Dry Creek Valley's beloved spring passport, and in 2026 its 35th: one wristband, a long weekend, and fifty-plus family wineries each pairing their pours with a local-chef bite, live music, and the kind of unhurried hospitality the valley is built on. Zinfandel and old-vine Cabernet anchor the lineup — think Dry Creek Vineyard, Pedroncelli, Quivira and the bubbles of Breathless — with a Friday Twilight Welcome Party and a Saturday Toast & Taste anchored at Bacchus Landing. Proceeds feed the Dry Creek Valley Scholarship, and if you can't make the weekend, the new 'Twice as Nice' two-for-one tastings stretch from early April into June. Book early; it sells out.
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Late April (2026: Apr 24-26)
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Tickets are self-guided and sold as a two-day weekend pass (roughly $145) or single-day (around $85), with a reduced non-drinker option (about $40/day). Pick up your glass, map, and wristband at your starting winery, then set your own route. Pours, chef bites, and live music are included at each stop; the Friday Twilight Welcome Party is ticketed separately. Book well ahead — it sells out.
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Since ~1990 · ~50 wineries · late April · Dry Creek Valley
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Ticketed - pricing TBA
What sets Passport apart is the pace: you build your own route along Dry Creek and West Dry Creek Roads, winding past gravel benchland and old-vine blocks between stops, and linger as long as a conversation lasts. Because these are family estates, the person pouring is often the grower or winemaker, and the weekend opens doors usually kept closed — barrel rooms, library verticals, hillside vineyards. Expect thirty-plus varieties beyond the signature Zinfandel, from Sauvignon Blanc to Rhone reds, each matched to a local-chef bite. Go for the wine; stay for the unforced sense that the whole valley has thrown open its gates for the weekend.
