Winery Participation Application
About the application
Downtown Martinez & Co. would like to invite you to attend our April 26th, 2025 Bay Area Craft Beer Festival presents Boots & Brews (same festival but themed!) and includes wine this year for the first time! We hope you will bring winery representatives to pour and promote your wine.
Winery to provide:
- 2 varietals (preferably one White/Rose/Champagne and one red if possible)
- No less than eight total cases (four of each). This will be a 2oz tasting. Please bring wine cold. We will provide ice to chill during event.
- Ice chest or buckets for white wine to keep cool.
- Wine openers, signage, merchandise
- 10'x10' Canopy pop-up (weights in case windy) & Chairs (if needed).
- Pours for the event (minimum of two from Noon-4pm).
Event to provide:
- One 6' Table
- Ice
- 10'x10' space
- Marketing (winery listed on event website and promotional materials).
A minimum of eight cases is required for the event to ensure we don't run out. While wine is new this year, we have received much feedback from attendees requesting to have wine as an option so, we anticipate this will be popular and a great way to showcase your wine and tasting room.
We will provide you with two event tasting tickets that include wine/brewer hour from 11-12pm. All wine used, we will reimburse for $120 per case of white and $132 per case of red.
If you would like to donate cases of wine, we will provide 2 additional VIP tickets (valued at $140) per donated case.These tickets include the wine/brewer hour from 11am-12pm. These ticket holders will enter through the main gate at 12:00pm. You can use these tickets for giveaways to your customers, employees, or family. And of course, all must be 21 years or older.
Location:
The event will be held at the Martinez Waterfront Park (grass area) in the Historic Cannery District in beautiful Downtown Martinez.
Parking:
There will be parking onsite for wineries and plenty of FREE downtown parking within walking distance to the event.
Event Schedule:
9:00 – 10:30am
Set up (No vehicles permitted on the grass – cart assistance and volunteers available. Or hand truck in and out only)
10:45 – 11:00am
Grounds are cleared except for winery/brewery reps, staff, volunteers, media.
11:00am – 12:00pm
Wine/Beer tasting for wineries, breweries, media, staff and volunteers ONLY.
12:00 – 4:00pm
Beer Flows, Rockin’ Music & Delicious Food
4:00 – 6:00pm
Booth break down.
Main Street Martinez, Inc. DBA Downtown Martinez & Co. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. This event is our largest program fundraiser. All income after expenses goes directly towards sustaining and growing our program.
Downtown Martinez & Co. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to the economic growth and vitality of Downtown Martinez. Our program is designed to engage businesses and community leaders to enhance the vitality of our downtown through economic development, collaborative relationships, business support, advocacy, promotion and events. We strive to create a bright future while celebrating the history, culture, and deep roots of Martinez.
Donations subject to tax write off (check with you accounting).
For your records, our Tax ID # is 68-0472009.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT:
Main Street Martinez (DBA Downtown Martinez & Co.)
925-228-3577
events@downtownmartinez.org
About the event
Terms & Conditions
Event is rain or shine. IF HEAVY RAIN OCCURS, THE FINAL CALL IS MADE THE DAY OF THE EVENT AND YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED ASAP.
Event is 21+ including staffing.
All winery representatives are trained in the ABC Responsible Beverage Services Best Practices especially as it pertains to Special Event Servers where a one-day permit is issued.
Winery representatives understand Health Department best practices.
All wineries will be responsible to bring their own wine.
WINERY AGREEMENT: Bay Area Craft Beer Festival – April 26th, 2025 RELEASE OF LIABILITY: The Winery, for herself/himself and successors, assigns, heirs, estate, employees, and all other persons, known or unknown, being fully aware that participation will expose her/him to a risk of property damage, bodily injury, COVID-19 exposure, personal injury and/or death, hereby releases, waives, discharges and covenants not to sue Main Street Martinez (DBA Downtown Martinez & Co., their officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents, representatives, volunteers, and servants, and all other persons and associates connected with the event entitled Bay Area Craft Beer Festival, and any other sponsors, individuals, or corporations associated with Bay Area Craft Beer Festival, whether known or unknown (HEREIN AFTER COLLECTIVELY “SPONSORS”), from any and all liability, including for activity or passive negligence, for any and all property damage, personal injuries, bodily injury, death and/or other claims or causes of action arising out of or relating to the Winery participation in the Bay Area Craft Beer Festival, INCLUDING THOSE CLAIMS WHICH ARE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN, FORESEEN AND UNFORESEEN, FUTURE OR CONTINGENCE.
Questions on the application
Business information
- Business name
- Legal business name
- Contact name
- Address
- Phone
- Website (Optional)
- Logo (Optional)
Additional information
- We understand that we will be reimbursed $120 per case of white and $132 per case of red used after the event
- I would like to donate wine. Please list how many cases.
- If you are donating extra cases please note how many additional cases donated for two VIP tickets per case.
- We would like to be an sponsor and will donate all eight cases for additional tickets and sponsorship perks *noted below.
- INDEMNITY AGREEMENT: Brewery/Brewery Representative shall indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsors against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, personal injuries, COVID -19 exposure, death, damage, costs and liabilities, in equity, of every kind and nature, whatsoever, directly or proximately resulting or caused by the act or omission of the Brewery/Brewery Representative, or any of its officers, agents, employees, guests, patrons, or invitees, and the Brewery/Brewery Representative shall, at its sole risk and expense, defend any and all suits, actions or other legal binding proceedings which may be brought or instituted against any Sponsor or any such claim, demand or cause of action, and the Brewery/Brewery Representative shall pay and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be rendered against any Sponsor in any suit, action or other legal proceedings, and the Brewery/Brewery Representative shall pay for any and all damaged or loss to the property of any Sponsor due to s
- COVENANT NOT TO SUE: The Brewery/Brewery Representative, for herself/himself and successors, assigns, heirs, estate, employees, and all other persons, known or unknown, covenants not to directly or indirectly commence or prosecute any action, suit, claim or other proceeding against the Sponsors arising out of or related to Bay Area Craft Beer Festival. The Winery Representative is aware of Civil Code 1542 and waives its effect. Civil Code 1542 provides: “A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing this release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”
