About the Event 2024 - SOLD OUT!
Boasting an array of local and regional wineries, breweries, eateries and live music, TASTE is the Robert Mondavi Institute’s annual fundraising event. Robert and Margrit Mondavi believed that great wine, music and art enhance our quality of life—TASTE celebrates all three!
TASTE 2024 returns on Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. This year, we will host TASTE in the courtyard, under tents on the lawn and guests will have access to the indoor Sensory Building lobby.
- The event will sell out quickly. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on events.
- You must be 21 years of age or older to attend.
- General public $55, UC Davis faculty/staff $45, students $35.
Apology to our Jewish Community Members
This year, the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science scheduled its annual food and wine tasting fundraiser TASTE on October 12, which coincides with the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur, a holy day of atonement and fasting that ends at sundown that day. We sincerely apologize to the Jewish community and others for the lack of consideration and due diligence. The Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science is for everyone, and we failed to uphold that standard when we selected that date for this year’s event.
As many of you know, TASTE is our largest celebration of the year with more than 300 guests enjoying great wine, music and art and helping support the Institute over the coming year. We want to be sure that all feel welcome to participate. As such, we gave careful consideration to changing the date from October 12 to another date, but that was not possible. We have, however, extended the event to 7:30 p.m. on October 12 to make it available after sundown.
We have been in communication with those who reached out to us with concerns and have committed to working with them on scheduling in the future. When planning future events, the Robert Mondavi Institute will utilize the Multicultural Calendar posted by the UC Davis Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Again, our sincere apologies for this error.
Ned Spang
Director, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology
Thank you for a great TASTE 2023!
Thank you to all the attendees, vendors, and volunteers who made TASTE 2023 a success! Please consider supporting the generous vendors listed in the right column.
To view more photos from the event, visit our Facebook photo album.
Exhibitors for 2024
If you are a local or regional winery, restaurant, brewery, food, or beverage producer and would like to be an exhibitor for TASTE on October 12, email taste.rmi@ucdavis.edu.
Questions?
If you have questions about this event, please email taste.rmi@ucdavis.edu.