Harvest Wine Celebration: celebrate with live music and barrel samples
Place: Livemore valley
Time: 12-5 pm
Date: Sep 2
Price: $40
Fair Play Zin Fest: 14 zinfandels, 36 varietals and great food
Time: 11 a.m
Date: Sep 1-3
Price: $34
Ghirardelli Chocolate Festival: lots… lots of chocolates
Place: Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco
Time: 5 p.m
Date: sep 8-9
Price: $26.25-$55
Uptown Beer Walk: craft brew tales and stories
Place: Uptown Oakland
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Date: Sept. 15, 22 and other dates
Price: $69
Niles Canyon Railway Wine Ride: Historic train ride
Place: Niles Canyon Railway, 6 Kilkare Road, Sunol
Time: 1-3 p.m
Date: Sept. 8 and 29.
Price: $50 plus $5.50
Farm to Table Wine Dinner: a 5-course dinner with wine lovers
Place: Chaminade Resort & Spa, 1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz
Time: 6-9 p.m
Date: Sept. 7 and 28
Price: $86
Mountain View Art and Wine Festival: live music and craft beer
Place: Castro Street from El Camino Real to Evelyn Avenue
Time and dates: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sept. 8 and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 9
Barbera Festival: live music at a winerie
Place: Terra d’Oro Winery, 20680 Shenandoah School Rd, Plymouth
Time and dates: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 15
Price: $50 ($20 designated driver)
Winesong Weekend: from jazz and blues to classic and rock
Place: Mendocino Coast
Date: Sept. 7-8
Price: $85
Food & Wine Classic: support a nonprofit arts center while tasting the finest wines
Place: Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga
Time: 4 p.m.
Date: Sept. 9
Price: $250-$375
Don’t drink and drive. Enjoy responsibly