It's time to head to Livermore Wine Country for barrel-tasting weekend, this Saturday and Sunday, March 19 and 20. The weather is looking awesome!

UPDATE: Monique here adding three more wicked wines to this story that was originally posted by Lindsey! BESIEGED ($15.99) Joel Peterson created this wicked Halloween wine for Ravenswood’s new Storyteller Series. BEISIEGED is a unique blend of Petite Sirah, Carignane and Zinfandel grapes with notes of blackberry, black cherry, and plum spiced with cardamom. Look

2014 Barrel Tasting Weekend Saturday, March 29 & Sunday, March 30, 2014 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM Livermore Valley Wine Country 3585 Greenville Road, Livermore, CA, 94550 Tickets: $40 Advance/ $45 Day Of Taste wines right out of the barrel, meet winemakers and more. Each winery will host a unique experience during barrel tasting weekend

Once again a Livermore wine takes the lead! Congratulations to the guys named “Steve” at 3 Steves Winery in Livermore Wine Country for winning best red wine at the 2014 San Francisco Chronicle Competition for their 2011 Cienega Zinfandel! Wow, that’s the second Best of Show in the last three years for a Livermore wine.

Every September, the Livermore Winegrowers’ Association holds their annual harvest festival fundraiser, in which all the member wineries are required to participate. You will always find plenty of vendors and musical entertainment at the main venues, Concannon and Wente, where multiple wineries are pouring and the people watching is always amusing. I loved Wente’s sign

Taste Our Terroir is one of my favorite events of the year in the mostly delicious land of Food and Wine. It’s something Livermore does so well, they made a multi-day extravaganza of it for the first time this year. The Livermore food and wine events last until Sunday. This signature event, held the 3rd