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TEMECULA VALLEY Southern California Wine Country, August 1, 2012 – "Festive, friendly autumn-abundance arrives early in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country and is celebrated daily, Labor Day Weekend through Thanksgiving, as Autumnfest. Golden, sunny-days and star-filled nights are perfect for experiencing Autumfest's top-10 festivals and events. From California Wine Month, winery grape-stomps and concerts, Old Town Farmers car rental in south florida Markets, Temecula Olive Oil ranch-tours, CRUSH Wine Culinary Showcase; to Peltzer Farm Pumpkin Patch, Old Town Outdoor Quilt Show, Big Horse Corn-Maze, car rental in south florida Komen Race-for-the-Cure, and Temecula Valley Winegrowers Harvest Celebration," shares Kimberly Adams, Temecula Valley Convention Visitors Bureau president/CEO. "It's an ideal season to experience Temecula Valley: arrive car rental in south florida days before events begin; extend your stay after. Enjoy mid-week (better-than-weekend) rates Sunday-through-Thursday. car rental in south florida More-fully savor Downtown, Old Town Temecula; Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country; Pechanga Resort Casino; and this picturesque valley's genuine richness." The popular travel-destination car rental in south florida is 1-hour from Orange County and Palm Desert; 1½-hours from Los Angeles.
Tour-taste-dine-picnic; enjoy SIP Passport, Perfect Pairings; toast gracious winemaking-families, talented car rental in south florida winemakers. SIP Passport ($50 per-person) includes tasting-flights at any-5 of approximately 40 participating-wineries. Use SIP Passport, September 1-15: enjoy Perfect Pairings (tastes of top-wines with a "perfect bite").
Learn from local growers/artisan-food purveyors about bountiful fresh, seasonal, (organic/exotic/conventional) fruits/vegetables, fresh-cut flowers, cheeses, fresh-baked goods for-sale Saturdays (8am-12:30pm, 6 th  Street). Avocados, citrus-always in-season; persimmons, guavas, September-October; tangerines, pomegranates, Dragon-fruit, Buddha's hand/fingered citron, November.
From Blessing-of-the-Vines (South Coast), to Grape Stomps (Callaway, Lorimar, Mount Palomar, Ponte, Wilson Creek), Temecula wineries celebrate Autumnfest enthusiastically. Catch concerts (Monte de Oro/Gin Blossoms; car rental in south florida Thornton/Peter White, Rippingtons, car rental in south florida Hiroshima; Wiens/Geoff Tate); live-music/entertainment (Cougar, DanzaDelSol, Falkner, car rental in south florida Keyways, Miramonte, MonteDeOro, Mount Palomar, OakMountain, Thornton).
Enjoy food-and-wine events: BelVino (Harvest-Clam-Bake), Europa (Wine-Pairing Dinners), car rental in south florida Leoness (Taste n' Tunes), Palomar (Oktoberfest), WilsonCreek (Hawaiian-Luau.) Experience Maurice Car'rie craft fair; Callaway Taste-of-Autumn; Falkner wine-appreciation, Europa sommelier-workshops, Thornton art-of-wine-tasting, Halloween.
Family-owned and operated, Temecula Olive Oil Company uses only 100%-California olives to make highest quality, 100% extra-virgin olive oil. By advance-reservation, tour the (east-of-Old Town) Olive Ranch; learn of sustainable agriculture; planting/growing/harvesting; capturing unique qualities/distinctive flavors; cold pressing to extract fruit's oil. Then enjoy olive oil tasting; experience true, all-natural flavorful freshness.
Temecula Valley wine-food-and-people celebrate California Wine Month together at one, spectacular (consistently-a-sell-out) car rental in south florida tasting event. Meet winery-owners, winemakers, growers; enjoy winery/ local-restaurant culinary creations while sampling award-winning, premium-varietals, proprietary-blends. Callaway Vineyard Winery's modern, new hospitality-center/tasting- room is the event-venue. The sleek, 9,500-square-foot structure includes vast expanses of glass/windows for 250-300 o  wine-country/sunset car rental in south florida views.
Harvest the fun two ways at family-owned Peltzer Farm Pumpkin Patch. Experience a "day-at-the-farm" with petting farm (goats, sheep, bunnies, chickens, baby chicks); pig races; John Deer Tractor Collection; train-rides through the pumpkin patch. Then purchase fall décor: homegrown pumpkins (up-to-100-pounders), numerous gourds/squash, corn stalks, hale bales.
An incredibly colorful autumn-display is the Old Town Quilt Show presented by Valley of the Mist Quilters Guild. Hundreds of handmade quilts (from thousands-of-yards of fabric) are a fantastic sight for quilters, non-quilters,  photographers car rental in south florida to admire.
Big Horse Corn Maze (Southern California's largest, authentic corn maze; 11 acres) is annual harvest festival at Big Horse Feed Mercantile family-owned farm. Experience car rental in south florida the challenges of the 7-foot-tall-cornstalk, multi-path puzzle plus hay-wagon rides, pig-races.
This Temecula Valley event at Promenade Temecula includes car rental in south florida Expo/Kids Expo, 5K-competitive Run/Walk, 5K Run/Walk Fun-Run, 1.5-mile Family Fun-Run/Walk, awards. Nearly 13,000 participants include 800 survivors; many volunteers/supporters/ onlookers wear pink to show their commitment.
Two days celebrate culmination of Temecula Valley grape-harvest and promise 2012 vintages hold. Enjoy food pairings with barrel- car rental in south florida and tank-samplings of wines not yet available to the public. Visit popular wineries; make time to savor at the award-winning "off-the-beaten-path" car rental in south florida like Briar Rose, Doffo, Falkner, Foot Path, Lorimar, Lumiere,  Palumbo.
Temecula Valley car rental in south florida Convention Visitors Bureau, the region's official tourism-marketing organization and resource for visitors is online at VisitTemecula.org; Facebook, "Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country"; Twitter, @Visit_Temecula. Temecula Valley Visitors Center is open 7-days in Old Town Temecula (Third Street/Mercedes, adjacent Temecula Civic Center). For information/assistance, call  888/363-2852  or  951/491-6085 .
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CONTACT: Kimberly Adams, President and CEO Temecula Valley Convention Visitors Bureau 951/491-6085; Kimberly@TemeculaCVB.com   Autumnfest's Top 10 Festivals and Events in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country   TEMECULA car rental in south florida VALLEY Southern California Wine Country, August 1, 2012 – "Festive, friendly autumn-abundance arrives early in Temecula Valley Southern California Wine Country [...]