Local wines are on the menu for the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce’s “A Taste of Summer” luncheon on July 21 at Riverbench Winery.
The event’s guest speaker will be Kathy Fleckenstein, executive director of Santa Maria Valley Wine Country. Fleckenstein is also the former director of special events for the Santa Ynez Inn and has extensive experience in marketing and education for the wine industry.
Various Santa Maria Valley wines will be available at the event for tasting and the Central City Market will provide food for $17. Seating is limited, so RSVP by July 12 at santa maria.com.
Riverbench Winery is located at 6020 Foxen Canyon Road in Santa Maria.
For more information, call Marcy at 925-2403 or e-mail marcy@santamaria.com.
This article appears in Jul 8-15, 2010.