5 Reasons Your Dog Wants to Visit
Don’t leave your best friend home when you’re visiting the Tri-Valley. Annual events like Danville’s Dog Days of Summer offer human and canine visitors lots of fun, but all year long we’ve got new experiences (and sniffs) to savor.
It’s A Haunted Halloween in Wine Country
Livermore’s wine country is filled with treats for this month of Jack o’ Lanterns and masked mischief. Here are some of the ghoulish happenings about the Tri-Valley. Big White House Winery/John Evan Cellars will take 13% off purchases on Halloween day, if you visit in costume. Watch John Evan, and Cellar Master, Jessica, slaving over bubbling […]
What to Skip When Sipping Wine: A Guide to Counting Calories
You just finished a great week of workouts at the gym. The cute spin guy gave you a high-five for not passing out again, and you’ve somehow managed to squeeze kale into nearly every meal. Now it’s Friday, and you’re out at dinner feeling supremely powerful. The waiter hands you the menu, your eyes glaze […]
Best TV Binge-Watching Wine Pairings
While we’d all like to pretend we only open a good bottle of wine while surrounded by friends and loved ones in an upscale setting that may include uncomfortably high heels, classical music and fancy cheeses on tiny crackers, the truth is a little different. Honestly, most of us would really prefer to open a […]
7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Save the Good Wine for Company
Most of us have a bottle of wine tucked away in a cabinet somewhere, “just in case.” While emergency wine is a good idea in case an earthquake or the need to play presidential debate drinking games suddenly sneaks up on you, let’s be sure to squirrel away some cheap stuff for that. The problem […]
4 Leading Ladies of Livermore Valley as Our Favorite Disney Characters
Over several decades, the ladies of Disney have become much more than typical damsels in distress. In reality, the same is true of women in the workplace as women take on less traditional roles in industries of every variety. In Livermore Valley, the booming wine industry is no exception. Winemaking and viticulture have traditionally been […]
It’s In The Bag
Booking a flight or taking the highways and byways to the Tri-Valley? While packing your getaway bag to this NorCal destination, don’t forget these three essential items.
Tri-Valley on PBS
Public TV host Joseph Rosendo sets out on a California exploration through the state’s Tri-Valley region. He learns that while searching the world over for the exotic, often we miss the exciting, surprising and pleasurable experiences that await close to home.
New Kids on the Block: 3 Downtown Pleasanton Eateries to Try Now
McKay’s Taphouse and Beer Garden Tri-Valley beer lovers are collectively raising a pint to the long awaited opening of McKay’s Taphouse and Beer Garden. Owners Josh and Barbara McKay have taken a home built in the 1930s and created an inviting space serving up burgers, paninis, sausages and more along side 14 on-tap craft beers. […]
Do You Speak Caledonian?
The Highland Gathering and Games features caber tossing, birds of prey, highland dancing, sheep dog trials, living history, bagpipe and drumming competitions. September 5 and 6 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. Do You Speak Caledonian? from Visit Tri Valley on Vimeo.
4 End-of-Summer Tri-Valley Festivals
As we bid the sizzling season adieu, here are four of the Tri-Valley’s most anticipated events to end summer on a high note. Enjoy! 1. 2015 Eugene O’Neill Festival September 4–October 4, Danville Eugene O’Neill, the only American playwright to win the Nobel Prize in literature, once called Danville home—and he wrote some of his […]
Check Out Our New Online Store
Tri-Valley clothing, accessories, and Beer Trail gear for your shopping pleasure, at our new Tri-Valley Mercantile Emporium. [ecwid widgets=”productbrowser search categories minicart” categories_per_row=”3″ grid=”3,3″ list=”10″ table=”20″ default_category_id=”0″ category_view=”grid” search_view=”list” minicart_layout=”attachToCategories”]