Gourmet Grazing on the Green 2025

Gourmet Grazing on the Green is the ultimate foodie festival, featuring an afternoon of tasting fine local wines, refreshing handcrafted beers, delicious food from top local chefs, and live music! This year’s event features over 60 local wineries, restaurants and breweries and is a must stop for Santa Cruz foodies. Experience the talents of some of Santa Cruz’s best chefs and taste specialty creations for the event, using locally grown produce and products donated by sponsors Coke Farms and Watsonville Coast Produce. All for one ticket price! All proceeds directly benefit Santa Cruz County cancer serving non-profits.

Celebrating the unique culinary flavor, local fresh ingredients, and diversity of Santa Cruz County, Gourmet Grazing on the Green brings together local community farmers, chefs, winemakers, brewers, spirits distillers, artisans and restaurateurs to celebrate community and enjoy great food and drink.

Gourmet Grazing on the Green is a charitable fundraising event of Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group (SCCBG), a non-profit dedicated to improving the quality of life for people living with cancer in the Santa Cruz community. Working with a dedicated group of volunteers and partners, SCCBG raises community consciousness through events and outreach and provides vital financial support for several Santa Cruz beneficiary organizations: Hospice of Santa Cruz County, Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Association, Katz Cancer Resource Center, WomenCARE Cancer Advocacy, Researchers from the University of California at Santa Cruz and the Teen Kitchen Project.

2025 WINERIES, BREWERIES, RESTAURANTS & VENDORS

Aptos Vineyard, Ashby Confections, Back Nine Grill and Bar, Bargetto Wines, Bay Living Culinary, Big Basin Vineyards, Burrell School , Cafe Cruz, Cantine winepub, Common Thread Wines, Crow’s Nest Restaurant, East Side Eatery, El Vaquero Winery, Ferrari Ranch Wines, Fran Battendieri Jewelry, Friend In Cheeses, Izzy's Ices K Dezynz Jewelry, Kathryn Kennedy Winery, Kings Mountain Vineyard, Kissed by an Angel, La Vida Bella, Lester Estate Wines, Muccigrosso Vineyards, O’Neill Surf Co., PArekt Presents Bill the Oyster Man, Penny Ice Creamery, Pure Valley Water, Sandbar Solar, Santa Cruz Fish Co, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard, Sante Adairius, Sante Arcangeli, Seabright Social, Sones Cellars, Storrs Winery, Teen Kitchen Project, The Haute Enchilada, Tiara's Creations, Venus Spirits & Kitchen, Wargin Wines, West Peak Sparkling Spirits, Wines of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Wrights Station Vineyards

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