in 10 countries and explored nearly 80, she is an avid traveler, and a lover, observer and participant in cultural diversity.

She is also the CEO and founder of Magic Sauce Media, a new media services consultancy focused on viral marketing, social media, branding, events and PR. For over 20 years, she has helped companies from 12 countries get traction in the market. Known for her global and organic approach to product and corporate launches, Renee practices what she pitches and as an active user of social media, she helps clients navigate digital waters from around the world. Renee has been blogging for over 16 years and regularly writes on her personal blog Down the Avenue, Huffington Post, BlogHer, We Blog the World and other sites. She was ranked #12 Social Media Influencer by Forbes Magazine and is listed as a new media influencer and game changer on various sites and books on the new media revolution. In 2013, she was listed as the 6th most influential woman in social media by Forbes Magazine on a Top 20 List.

Her passion for art, storytelling and photography led to the launch of Magic Sauce Photography, which is a visual extension of her writing, the result of which has led to producing six photo books: Galapagos Islands, London, South Africa, Rome, Urbanization and Ecuador.

Renee is also the co-founder of Traveling Geeks, an initiative that brings entrepreneurs, thought leaders, bloggers, creators, curators and influencers to other countries to share and learn from peers, governments, corporations, and the general public in order to educate, share, evaluate, and promote innovative technologies.