2026 Placer Wine & Ale Trail Sips & Suds Summer Passport – HOLIDAY PRE-SALE

Discover & celebrate The Placer Wine & Ale Trail and local craft wine & beer! Purchase a $50 summer passport giving you access to complimentary tastings or other specials and experiences at participating Placer County Wineries & Breweries. Get Stamps, Earn Prizes, Go at Your Own Pace! 2026 HOLIDAY PRE-SALE STARTS 11/28/25 - SAVE $10/PERSON

Your Passport (June 1 through August 31st, 2026):

has 40 participating wineries & breweries
is good for a day, a weekend or several
gives you access to over $150 worth of specials, discounts & complimentary tastings

Go at your own pace! Earn Prizes!

Buy Your Pre-Sale Ticket on Eventbrite

PRICING & PRIZES

Turn in passport at the end and…

Be entered to win a Placer Stay & Play Weekend Basket
Visit a Farmers Market and Farmstand and be entered to win a PlacerGROWN goodie basket full of local products & fresh fruits & veggies
Get 20 stamps (50%) and get an exclusive event collectible sticker!
Get 25 stamps (75%) and get a souvenir T-Shirt
Complete 100% of the Passport and get 2 tickets to the next Placer Wine Trail Event (Holidays in the Hills 2025)

Pricing: $50/Passport (good for one person June 1, 2026-August 31st, 2026)

HOW IT WORKS - PASSPORT PICKUP AND TURN IN INSTRUCTIONS - PRIZE WINNERS

2025 PASSPORT PICKUP INSTRUCTIONS: Download Locations Map/Instructions

2025 DECEMBER PRE-SALE TICKET HOLDERS: You will be notified via email in May when you passports are ready.

2026 REGULAR TICKET HOLDERS: Your Humantix Order is your “ticket”, which you’ll need to bring to any of the designated pickup locations to actually get your passports. One passport is good for one person.

*Start your Adventure…Present ticket to pick up your Passport at any of the following locations:

MONDAY-FRIDAY: California Welcome Center, Auburn, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Placer Valley Tourism Offices, Rocklin

FRIDAY-SUNDAY: Casque Wines Tasting Room, Loomis, Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery, Dueling Dogs Brewing, Lincoln, Lone Buffalo Vineyards, Auburn, Mount Saint Joseph Wines Tasting Room, Granite Bay, Zhüsh Modern, Auburn, California Welcome Center Auburn

PURCHASE ANYTIME: Passport is good for 3 months so you can purchase anytime and go at your own pace.

10/18 UPDATE – WINNERS ANNOUNCED BELOW!

PASSPORT TURRN-IN INSTRUCTIONS: Download Locations Map/Instructions

COMPLETE YOUR ADVENTURE…

TURN IN OR VERIFY PASSPORT BY 9/30 AT ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS TO REGISTER FOR OR RECEIVE YOUR PRIZES

MONDAY-FRIDAY: California Welcome Center, Auburn, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Placer Valley Tourism Offices, Rocklin

FRIDAY-SUNDAY: Casque Wines Tasting Room, Loomis, Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery, Lone Buffalo Vineyards, Auburn, California Welcome Center, Auburn

Register or have your passport verified and be entered to win a Placer Stay & Play Weekend Basket (all passport holders can enter regardless of passport completion)
New! Complete 20 stamps (50%) and get a complimentary Placer Wine & Ale Trail souvenir sticker*
Complete 25 stamps and get a souvenir Sips & Suds T-Shirt*
Complete 100% of the Passport and get 2 tickets to the next Placer Wine Trail Event (Holidays in the Hills 12/6-7)
Complete the Farmers Market/Farm Stand Stamps and be entered to win a $150 shopping spree

NOTE: PRIZE WINNERS ARE LISTED BELOW.

IF YOU HAVE NOT CLAIMED YOUR T-SHIRT OR STICKERS YET, YOU CAN STILL STILL TURN IN YOUR PASSPORTS AND GET THOSE PRIZES WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

*STICKERS CAN BE UP AS SOON AS YOUR PASSPORT IS TURNED IN/VERIFIED at any of the above locations.

*T-SHIRTS ARE READY NOW (9/15) and CAN BE PICKED AT the CA Welcome Center in Auburn OR the Placer Valley Tourism Offices in Rocklin. T-Shirts are Unsex (L, XL and a few Ms & XXLs) and are first come, first-served.

*DRAWING PRIZE WINNERS:

Stay & Play Basket:

David Morarity

Farmers Market Certificates:

AndreaDubose
Ben Harrison
Linda Donnels
Larry Perez
Larry Higdon

Winners will be notified the week of 10/20 on how and where to pick up your prizes!

If you completed 25 or more stamps, which means you get the t-shirt AND the sticker, we recommend you wait until 9/15 or after so you can pick up both prizes when you turn your passports in (at the CA Welcome Center or PVT Offices only).

