Gift Baskets filled with LOCAL wine and tasty treats!

[custom_frame_left]Two Gift Baskets[/custom_frame_left]Hey ApCal Friends! The Holiday shopping season is officially open and we want you to remember to put ApCal on your “To-Do” list. Whether you are looking a gift for employees (or your boss), friends or family or sweet treats for the home or office, we are sure to have something for everyone’s liking here at APCal! We have beautiful gift baskets ready to go or we can custom make one while you sip a glass of wine. Our gift shop is over-flowing with great bargains on wine gifts and fun novelties for the wine enthusiast. And don’t forget the tasty treats – LOCAL olive oil, honey, raisins, jelly, nuts, boscotti, dried fruit and much, much more! If you are attending any Christmas Parties, there is no better gift for the hosts other than a gift of LOCAL products!

BTW – did I mention we have delicious LOCAL wines too? 25 winemakers represented under ONE roof and 40+ wines available for tasting!

Why shop anywhere else? ApCal has everything you need on your Holiday gift list!

Nov 25th – Black Friday Sale & Party

[custom_frame_center]Black Friday Banner[/custom_frame_center]Hey ApCal Friends! Join us for the 1st Annual “Shopped till I Drank” Christmas Party at ApCal!
The time for the event will be from 6pm to 11pm

After a frenzied day of Holiday shopping, stop by ApCal for a relaxing evening of wine, food, music, fun and friends! We’ll have great deals on wine and our gift shop is overflowing with beautiful gift baskets and lots of LOCAL treats for stocking stuffers. Our special guest, the lovely Marie Wilson, will encourage everyone to sing along to your favorite Christmas carols! Drink some fine LOCAL wine and enjoy delicious appetizers while you “get your Christmas on!” As a gift from us to you, we will be offering FREE gift wrapping for ALL the presents you bought during your day of shopping – how’s that for Christmas spirit!

All of us here at ApCal want to THANK all of YOU, our friends, for a great 1st year! We hope you will stop by and enjoy another fun-filled evening with us. Bring your friends – all are welcome – and you KNOW it’s going to be a party!

November 17th – Le Vin Nouveau

[custom_frame_left]Le nouveau[/custom_frame_left]We invite you to celebrate with us and celebrate with the world. According to tradition, at one minute after midnight on the third Thursday of each November, winemakers from villages in France release their first vintage of the year, Beaujolais Nouveau, with much fanfare. Come to ApCal and celebrate with the Fresno State Winery in the release of the first wines of our 2011 vintage made in the style true to Beaujolais Nouveau!

Thursday, November 17, 2011
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tickets Information:
$15 – general admission
$10 – Fresno State wine club, students, alumni, faculty, and staff with I.D.

This festive outdoor event includes wine tasting and food paring. Dancing is encouraged! Wines will be poured by Fresno State Enology students who participated in making the 2011 Nouveau series and in Fresno State’s wine production class with winemaker John Giannini.

Featured Fresno State Wines:

2011 Nouveau Blanc
2011 Nouveau Rouge
2009 Centennial Cuvee
2009 Touriga Nacional (TN)
2010 Sauvignon Blanc

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Gibson Farm Market or by phone at ApCal at 559-674-9463. Tickets can also be purchased at the door. For more information please call ApCal at 559-674-9463 or email Jennifer Sobieralski in the Fresno State Winery at jsobieralski@csufresno.edu.

Must be 21 years of age or older to attend.

October 14th Trey Tosh LIVE at ApCal

[custom_frame_left]Trey Tosh[/custom_frame_left]ApCal is thrilled to welcome back Trey Tosh and his band for a ROCKIN’ night of live music. Trey has earned a reputation as one of the areas BEST young guitar players and he will be debuting his latest CD at this event! Don’t miss the opportunity to see Trey Tosh at the most beautiful outdoor LIVE music in the Valley!

Doors open at 6:30pm – Music from 8-12 midnight
$5 Cover Charge
Great food, ice cold beer and plenty of fine local wine • Pet friendly for friendly pets – bring clean-up supplies
Bring your own lawn chair – limited seating provided
21 yrs & older only – NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL

October 7th Brian Vickers Band

ApCal is happy to welcome back Brian Vickers. We were going to make last week our final concert of the season, but when we hear Brian was willing to play again, we just couldn’t help ourselves. This guys has a great voice and is awesome on the guitar. This will be one of the last shows, so don’t miss out!

Doors open at 6pm – Music from 7-10pm • Admission is FREE
Great food, ice cold beer and plenty of fine local wine • Pet friendly for friendly pets – bring clean-up supplies
Bring your own lawn chair – limited seating provided
21 yrs & older only – NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL

[custom_frame_left]Bryan Vickers Band Rocks ApCal[/custom_frame_left]“I’d like to Rock and Roll all night, and part of every day… If music could afford my family and I a comfortable lifestyle and the ability to travel, I would be tempted to consider myself God’s favorite.”

September 30th – Glen Delpit and the Subterraneans

[custom_frame_left]Glen Delpit at ApCal[/custom_frame_left]Bring your Dancin’ Shoes!!! Nuff said! Glen and the Boys will bring their dancin’, groovin’ Blues sounds to the ApCal stage for the final Friday Night LIVE concert of the season! These guys drew a crowd of 400+ the last time they graced the patio stage, so gather up your friends and get here early! Don’t miss the last FREE concert of the season!
 
