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From the Town of Moraga website:
The 14th Annual Moraga Pear & Wine Festival will be held Saturday, September 29, 2012 at the Moraga Commons Park from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. This is a family friendly event with activities for all ages celebrating Moraga’s Pear history! Join your friends and neighbors for: entertainment and activities at the bandshell with DJ RyanO, afternoon concert by littledog2, wine tasting with Lamorinda Winegrowers Association, grape stomping, pear pies, jumpies, food, local artist booths, community and business booths, meet your council candidates at the Pear Political Pavilion and much more!
Check back for more information! Contact knelson@moraga.ca.us with any questions.Pear Recipe Contest- Entry Form (PDF)
– Have an amazing pear dish? Show it off!
– Adult division and kids (under 18) division. Limit 2 entries per person.
– Categories: Dessert, Appetizer and Other.2013 Pear & Wine Festival Poster Contest- Entry Form (PDF)
– Design next year’s Pear & Wine Festival poster!
Moraga’s pear orchards are hundreds of years old and still produce an abundant crop. Every year volunteers harvest over 8,000 pounds of pears, to be donated to the Contra Costa and Solano Food Banks. Most of the pears were picked from the orchards at Joaquin Moraga School and from Saint Monica Catholic Church’s orchards. Many residents also allow “pear pickers” to come to their homes to collect fruit.