2025 Winery/Brewery Offers

2025 Passport Offers

Auburn Alehouse – 50% off of one tasting flight.
Bonitata – One complementary tasting per Passport and 20% off regularly priced wines.
California Distilled Spirits – $5 off bottle purchase.
Cante ao Vinho – Club Member for a day- one complimentary wine tasting and all wine purchases at club price.
Casque Wines – One complimentary wine tasting.
Ciotti – Wine Club Member for a day – one complimentary tasting and 15% off wine purchase.
Crooked Lane – 50% off one tasting flight.
Dono dal Cielo – 50% off a wine tasting and 15% off a bottle purchase.
Dora Dain – 50% off wine tasting and 10% off bottle purchase.
Dueling dogs – $5.00 discount on a tasting flight.
Fowler – 50% off a tasting flight and 10% off merchandise.
Goathouse – 50% off a tasting flight.
Granite Bay Brewing – 50% off a tasting flight.
Happy Dayz – 50% off wine tasting or a glass of wine and 10% off bottle purchase.
High Hand Brewing – – 50% off one tasting flight.
Hill Top Oaks – TASTING IS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY – Saturdays: *6/14, 6/15, 7/12, *7/19, 7/26, 8/9, *8/16, and *9/13 from 12pm to 5pm. 50% off tasting and 10% off bottle purchase. Duration: 1 hr 30 min Seating is very limited – book early – go to HTOWine.com 8 weeks prior to reserve your time slot.
Hillenbrand – 50% off on your second beer, one per customer.
Lecavalier – 50% off one tasting and 15% off bottle purchase.
Lone Buffalo – 50% off one tasting and 15% off bottle purchase.
Loomis Basin – 10% off any BEER purchase – Pints, Growlers and or 4PKS.
Mindscape Fermentations – 10% discount for passport holders.
Moksa – (brewery location only.) 10% off the entire bill. Good for Merch, in-house and togo beers.
Monk’s Cellar – 25% off an entrée with purchase of a beer, wine or cocktail.
Moonraker – 50% off one tasting flight.
Mount Saint Joseph – One complimentary tasting per passport and 10% off bottle purchase.
Mt. Vernon – 50% off tasting and 10% off bottle purchase.
NEW! Nitty’s Cider – 50% off a tasting flight and 10% off merchandise.
PaZa –Club Member for a day – One complimentary wine tasting and 15% off bottle purchase. Receive a limited edition 2025 PaZa passport sticker when you visit.
Rancho Roble – One free glass of award-winning Barbera or Rose. 15% off bottle purchase.
Ponderosa – 50% off a house flight.
Rappé Family Vineyards – 50% off one tasting flight or 50% off one glass of wine or 15% off bottle purchase.
Rebellion Brewing – 10% off any purchase.
Secret Ravine – One complimentary tasting and 15% off bottle purchase.
Shred – 10% off purchase.
Smokin’ Barrel – 10% off tasting and bottle purchase, 20% off purchases of 4 or more bottles.
Slice Beer – 10% off any draft beer.
Twin Rocks – One complimentary “Discovery Tasting” and 15% off bottle purchase.
Two Ass – 50% off a flight and $5 off one clothing merchandise item.
Vina Castellano – 50% off tasting and 15% off bottle purchase.
Wise Villa – 50% off tasting, buy one entree, get the second entree half off.

ATTENTION FOODIES AND FARMERS’ MARKET ENTHUSIASTS! VISIT A FARMER'S MARKET OR FARMSTAND INSTRUCTIONS:

YOU ALSO CAN HAVE A FUN LOCAL FOOD ADVENTURE AND VISIT A FARMERS’ MARKET
& FARM STAND AS PART OF YOUR PASSPORT!

PLACERGROWN IS GIVING AWAY A $150 FARMERS MARKET SHOPPING SPREE
TO FIVE (5) LUCKY WINNERS WHO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
1. Visit one Placer County Farmers’ Market and one Placer County Farm Stand.
2. Get your passport stamped by the site manager at the Farmers’ Market and Farm Stand you visit.
3. Turn in passport at any of the drop off locations by September 30, 2025.

FARMERSMARKETS_STANDS_2025 (DOWNLOAD)

*Please Note, The Flower Farm is no longer participating as a Farmstand in 2025

LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY OR INVITE SOME FRIENDS UP TO JOIN YOU!

Springhill Suites and The Holiday Inn in Auburn are just minutes away and Placer Valley Tourism has dozens of hotels nearby too!

Check out the many hotels, motels & Air BnBs throughout Placer County here.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2025 SPONSORS!

HOSTS – SAC WINE & ALE & THE PLACER COUNTY VINTNERS ASSOCIATION

PLATINUM/PRESENTING – PLACER VALLEY TOURISM

GOLD – VISIT PLACER, PLACERGROWN, HOTEL VISTA SIERRA, LECAVALIER CELLARS

SILVER – HOLIDAY INN & MAX’S, DOODY CALLS, BEYOND THE FIG, LORI MCINTOSH – REALTOR

T-SHIRT PRIZE SPONSOR – ALL MY BEST