RIGHT NOW A CULINARY CELEBRATION IS UNDERWAY IN EAST SACRAMENTO. SAVOR EAST SAC IS OFFERING DEALS AT SOME RESTAURANTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS MORNING. WE ARE JOINED BY HEATHER PIERCE WITH EAST SAC CHAMBER AND LORRAINE SCOTT OF ATCHISON WINE COMPANY. SO FIRST OFF, WELCOME. THANKS FOR COMING IN. LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS SAVOR E SAC AND WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE? HOW DO PEOPLE TAKE PART? WELL, WE ARE AN ACTIVE CHAMBER AND SAVORY SAC IS BASICALLY SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY. THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THE RESTAURANTS, BARS, WINERIES THEY TEND TO SLOW DOWN. PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK FROM VACATION BACK TO SCHOOL. THEY GET BUSY. SO WE’RE ALLOWING WE’RE OFFERING THESE SPECIALS SO PEOPLE WILL GET BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY AND HELP SUPPORT. SO HOW MANY RESTAURANTS AND, YOU KNOW, WINE COMPANIES, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE TAKING PART? HOW MANY DO THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM? WE HAVE OVER 30 RESTAURANTS, WINES, BREWERIES, CIDER COMPANIES IN THE AREA, NOT ONLY IN THE EAST SAC AREA, BUT ALSO STRETCHING OUT TO LIKE MINERS LEAP, ARDEN AREA AND MIDTOWN. YEAH, IF YOU’RE A MEMBER OF THE CHAMBER, WE SUPPORT YOU BECAUSE YOU SUPPORT US. VERY GOOD. AND WHAT DO FOLKS GET A DISCOUNT OR THEY PAY TO GET A TICKET AND THEY GET A DISCOUNT. HOW DOES IT WORK? NO. YES. THEY GET A SPECIAL. SO EVERY RESTAURANT OR BAR IS OFFERING A DIFFERENT SPECIAL. AND DURING THAT TIME WE ALSO HAVE EVENTS THAT WE’RE HOSTING. FOR EXAMPLE, TODAY WILL BE AT LA PUERTA. FROM 1130 TO 1, NITY CIDERS FROM 530 TO 7. SO YOU COME IN, YOU PURCHASE THEIR SPECIAL. YOU MENTIONED SAVORY SAC AND WE WOULD BE HANDING OUT EITHER THE STADIUM CUPS OR THE WINE TUMBLERS. OKAY, COOL. VERY COOL. AND ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT IS TAKING PART IS ATCHISON WINE COMPANY. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. AND YOU’RE THE OWNER, LORRAINE SCOTT. WHAT KIND OF PUSHED YOU TO GO AHEAD AND PARTICIPATE? BEING PART OF THE EAST SAC CHAMBER, THERE ARE JUST A GREAT HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES ON THERE, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS SLOW TIME. SO IT’S A GREAT EVENT TO BE A PART OF ON THERE. SO WHAT KIND OF MAKES YOUR BUSINESS STAND OUT FROM, SAY, OTHER WINE COMPANIES OR THINGS LIKE WHAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL? SO MY WINERY, I’M A LOCAL WINERY WITH A TASTING ROOM IN MIDTOWN ON 19TH AND Q STREET. MY WINERY IS 100% REFILLABLE, SO I HAVE THESE REFILLABLE BOTTLES. OKAY, SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE YOUR BOTTLE OF WINE AND THEN WHEN YOU’RE DONE WITH THE BOTTLE, WE CLEAN AND SANITIZE AND GIVE YOU A NEW BOTTLE. UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY ABOUT 30% OF WINE BOTTLES IN THIS COUNTRY ACTUALLY GETS RECYCLED. SO SINCE OPENING ALMOST THREE YEARS IN SEPTEMBER, WE’VE SAVED ALMOST 60,000 BOTTLES FROM GOING KIDDING! THAT IS FANTASTIC. REALLY? DO YOU THINK THIS IS A TREND WE’RE GOING TO SEE IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALL WINE REGION. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THE SUSTAINABILITY PART FOR SURE. THERE ARE DEFINITELY MANY WINERIES HEADING TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING ABOUT WITH US, BECAUSE WE’RE 100% REFILLABLE, OUR WINES ARE ONLY AVAILABLE IN SACRAMENTO, SO WE’RE SUPER LOCAL. SO ONTO THERE. SO YEAH. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC DAY THAT YOU’RE PARTICIPATING OR. SO WE ARE THE SAVOR IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING FROM NOW UNTIL SUNDAY. AND THEN OUR DISCOUNT IS THAT YOU GET IF YOU MENTION SAVOR YOU GET 10% OFF ALL OUR WINE FILLS. OH COOL. GREAT. SO ULTIMATELY WHAT HEATHER DOES THIS DO FOR THE ECONOMY? WELL, IT DEFINITELY HELPS OUR COMMUNITY KEEP KEEP UP IN LEVEL. THEY SERVE US ALL YEAR LONG AND THIS TIME THEY TEND TO SLOW DOWN. SO WE’RE GIVING BACK TO THEM. SO WE’LL BOOST THEM. AND YEAH. SO THIS IT’S FROM THE 16TH TO THE 25TH. THE SPECIALS GO ON CONTINUOUSLY CONTINUOUSLY. BUT THE EVENTS ARE SPECIALIZED. SO IF YOU GO TO SAVOR EAST SAC DOT COM THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF WHEN WE BRING THAT UP WHILE YOU’RE TALKING HERE, GO AHEAD. YEAH THAT’LL GIVE YOU THE DETAILS OF WHEN WE ARE AT EACH LOCATION FOR. SO THERE’S DIFFERENT 20 DIFFERENT THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE LOCATED AT THROUGHOUT. AND LIKE SHE SAID, SUNDAY IS OUR LAST DAY. AND BUT THAT WILL ALSO GIVE YOU THEIR SPECIALS. VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU BOTH