This summer, the Sonoma Country Showcase Weekend of Wine & Food on July 12-15 offers more than just the chance to taste great wines. They have created four deluxe weekend packages to add to your experience. You have a choice of the Mayacama Golf Experience at the private Mayacama Golf Club , Kenwood Spa Experience at the Kenwood Inn & Spa, Wine Camp Safari Experience among the 400 wild African animals at Safari West Wildlife Preserve, and the Winery Experience, offering lodging among the vineyards and behind-the-scenes access at private winery guest houses. Each package is limited to between 6 and 30 couples and includes VIP tickets to all Showcase events.

The weekend showcase includes a Friday night gala at the Kendall-Jackson Wine Center which will feature the favorite recipes of six local wine families interpreted by six local chefs. Saturday and Sunday will feature the Taste of Sonoma will be hosted by the Gallo Family at beautiful MacMurray Ranch. More than 100 wineries and 50 chefs will present their wines and food, and there will be an onsite Taste of Sonoma Wine Shop so you can buy what you just tasted. A chef competition and seminars, wine education classes, an interactive vineyard tour and tasting and winery lunches and dinners are also available. A VIP all-access ticket that includes VIP tickets to all events, a private winery tour,VIP tastings, on-site concierge service and a gift basket sells for $900. The individual wine weekend packages start at $2500 per couple.