The Tehama Trail 4th Annual Passport Weekend, held on June 7 and 8, is your chance to take a leisurely drive along backcountry roads, learn how food grows, taste farm-fresh produce, artisan olive oil and handcrafted wine, and meet your local farmers – many of whom don’t generally open their farms to visitors.
The great thing about the self-guided Passport Weekend tour is that you get to begin and end your day when and where you prefer. This year, many of the farmers have partnered to keep drive time to a minimum, which allows for more visiting and tasting at each stop.
To make planning easy, the tour has been broken into two segments: a valley tour and a mountain tour. In addition, the farmers have provided helpful driving hints as well as a list of the special events being offered at each farm. Farmers suggest taking two full days to get a sense of how special the Tehama farming community is. If you can’t make it both days, the following list will help you select your ‘can’t-miss’ farms.
Cruise the Valley to Experience the Variety of Wine and Food Available Locally
Tehama Oaks Vineyard & Winery partnering with Pacific Sun Olive Oil
Wine and Food
Helpful Hint: From Interstate 5 in Red Bluff, take Exit 650 Adobe Road, turn west on Adobe Road, right on Main Street and left onto CA-36. Travel 2.7 miles then left on Kinney Avenue, connects with Warren Avenue, turn right.
14494 Warren Ave., Red Bluff
(530) 529-2356
Enjoy the Store partnering with TX Bar Organics
Wine, Food and Art
Helpful Hint: Downtown Red Bluff.
615 Main St., Red Bluff
(530) 727-9016
Julia’s Fruit Stand partnering with Queens Pantry
Food
Helpful Hint: Take Hwy 99E for 10 miles east of Red Bluff. Follow the red and white signs. Julia’s sits on the west side of the road.
11475 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos
(530) 354-4775
Burlison’s Fruit Stand
Food and Farm Tour
Helpful Hint: Just 1/4 mile south on Hwy 99E from Julia’s. On east side of road.
11390 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos
(530) 209-2108
Bianchi Orchards Walnuts & Wine partnering with Corning Olive Oil
Wine, Food and Art
Helpful Hint: South of Burlison’s. Will be on the west side of the road. Look for the 1952 Willys Jeep.
10337 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos
(530) 680-6348
Country Haven at the Red Barn partnering with Antelope Creek Gourmet Dressings
Food
Helpful Hint: Just 1/4 mile south on Hwy 99E from Bianchi Orchards. Will be on the east side of road.
10098 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos
(530) 384-0345
New Clairvaux Vineyard
Wine, Food and Self-guided Tour
Helpful Hint: Travel 11.45 miles south from Red Barn. Go west on Vina Road, continue on 7th Avenue, this leads back over the train tracks then follow the road to the Abby.
26240 7th St., Vina
(530) 839-2200
Lucero Olive Oil partnering with Burnsini Vineyards
Wine, Food and Tour
Helpful Hint: From Hwy 99E take the Woodson Bridge turnoff towards Corning, or turn right out of the Abby onto Rowles Road. Take another right onto South Avenue then stay left towards I-5. Once you reach the stop light take a right onto Historic 99W. Will be on the right. Look for the big yellow building.
2120 Loleta Ave., Corning
(530) 824-2190
Olive Pit
Food
Helpful Hint: Once on Historic 99W, travel north past Solano Street (about 50 yards) and turn east into the backside of Olive Pit’s parking lot. Olive Pit is located beyond the gas station.
2156 Solano St., Corning
(530) 824-4667
Experience Fine Mountain Wines and Grass-fed Beef in Scenic Manton
Directions to Manton from Red Bluff: From I-5, take the Lassen Park/Hwy 36 exit. Head south for 2.2 miles then take Hwy 36 to the left. Travel east on Hwy 36, approximately 14 miles to Dales Station. Turn left onto Manton Road. Drive until you reach Manton Corners then take a right onto Forward Road. Manton is 30 miles one way from Red Bluff.
Indian Peak Vineyards partnering with A&R Meats
Wine and Food
Helpful Hint: Off of Forward Road turn south into entrance.
31559 Forward Rd., Manton
(530) 474-5506
Alger Vineyards partnering with Turri Family Farms
Wine and Food
Helpful Hint: Located on the left, winery is tucked back away from the road. Follow the signs.
31636 Forward Rd., Manton
(530) 474-WINE
Mt. Tehama Winery
Wine and Food
Helpful Hint: Off of Forward Road turn south into entrance.
32165 Forward Rd., Manton
(530) 474-3304
Cedar Crest Vineyards
Wine, Food and Music
Helpful Hint: Off of Forward Road turn south into entrance.
Free admission to Manton Blue Grass Festival on Saturday from 2-6; tour on Sunday.
32505 Forward Rd., Manton
(530) 474-4242
Shasta Daisy Vineyards
Wine, Food and Catch-and-release Fishing
Helpful Hint: Just 8 miles up Forward Road. Will be on the left. Great place to end your day.
35100 Forward Rd., Manton
(530) 474-5262
Purchase Tickets
The 4th Annual Passport Weekend is June 7 and 8, from 10 am to 5 pm. All tickets include free sampling at each location and a trendy tote bag. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at participating farms, Enjoy the Store or online at tehamatrail.com. Tickets are $20 each.
Tehama Trail is a partnership between farmers that brings awareness to the abundance of good food right here in our community. Passport Weekend is an experiential fundraising event that promotes local farms and fresh food, and helps keep farmers on their land for generations to come. For more information, or to schedule an interview with Katie Bianchi, please call (530) 680-1714, or email Katie at bianchiorchards@yahoo.com.
-from press release
