Climb to the top of a certain ridge, and you will discover some beautiful things! Beautiful views of the Livermore hills, beautiful grapevines, and (why else would we be there?) beautiful wines. Where can you find this ridge? Why at Eagle Ridge Vineyard, of course! Eagle Ridge Vineyard was one of our very first wineries […]
Life in Livermore is pretty interesting! A jumble of contrasts: cowboys and physicists, freeway mazes and acres of vineyards, soccer leagues for 3 year-olds and a jet-capable airport. All that range can make for a pretty interesting Saturday. On tap for today: air show, wine tasting and fine Italian food. Things are pretty great here! […]
We have been fans of Dante Robere Vineyards for several years, as they poured out of the Eagle Ridge tasting room. After a frustratingly-long construction project, their winery and tasting room finally opened. With much anticipation, we visited their new digs! Jim Perry, owner/winemaker at Eagle Ridge Vineyards has become one of the godfathers of […]
Aside from setting me up for disappointment with every other guy on Earth, my dad has also taught me to enjoy the finer things in life through our dad/daughter dates. In Girl Scouts, we had a yearly Daddy/Daughter Dinner Dance, during which we would exploit our fathers’ affection and dress in matching outfits to dance […]
Most of the time, a “CLOSED” sign on a winery is a sad thing. Exception? When the tasting room is closed for a Members-only Party and we are members! And few release parties are more predictably fun than the ones at the Darcie Kent Winery. Their 2015 3rd Quarter release party was no exception. The […]
It’s that time of year again! Pleasanton’s downtown is about to transform itself into a dizzying array of tasting rooms. The Pleasanton Downtown Association and its member businesses will host their annual Wine Stroll on Saturday, July 18th from 5pm to 8pm. For three hours, ticket holders ($40 in advance, $45 day of event) can […]
Summertime in Northern California, and the living is easy! A beautiful Saturday, warm but not too warm, breezy but not too breezy, you get the idea. The kind of day to put those crushing home prices in perspective. Some of the family was available for an outing, so we went with our strong suit: we […]
With summer in full swing, we were all looking forward to the 4th of July. Then we learned that the Darcie Kent winery put together what they called the “Red, White and Blues Summer BBQ” to help build the excitement. The members-only invitation promised a great event: all the latest wines, a fun BBQ menu […]
If you take a peek at the Livermore Valley Winery map, you’ll find the east most winery is Les Chenes Winery. Contrary to its directional position in Livermore Wine Country, Les Chenes is all southern…southern France that is. Les Chenes boasts a specialization in Estate Rhone Wines and it is a boast that is well […]
We have enjoyed tasting the wines of Dante Robere Vineyards for quite a while. During their start-up phase, they are sharing the tasting room of Eagle Ridge. Dante Robere and Eagle Ridge wines together make for an amazing tasting experience, but soon Dante Robere will be leaving the ridge, with its beautiful views, for a […]
We discovered a new tasting room in Livermore! Yes, a new tasting room, but not actually a new winery! How is this possible? In the fine Livermore tradition of winemakers supporting winemakers, the San Francisco Bay Winery started pouring in the Rios-Lovell tasting room. With the change of ownership taking place at Rios-Lovell, it was […]