Every year in March and April, the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance hosts the Zinfandel Festival, during which California Zinfandel producers and enthusiasts come together for an evening of wine, food and celebration of California’s heritage varietal. This year The Zin Festival is March 20 and 21. Tickets for the marquee wine tasting event of the California’s Central Coast, May 15 - 17, 2009 are now on sale. The weekend brings winemakers and enthusiasts together in two distinct events -- Friday RESERVE and Saturday Grand Tasting. The 27th Annual Wine Festival features culinary enhancements complementing the region’s wines, as well as a new Wine Country Auction featuring unique Paso Robles wines only available at Friday’s RESERVE event. I have been attending the festivals in Paso with friends for about 8 years and joined the following wineries wine clubs - Silver Horse, Justin and Linne Caledo. The festivals at Linne Caledo are outrageously fun, the sunsets and winemakers from Silver Horse are some of the most beautiful I have witnessed and you can't go wrong in the private tasting room or dining at Deborah's at Justin.