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The Winery and Vineyards are open for Tasting - Saturdays, Sundays, and most Holidays from Noon to 5:00 pm.
We offer tours by request, and you can call us at 510-582-9900 or email for weekday appointments.

Music and Dancing in the Vineyards


Enjoy the best of the Bay Area Music at Chouinard! Concerts from 4:30 pm to 8:30 pm on the Sunday dates listed.
Cost is $40.00 per car.
Reservations are necessary. For more information see the Music in the Vineyards page.
Bring your own gourmet picnic. Wines are available for tasting and sales. Tickets are not refundable.
Please, no outside alcoholic beverages.
(If you bring non-Chouinard wines we soap your car and verbally abuse you.)Gates open after 3:00PM.

June 20th Cajun in the Vineyard
June 27th Reggae in the Vineyard
July 4th Winestock Alive! Free Independence Day Concert 12-5pm
July 11th 70’s, 80’s and 90’s in the Vineyard
July 18th Rock n’ Roll in the Vineyard
July 25th Blues in the Vineyard
August 14th Dawn and the Von Trapps - 4:30 - 8:30pm
August 15th Cajun in the Vineyard
August 22nd 70’s in the Vineyard
August 29th Blues in the Vineyard
September 10th, 11th & 25th Nerve Racking Theatre - Nighttime Horror Movies -See details below...

Year Round Live Music in the Tasting Room - Singer and Guitarist, Roger Kardinal
On the 2nd Saturday 0f Each Month

(excepting Concert Months of June, July, & August.)

Call us at 510-582-9900 or email us for reservations, information or other details!

2010 Events Calendar
Date Event Description
January 1st
Noon - 5:00pm

No Charge

Annual New Year's Open House Join us for French Onion Soup. The French say all those oignons bring good luck in the coming year. Mais oui, a root vegetable can do all that.

February 14th
Noon - 5:00pm

$10

Red Wine Valentine - Barrel Tasting

For you and your Valentine, here's a special tasting of wines from the barrel and finished wines with yummy homemade bread and cheeses.*Chocolate too!

March 7th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Reserve - No Charge
Cellar Rat Party WINE CLUB ONLY - VIT (Very Important Tasters)
Join your fellow cellar rats in creating Chouinard's new red wine blend! Your blend could be the winner!!
March 20th & 21st
Noon - 5:00pm
$25 ($30 Day of)
Barrel Tasting This is the annual Livermore Valley Barrel Tasting. Of course homemade bread and Amish cheese is included.
May 9th
Noon - 5:00pm
$10
Mothers Day Tasting
We are celebrating Mother's Day with the new release of our crisp and delicious Granny Smith Apple Wine paired with smoked cheddar. Bring a picnic.
August 14th
4:30 - 8:30pm
$40 per car
Dawn Coburn's
"Fell In The Fall"
CD Release Concert!
Featuring the "Von Trapps" Dawn Coburn, lead singer of "Sugarbeat", has invited the entertaining rock solid blues band "The Von Trapps" to join her to create an extra fun event. After the debut of Dawn's solo CD, she and her band (members of "Sugarbeat") will team up with "The Von Trapps" to play dance music that is certain to kick up some dust!
Sept 4th-5th
Noon - 5:00pm
Tickets Available
LIVERMORE VALLEY HARVEST CELEBRATION The celebration includes the finest wines, great food, lively music, and a craft exhibit. Tickets at www.LVwine.org /925-447-9463.
Friday Sept 10th, Saturday Sept 11th and 25th
Gates open 5:30PM
$20 per car
Nerve Racking Theatre Our Horror Hipster, Lord Blood-Rah, is back again in 2010 to host horror movies under the stars. Gather the gang. Pack a picnic. Buy a fine bottle of Chouinard wine. Slip into the grip of the grape and quiver, shiver and shake! (Bringing non-Chouinard wine is punishable by Demonic Abduction!)
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED, CALL 510 582 9900. Just $20.00 a carload, non-refundable.
Gates open at 5:30, show at 7:30. Pre-show "Shock" and Roll by Rhondula and the Shape Shifters. Show begins at dark.
Movies:
Sept 10th, - House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Sept 11th, "Bucket of Blood" (1959)
Sept 25th, Bela Lugosi Double Feature! "White Zombie" (1932) & "Dracula" (1931)
See www.myspace.com/lordbloodrah for more details.
Sept 17th
6:00PM - 9:00PM
$50 per car
Urban Garden Party Join us in fun-raising some lettuce for a green project in our community. Music and dancing by the Von Tropps. Appetizers and Auction. Sponsored by (and for) the young people of the Deputy Sheriff's Activities League. For information and tickets call 415-305-2173

November 26th

Noon - 5:00pm
No Charge

Wild Turkey Picnic Collect all your turkey-stuffed relatives and couch potato friends, pack some turkey sandwiches and come for a picnic and walk.

December 4th - 5th

Noon - 5:00pm
No Charge

Holidays in the Vineyards Holidays in the Vineyard An old-fashioned country celebration with the delights of music, food, gifts and beautiful crafts.
ROGER KARDINAL PLAYS MUSIC TO SIP WINE BY.....
Dates are most second Saturdays in the tasting room or on the deck (depending on the weather).


 

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