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  • Winery Registration Form

  • Winery Information

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  • To help promote our 501(c)(3) fundraiser we ask that you share website information with The Ojai Wine Festival via hyperlink (www.OjaiWineFestival.com) on your website and include our event on your event calendar, Facebook, Instagram and other social media sites. Please join us on Facebook and Instagram at: www.facebook.com/OjaiWineFestival,  and www.Instagram.com/OjaiWineFestival.

  • Wine Judging

  • Wineries pouring at the Ojai Wine Festival can choose to participate in a special free wine judging service. Certified wine sommeliers will evaluate and score wines poured at this year’s festival. The team of sommeliers will complete a grading sheet for each wine, and will issue a score on the 100-point scale on the event day.

     Gold and Silver certificates will be awarded in several categories and mailed to the award winners. Award winners will be announced on Facebook and Instagram as well as on OjaiWineFestival.com.

    Rules for submission:

    • No more than 2 wines are allowed for submission from each producer
    • You must sign up for the wine judging before event day
    • The wines submitted must be poured at the event.
    • All wine must be bottled and labeled with variety, AVA and vintage date, including sparkling wine. Blends are limited to GSM, Bordeaux-style blends, and Sangiovese-based Super Tuscan-style blends. Non-vinifera wines do not qualify. 
    • All submissions must be received before judging begins at 11am.
    • Each wine entry consists of one sample bottle of wine. You can submit an extra (second) bottle for each wine submission in case the first sample bottle has quality issues, for example the bottle is corked. We cannot return bottles submitted as tasting samples.

  • Silent Auction Donations

  • Wineries are required to donate a $50 value or higher item. Examples of donations are bottles of wine, tasting certificates, winery tours, products and/or services to our Silent Wine Auction. If submitting a certificate, please have an identifying number on it so it cannot be reproduced and an expiration date if you so desire. Send marketing material for display and your donations to The Ojai Wine Festival, 1129 Maricopa HWY, #237 Ojai, CA 93023 by May 31st. 

  • Winery Booth Information

  • We provide you with:

    • An 8’ table
    • Tasting Glasses
    • Bags of Ice
    • Jugs of Water
    • Nearby Trash Receptacle
    • Drinking water
    • 8.5" x 11" winery sign (email your logo to Angela@ojaiwinefestival.com so we can create you a sign)
    • The winery area is well shaded with large trees, but the sun may peek through at times. We have 15 booth spaces (10'x10') that can accommodate pop-up canopies. Bring your own canopy as they are not provided. The first 15 requests will have a pop-up booth space. Contact Angela May by May 31st to reserve.

  • You will need to bring the following:

    • 3-4 cases of wine
    • Winery Name Signage/Banners/Branding and a way to hang or display them. Do not display them by hanging in a tree. We do provide you with a  8.5" x 11" sign. Please email your logo to us.
    • At least 2 staff members to work your booth
    • Chairs (for your personal use)
    • Tablecloths
    • Dump buckets
    • Water pitcher
    • Coolers for your wines
    • Wine openers
    • Décor & marketing material
    • Promotional items to give away
    • Posi-Pour spouts (1-1 ½ ounce)
    • A lunch (unless you choose to buy your lunch at one of the food vendors at the event.)

    If you requested a 10’ by 10’ pop-up canopy booth space, (the first 15 wineries that asked for one) you must bring your pop-up canopy to the event, we do not provide them. If you can, it’s best to set up your pop-up canopy the day before the event. Please notify Angela May (805) 798-7902 if you plan to do so. She will give you instructions on how to enter the event site during Friday’s set up day.

  • Website and Social Media

  • Staff names for Entry

  • Required Certificate of Insurance

  • You will need two separate certificates of liability insurance. Our insurance company and Lake Casitas Recreation requires each craft vendor to provide a certificate of liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 General Liability and $2,000,000 aggregate naming additionally insured.


    1. Our Rotary Club’s additionally insured certificate needs to say:
     
    Rotary Club of Ojai-West Foundation, Inc. and the Ojai Wine Festival
    1129 Maricopa Hwy #237 Ojai, CA 93023
     
    2.Lake Casitas Recreation Area’s additionally insured certificate needs to say:
     
    Bureau of Reclamation, Casitas Municipal Water District, its employees and directors, officers and authorized volunteers
    11311 Santa Ana Road, Ventura, CA 93001
    RE: Rotary Club of Ojai West - Ojai Wine Festival 2027
     
    Make sure to submit each additionally insured word for word as it is written out above for each of the two individual certificates. If it is not literally identical to what is listed above, the certificate will have to be resubmitted with the correct additionally insured.

    Send your certificates of insurance to Angela@ojaiwinefestival.com. Thank you.

  • Ojai Wine Festival Agreement

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