Wine Tasting in Placerville: The Grapefather's Cellar, Haunted Sequoia Mansion

FALL SPECIAL, 50% OFF: $30 a seat, regularly $60. The Sequoia Mansion has stood on Bee Street since 1853, and Placerville will tell you it is haunted. The Grapefather's cellar is the stone room underneath it. This fall, come down for a seated, guided tasting of six of Nello Olivo's best wines with an individual cheese and charcuterie plate, in the oldest and most talked-about room in town.

Nello Olivo, 86, makes Italian-style wines in El Dorado County, and everyone up the hill calls him The Grapefather. The tasting is informal and interactive: we talk about what is in the glass, how these grapes ended up in the Sierra foothills, and how to find wines you will love at home. Nello or one of our knowledgeable team pours.

Eight seats are sold here for each date; there may be more available, so if a date shows sold out, text or call Debi at 530-207-0396 or email debi@nelloolivo.com. Wine Mob club members taste free with up to four guests; call 530-207-0396 to reserve member seats (a deposit and a minimum purchase apply). Another date, time or group size: same number.

*Subject to change or cancellation. A date runs when at least 6 seats are booked. If a date is short of 6 seats three days before, we cancel it and refund every ticket in full.

Guests must be 21 or over with photo ID. Please plan a designated driver. Seating is limited, and we ask for 4 days' notice if your plans change.

Where: Sequoia Mansion, 643 Bee Street, Placerville. Meet at the mansion entrance and we walk down together. About 45 minutes from Sacramento and an hour from South Lake Tahoe.