Vineyards to Villages Wine Safari

09/01/16 • 18 min

If you're sticking around Labor Day weekend through the 11th, or if you're visiting our beautiful wine country, consider attending the 2nd Annual Vineyards to Villages' Wine Safari. During the week 11 boutique wineries in Russian River and Dry Creek Valley are participating in this fundraiser to bring clean water infrastructure to schools and communities in Kenya. Listen to hear how you can turn Sonoma County wine into water. You out-of-towners can help too. See photos and read about their successes at www.gpfd.org.

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