 

Doors open at 6pm – Music from 7-10pm • Admission is FREE
Great food, ice cold beer and plenty of fine local wine • Pet friendly for friendly pets – bring clean-up supplies
Bring your own lawn chair – limited seating provided
21 yrs & older only – NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL


Glen and The Sub’s

[custom_frame_right]Glen Delpit performs at ApCal[/custom_frame_right]Recently named musician/ band of the year in Fresno Magazine’s online poll, Glen Delpit and the Subterraneans specialize in Bluesy American Roots Music. They employ bits of Blues, Folk, Rock and Country in a driving sound that is all original in content. They have been performing for nearly a quarter of a century, opening for and backing up such notables as Bo Diddley, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Leon Russell, Dave Alvin, Booker T. and countless others.

Born in New Orleans, living in California, Glen Delpit has been mining the roots of American Music for more than 35 years. His original songs have been described as literate and poetic and can take their place with the finest American songwriters. His music also covers a wide spectrum of pre-war blues from Willie McTell to Robert Johnson. He has opened for many American Music legends such as John Lee Hooker, Leon Russell, Brownie McGhee, Pinetop Perkins, Katie Webster and many, many others.

Glen Delpit and The Subterraneans have three cds out on the Dharma Brand label.

  • Lean Times in the Land of Plenty
  • Sleepin’ Late on Judgement Day
  • Blue Deep, Wine Red

He also has three critically acclaimed solo cds out on the Dharma Brand label.

  • Catfish River Lullaby
  • Moon Goin’ Down
  • High Water Everywhere

Sat. Sept. 24th – Rockville and The Roger Perry Band

[custom_frame_left]Roger Perry Band[/custom_frame_left]WOW!!! Have we got a show for you at ApCal this Saturday night! Come out and enjoy some Vino with your friends and enjoy the music!

Doors open at 7pm – Music from 8-12 midnight
Cover Charge – $5 at the door
Great food, ice cold beer and plenty of fine local wine
Pet friendly for friendly pets – bring clean-up supplies
Bring your own lawn chair – limited seating provided
21 yrs & older only – NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL

The Roger Perry Band

We’ll start the evening with local Guitar-God Roger Perry and his band. If you’ve never seen this guy play, you don’t know what you’re missing! Roger and the Boys have been ROCKIN’ the Fresno (and State) music scene for years to packed houses everywhere. If we’re lucky, Roger will bring out the Harmonica case and blow some Blues for us too!

 

Rockville

[custom_frame_right]Rockville Group Pic[/custom_frame_right]Next up will be one of Fresno’s favorite party bands – ROCKVILLE. These guys come ready to play, so bring your dancin’ shoes! Rockville is like the “All-Star Team” of Fresno’s best musicians. You’ll be able to sing along with every song they play – and let me tell ya – they play ’em well! This is a special gig for Rockville, as they have brought in a top-gun female singer, the lovely Ms Marie Wilson, just for their ApCal finale! Rumor has it there may be a cameo appearance by Ms Sydney (the Boss’s daughter) as she sings back-up for the Band.

Don’t miss this INCREDIBLE night of LIVE music at ApCal! We haven’t earned the reputation as the BEST outdoor music venue in the Valley for nothing!

September 23rd – Deja Blues

[custom_frame_left]Deja Blues Black and White Group Shot[/custom_frame_left]Attention Blues Fans! Don’t miss the final Friday Night LIVE concert by local Blues legends DEJA BLUES at ApCal this Friday night! The Boys really out did themselves last time and drew a crowd of over 500 people! We expect an even bigger party this weekend – so get here early! If you dig groovin’ to the Blues, you don’t want to miss this show!

Doors open at 6pm – Music from 7-10pm
Admission is FREE
Great food, ice cold beer and plenty of fine local wine
Pet friendly for friendly pets – bring clean-up supplies
Bring your own lawn chair – limited seating provided
21 yrs & older only – NO OUTSIDE ALCOHOL

[custom_frame_right]Deja Blues[/custom_frame_right]Deja Blues is a regional blues band based in Fresno, Ca. We have been together roughly 10 years. Even though we have had some musician changes over the years we consider them all Deja Blues players forever. The core of the original band is Jim “Gumbo” Furnas (Guitar) and Don Heflin (Bass). We currently have Rich Graham on Keyboards, Don “Squeak” Clarey on Drums and Jeff Hallock on Harmonica. We hope it stays this way from here on out. We play a wide variety of blues and aim to please everyone. The feel and groove we bring to our shows is true from our heart.

Time-lapse – Saturday Nights at ApCal

What a ROCKIN’ good time we have at ApCal Friday and Saturday nights with great bands!

They always have the crowd groovin’ all night long!

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Engelmann Cellars Gravel Pit Syrah

Engelmann Syrah

Notes

The Gravel Pit Vineyard is located on the banks of the San Joaquin River. The soil in this abandoned gravel pit lends itself to the terrain of this unique growing location. The stress of these growing conditions results in a grape with concentrated Syrah characters.

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