It’s hard to feel “summery” when store windows are chock full of woolen delights, & your local corner mart has morphed into Halloween Central. Come fight for your right to summer at our inaugural Day of Discovery Festival Saturday September 4/Labor Day Weekend. 

Any ol’ festival can stick some bands on stage, but a fest with DWDM in the title means you are in for a wine/music lovers’ treat: from noon to 10pm, you’ll be checking out performances in the Barrel Room, The Small Lot Winery, & on the Tesla Lawn, while your taste buds banish the end-of-summer blues with your favorite Wente Vineyards reds & whites, along with perfectly paired noms for your tum.

Tickets are $29 in advance, $35 day of the festival (kids 12 & under get in FREE!) Skip the ticketing fees by buying directly from the Wente Box Office: 925-456-2424. There are special discounts for Club Wente Entertainment, Golf, & Wine Members. We will be giving away tickets on facebook & twitter, so friend us immediately!

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This weekend marks the launch of a grand spankin’ new summer concert series on the vineyard lawn. Each of these three special edition concerts features Karl Wente’s Front Porch Band, joined by one of your fave Bay Area percolating artists.

Tickets are $20, with kids 12 and under FREE! If you buy from the Wente Box Office directly, there’s no service fee: 925-456-2424. Use your saved service fee smackers to snap up dreamy noms and your fave Wente wines by the glass, as well as beer for a little palate cleanse. Sorry-- but no outside food or bev allowed in, but DO bring a blanket and your bff’s. See ya @ 7pm sharp.

Make sure you follow @Wentecc on twitter & like us on facebook for tasty giveaways, and all the latest news leading up to the Day of Discovery Festival happening over Labor Day weekend.

Live Music and Wine Pairings, DWDM Wine Bus, ViewTopia: SXSW, BAMM, and More

We’re excited to be back at SXSW for our third year running, spotlighting six wines from vintage 3 of DWDM all across Austin today, March 17th through Sunday, March 21st. 

Join us on our DWDM bus, at Whole Foods Market Gateway (and streaming into WFM Lincoln Park), Cork and Co., Jovita’s and Maria’s Taco Xpress for an amazing line up of live performances, wine pairings and special guests!

Wednesday March, 17

BAMM feed from the Convention Floor:
12-1pm: Princeton
1-2pm:  Nneka
2-3pm:  Suzanna Choffel/ Mix grab bag
3-4pm:  Geographer
4-5pm:  Birds and Batteries
5-6pm:  Hour long recap

Thursday March, 18

Wente Vineyards Discover the Wine, Discover the Music Wine Bus

12:30- 2:45pm Whole Foods Market Gateway @ 9607 Research Boulevard
12:30-1:45 Glenn Yoder and Todd Thibaud
1:45-2:45 Ferocious Few

3-6:pm Cork & Co. @ 308 Congress Ave
3:15 Austin Hartley-Leonard
4:00 Family of the Year Password: tr33splease
4:45 Fierce Bad Rabbit
5:00 Erin Davis/Vince Wilburn-Miles Davis Properties Interview (Post Panel 40th Anniv Bitches Brew )
5:15 Ian Hopkinson

Friday March, 19

Wente Vineyards Discover the Wine, Discover the Music Wine Bus

Noon: Whole Foods Market Gateway @ 9607 Research Boulevard
12:00 Gemma Ray
1-2:00 The Orion Experience (hand-picked by Rachel Ray for her SXSW party!)
2-3:30 Susan Hyatt’s Rockstar Workout (w/simultaneous workout onscreen in Whole Foods Market Lincoln Park) and singing performance
DVD Link on Amazon: http://bit.ly/SHAmazon; http://www.stimulatortheband.com.

4-6:30pm RajiWorld + 1 Party/Sweet Relief Benefit @ Jovita’s, 1619 South 1st Avenue

4:00 Steve Poltz
4:30 Mumiy Troll (on Craig Ferg)
5:00 Bluebonnets (feat. Kathy Valentine & Special guest Clem Burke)
5:30 Victoria Williams + Special guests
6:00 Michael des Barres+ Special guests (incl. Jimmy Thrill Quill)

7-8pm SIN CITY SOCIAL CLUB 8th Annual AUSTIN JUBILEE! @ Maria’s Taco Xpress, 2529 S. Lamar w/DWDM’s Jesse Dayton + Mike Stinson

Saturday March 20 & Sunday March 21
Rockstar Weekend @ Jimmy Thrill Quill’s Ranch-Red Horse Studios
The most exclusive event during SXSWm. At a secret location just outside Austin’s city limits, a hand-picked group of artists, chefs, wellness experts & bon vivants gather to do what it is they do best. Interactive reality tv in real time!  Performances from the studio, & interviews with the guests, including, Slim Jim Phantom, Steve Jones, Pam & Michael Des Barres,Mike Stinson, Susan Hyatt & special guests!