The San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival (later named Festival Mozaic) was founded in 1970 by Clif Swanson to present an annual summer music festival honoring Mozart and serving the community of San Luis Obispo. In 1970 the first festival presented three concerts. By 1983, the Festival had grown to a week long event with 18 concerts located throughout the county.
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25 grape varieties used in amphorae winemaking in San Luis Obispo County.
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The California Wine Revolution started over 50 years ago. It was a time when a generation of men and women came of age and found their own voices. They embraced the arts, social change, civil rights, politics, culinary arts, athletics, the environment, and the freedom to break with the past and create their own choices.
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The following wineries have contributed their wines in celebration of this year’s Festival Mozaic Concert Series; the Festival and the wine industry of San Luis Obispo County have grown together since 1970.
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Tablas Creek, bonded in 1989, is a pioneer in California’s Rhone movement. The late Robert Haas founded the winery and his family’s legacy of support for Festival Mozaic over two decades ago. His son, Jason Haas, and Winemaker Neil Collins welcomed guests to the first Retrospective Wine Tasting held in support of the Festival. Tastings of five vintages of their flagship wine Esprit de Tablas – 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020 – were paired with vibrant discussions between Jason and Neil. Jason’s wife Megan has served on the Festival Board.
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