WINE & SONG AROUND THE PLAZA
Saturday May 21, 2011
1:30-5pm

WINE & SONG NEW ORLEANS BRUNCH
Sunday, May 22, 2011
11:30-3pm

Featuring the Perfect Pairing of Music & Wine
with the Bay Area's best musicians and Sonoma Valley's finest wines!
Click here for full schedule and map.

Leave your car at home and get a taste of the best Sonoma Valley has to offer, with over ten local wineries, breweries and more represented daily, all in a short stroll around historic Sonoma Plaza.

Saturday ticket includes souvenir wine glass & tote, 9 live music performances, 12 wine/beer/tequila tastings, a complimentary FIJI Water Bottle and 4 food tastings!

Sunday ticket includes souvenir wine glass & tote, 4 live music performances, 12 wine/champagne/beer tastings and 4 New Orleans Brunch food tastes!

Tickets: $65/per day or $100/2-day pass.  Purchase any Sunday Gipsy Kings ticket & get a Wine & Song Brunch ticket for just $30!

2011 Participating Wineries: Audelssa Estate Winery, Beltane Ranch, Benziger Family Winery, Buena Vista Winery, Gloria Ferrer Caves and Vineyards, Gofessel Vineyards, Haywood Estate, Kenwood Vineyards, Little Vineyards Family Winery, Muscardini Cellars, Nicholson Ranch, Roche Vineyards, Roessler Cellars, Stone Edge Farm, Valley of the Moon.  PLUS: Patron Tequila, Lagunita's Beer & more! 

DATE	ARTIST	TIME
05/21/2011	WAYNE WALLACE LATIN JAZZ GROUP	1:30-4:30pm
[x] Tweet Five-time Grammy nominee including a 2010 Best Latin Jazz Album nomination, Wayne Wallace, is one of the more respected exponents of African American-Latin music in the world today.  His group is known for its use of traditional forms and styles of Brazilian and Latin rhythms in combination with contemporary music. VIDEO: STAGE: The Plaza Bistro and Wine Bar ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.walacomusic.com SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/21/2011	RICK VANDIVIER QUARTET	1:30-4:30pm
[x] Tweet Guitarist Rick Vandivier explores a unique blend of jazz, blues and other musical crossovers that stretch from Andres Segovia to Pat Metheny to Jimi Hendrix.  He has performed with John Handy, Mose Allison, Carl Saunders, David Grisman and many more. VIDEO: STAGE: Roessler Cellars ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.rickvandivier.com SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/21/2011	EVAN FRANCIS GROUP	1:30-4:30pm
[x] Tweet Saxophonist Evan Francis leads a group nominated for Best Jazz Band by the SF Weekly featuring many of the Bay Area's Jazz Mafia and recently Spaceheater's Blast Furnace.  The group is a rhythmically active six-piece ensemble that presents melodic and tight horns over an organic patchwork of jazz to create a strong sense of groove and motion with musical sophistication. STAGE: Hopmonk Tavern ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.jazzmafia.com/family/spaceheater SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/21/2011	TIMES 4	1:30-4:30pm
[x] Tweet Times 4 presents a fresh blend of contemporary jazz and urban grooves, drawing on a wide range of styles including Jazz, Soul, Latin, Funk, Hip-Hop and Rock.  The group has shared the stage with artists such as Chris Botti, Dave Koz and Friends, Patrice Rushen and Anita Baker. VIDEO: STAGE: Sonoma Meritage Restaurant ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.times4music.com SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/21/2011	DELTA WIRES	2pm-5pm
[x] Tweet Voted "Best Band" by the 2008 Oakland Magazine Reader's Poll, Delta Wires is a tight Bay Area troop, fronted by vocalist/harmonica genius/composer Ernie Pinata. The group melds Mississippi Delta tunes and Chicago-style arrangements with rock, soul and swing. VIDEO: STAGE: Sonoma Valley Museum of Art ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.deltawires.com SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/21/2011	SANTOS PERDIDOS	2pm-5pm
[x] Tweet Santos Perdidos plays an eclectic mix of Son Cubano, Rumba Espanola, Bolero, and Afro-Peruvian Lando.  With its strong vocal harmonies and rich sound, the band's constantly expanding repertoire includes traditional music from Cuba, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Spain. VIDEO: STAGE: Roche Vineyards ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.santosperdidos.com SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/21/2011	HORACE- SCOPE	2pm-5pm
[x] Tweet Horace-Scope is a premier hard-bop sextet primarily inspired by the innovative musical works of the great Horace Silver and the hard swingin' classic 1950-60s Blue Note albums.  They also pay homage to the cool sounds of jazz on the West Coast during the same era. VIDEO: STAGE: Swiss Hotel ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.pursuancerecords.com/ SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/22/2011	RUE MANOUCHE	11:30-12:15, 12:30-1:15, 1:30-2:45
[x] Tweet Rue Manouche is an ensemble that performs 1930's-era hot-club jazz and the classic music of Django Reinhardt.  rue Manouche performances take you on a musical journey of dazzling Gypsy swing, heartfelt ballads and playful waltzes. VIDEO: STAGE: Roessler Cellars ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.myspace.com/ruemanouche SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/22/2011	FOG CITY STOMPERS	11:30-12:15, 12:30-1:15, 1:30-2:45
[x] Tweet A traditional New Orleans jazz band, Fog City Stompers perform old standards and the classics from Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, Preservation Hall and more.  They offer original compositions and new arrangements performed in the traditional Dixieland jazz style.  VIDEO: STAGE: Sonoma Meritage Restaurant ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.fogcitystompers.com
05/22/2011	MO' FONE	11:45-12:30, 12:45-1:30, 1:45-3pm
[x] Tweet Mo'Fone, with special guest tuba player Kirk Joseph from the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, powers its way through New Orleans second-line and brass band funk, combining serious musicianship with an infectious sense of fun onstage.  Like a furious detachment of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and the Meters, Mo'Fone finds ingenious ways of creating a full, multi-textured, hard-swinging sound.  VIDEO: STAGE: Roche Winery ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.mofone.net/ SAMPLE MUSIC:
05/22/2011	DU GRIS	11:45-12:30, 12:45-1:30, 1:45-3pm
[x] Tweet Du Gris is a jumbo bowl of ragtime, swing and classic New Orleans style rhythms.  They perform songs composed by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith and traditional French music that influenced New Orleans.  STAGE: Swiss Hotel ARTIST WEBSITE: http://www.myspace.com/dugr SAMPLE MUSIC: