Event Details
- Friday, April 24, 2026 - Sunday, April 26 2026
- All Day
32st Annual COCOA OC “Tom Butke” Memorial Wine Tour”
April 24, 25, and 26, 2026
The always fabulous wine tour for 2026 almost here! We have planned some old and new adventures
and new wineries for our three-day tour that everyone should enjoy!! For our members who have
never been as well as our newer members, this is the tour event of the year and you won’t be
disappointed! However, due to winery visitation restrictions, we are limited to no more than 8
cars/16 participants for the tour.
The cocoa oc wine tour was established 32 years ago by a past club president, Tom Butke.
Although Tom is no longer with us, his spirit lives on in the cocoa oc “Tom Butke memorial wine
tour”. Below are the instructions, including wearing your cocoa oc name badge.
This is a cocoa oc driving event, so everyone is encouraged to spruce up the old steed or new
steed or other old/new jalopy and join in on the great comaraderie and fun!
Tour start- Friday, April 24, 2026-We will start the wine tour from the Lowe’s parking lot,
2840 n. Bellflower blvd, Long Beach. Please arrive by 8:30 am with departure at 9:00 am sharp.
The alternate meeting spot will be at the Chevron station off the Seward ave. offramp of
the 101 freeway in Ventura. Time of this rendezvous is planned for 11:00 am.
Friday lunch will be at the Cold Springs Tavern in Santa Barbara at 12:30 pm. After lunch, we
will travel up to San Luis Obispo and meet at the Kynsi Winery at 3:30pm for a tasting before
we go to the Peach Tree Inn and our traditional cocktail gathering.
Lodging- the traditional “Peach Tree Inn” located in San Luis Opispo is our official
hotel. We have reserved a block of rooms for our Friday and Saturday stay. Call to
reserve your room asap at (805) 543-3170 and tell them it is for the “Cobra Club”.
Website is www.peachtreeinn.com.
Tasting cost- there will be a cost to participate. Since the wineries are now requiring
confirmation of attendance and up front deposits. There will be a fee for the
selected wine tastings. All tour participants that will be tasting will be required to
pay $150 per person for the 5 winery tastings.
The rsvp and payment need to be made prior to April 7 2026
o Please use the rsvp form which is included in the event
flyer.
Saturday, we will visit –Robert Hall Winery with a special grape to glass
excursion tour for us, lunch/tasting at Cass Winery and then Niner Winery (Andy Niner, the owner is giving us a free tasting)
Dinner at Dorn’s Restaurant in Morro Bay at 6:30pm
On Sunday we will visit the Demetria Winery with lunch following in Los Olivos at the
River Ranch Grill!
Also, for anyone who wants to stay over on Sunday night, the Corque Hotel in
Solvang is a good place to stay. Reservations at www.hotelcorque.com.
Contact wine tour chairman for information— Bob Stockwell (714} 504-3461.
