{"id":1009,"date":"2014-04-29T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-29T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2014-04-29T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2014-04-29T15:00:37","slug":"1009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Twisted Oak Winery Announces the 2014 Edition of The Award-Winning Twisted Folk Summer Concert Series.~ CVB Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vallecito, CA….Last fall, after their second season of outdoor concerts in Vallecito, Twisted Oak Winery<\/a> was awarded the 2013 Innovations in Tourism Award <\/a>for Best Event Series. \u00a0 We caught up with winery owner Jeff Stai recently to ask about Twisted Oak\u2019s foray into live entertainment and what\u2019s on deck for this year.<\/p>\n

\"Twisted<\/p>\n

Back when Jeff and Mary Stai were developing the hilltop winery property on Red Hill Road, it was clear that it was a great spot for a gathering, given the majestic 300 year-old blue oak (where the company got its name), the views over rolling hills and the summer evening breezes.\u00a0 \u201cWe knew we wanted to do something,\u201d\u00a0 <\/i>says Jeff, \u201cand wine dinners were what we liked to go to when we didn\u2019t have a winery.\u201d\u00a0 Indeed, before there was a winemaking facility and tasting room on site, the Stais were hosting dinners for friends and wine club members, as well as the occasional musical act.\u00a0 But doing music on a regular basis was something Stai knew nothing about \u2013 having a successful concert series requires being plugged into a network of agents and performers, lighting and sound technicians \u2013 it\u2019s a far different animal from a wine dinner.<\/p>\n

\"Twisted<\/p>\n

A few years ago, however, a local wine club member stepped forward who happens to be a booking agent, and through a partnership with her Twisted Oak began connecting with accomplished and eclectic musical acts from all over the country. \u00a0 They basically look for acts that are touring in the northern California\/Nevada region and if the musical style feels right, the acts will be invited to book a date on the Twisted Oak hilltop.\u00a0 You can expect a wide range of sounds from jazz to gypsy to bluegrass.\u00a0 There are currently six dates on the calendar, a number Jeff says is comfortable for now, and tickets are already selling faster than they have in the past two seasons.<\/p>\n

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For some dedicated fans, the evening concerts have become an important part of their summer schedule, as the events welcome the whole family (even well behaved pets!) and make it easy by providing a simple, affordable dinner.\u00a0 This year, Twisted has brought the catering back in house and the opening night on May 3 will feature a tasty rib dinner and of course, plenty of Twisted Oak wine available for purchase to go along with those ribs. \u00a0 Another change this season is an admission charge for kids, which will give the winery a more accurate head count ahead of the event and all the children\u2019s admission fees will be used to support music education in local schools.<\/p>\n

\"Jeff<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re curious about the musicians on the calendar<\/a>, Twisted Oak\u2019s website has links to videos featuring all the acts for this season, and if you think you may want to attend several shows this year, the winery also has season passes available at a generous discount.\u00a0 Jeff has started experimenting with targeted Facebook ads that will link people directly to the Twisted Oak website for ticket sales and also markets the events to the company\u2019s emailing list.\u00a0 However, getting more concert goers isn\u2019t necessarily the challenge for Stai, now it\u2019s parking \u2013 \u201cCarpool,\u201d he says, \u201cdefinitely carpool.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Many Calaveras wineries offer special events<\/b> throughout the year,\u00a0 visit the events page of the Calaveras Winegrape Alliance<\/a> to see what\u2019s coming up!<\/p>\n

Other Wineries with Concerts Series:<\/b><\/p>\n

Brice Station Concerts @ The Hilltop
\n<\/b>3353 E Hwy 4,\u00a0 Murphys CA 95247
\n209-728-9893
\nwww.bricestation.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Ironstone Vineyards Concert Series
\n<\/b>1894 Six Mile Road,\u00a0 Murphys CA 95247
\n209-728-1251
\nwww.ironstonevineyards.com<\/a><\/p>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/www.gocalaveras.com\/event-spotlight-twisted-oak-concert-series\/?utm_source=April+2014+Member+Update&utm_campaign=April+2014+Member+blast&utm_medium=email#sthash.BrnAyk7J.dpuf<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vallecito, CA….Last fall, after their second season of outdoor concerts in Vallecito, Twisted Oak Winery was awarded the 2013 Innovations in Tourism Award for Best Event Series. \u00a0 We caught up with winery owner Jeff Stai recently to ask about Twisted Oak\u2019s foray into live entertainment and what\u2019s on deck for this year. Back when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-life-style","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}