Summer is going strong here in Temecula Valley with plenty of exciting food & wine events! Live wine country entertainment, music concerts, winemaker dinners, wine tasting classes, and theater shows top the must-see list. See below for this month’s winery events!

Comedy Show
Saturday, August 18
Call the winery at (951) 676-6414 for more details
Spaghetti Night at Briar Rose Winery
On Friday, August 17th, experience our amazing sunsets and live music while enjoying fabulous food and wine.
Sit back, relax, and let our staff take care of you.
Join us from 5:30pm-10:00pm
Space is limited so call to reserve your tickets now! Cost is $10.00 per person.
Call the winery at (951) 308-1098 for more details
Grand Opening Weekend
Saturday & Sunday, August 25-26
10:00a-5:00p
Open to the public
Specially priced wine tastings, tapas, live music, complimentary tours.
Happy Hour at Vu
Every Friday, beginning August 10th
5p-7:30p
Guests can enjoy the view from Vu; the new upper wine tasting deck at Callaway Winery. Wine by the Glass and small plates will be available for purchase. Live music.
Havana Silk Dog Association: SOCAL Dog Show
Saturday & Sunday, August 4-5
9:00a-1:00p
Open to the public
Shakespeare in the Vines presents: RICHARD III
August 9 (preview), 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24 & 25
7:30p
One of Shakespeare’s darkest and most thrilling plays. Tickets available through SITV website at www.shakespeareinthevines.org. Food and wine available for purchase at the winery; no outside food available.
A Taste of Summer Seminar
Sunday, August 18
10:00a-12:30p
$88.50 per seminar
Legacy Club Member price – $79.65 per seminar
Prices are per person, plus tax
The summer seminar is all about fermentation and the winemaking process. The day begins with a guided tour of our production facility followed by a visit to the lab where the winemaker will discuss some of the procedures and chemical analysis that are done and their effects on the final product. We will offer a flight tasting of roses, so that you will learn how they are made, how they get their color and what styles and grape varieties can be used. A casual boxed lunch and a glass of your favorite rose will finish off this seminar.
For reservations, clickhere
Live complimentary music every Saturday & Sunday in August, 2:00p-5:00p
Live Music; Complimentary
6:30p-9:30p
Friday, August 3 – Cougrzz Rock
Friday, August 10 – Sean & Donna
Friday, August 17 – Unbridled & Free
Friday, August 24 – MorSol
Friday, August 31 – Alaina Blair
1:00p-4:00p
Sunday, August 5 – Briit Doehring
Sunday, August 12 – The Sophistocados
Sunday, August 19 – Jimmy Patton
Sunday, August 26 – James Wells
Plein Air Painting Class
Wednesday, August 1
11:00a-2:00p
For reservations and more information, please call 951.216.3380 or e-mail events@europavillage.com
Sommelier Workshop #3 – Wine Geography – Old World
Tuesday, August 7
6:00p-7:30p
$49 per person
For reservations and more information, please call 951.216.3380 or e-mail events@europavillage.com
Gallery 8 Celebrity Art Show
Sunday, August 19
11a-3:00p
Open to the public; complimentary
Plein Air Painting Class
Wednesday, August 22
11:00a-2:00p
For reservations and more information, please call 951.216.3380 or e-mail events@europavillage.com
Musical Wine Dinner: Spanish
Saturday, August 25
6:30p-9:00p
$85 per person, plus service charge and tax
4-course Spanish themed event
For more information and reservations, please call 951.216.3380 or e-mail events@europavillage.com
Free Jazz on Sundays
Performances will be 3 hours beginning at noon and going until 3:00pm and will be held in their outside lawn area adjacent to the tasting room. As the name indicates, every Sunday afternoon live jazz performances will be available to winery customers at no charge and with no reservations required. Chairs and tables will be provided for the audience. Freshly prepared barbequed food and wine by the glass or bottle are available for each performance.
VIP Vertical Wine Tasting
Saturday, August 25
10:30a-12:00p
$40 per person, plus tax; $30 per person, plus tax for Food & Wine Club members
The tasting will focus on eight vintages of the Falkner Meritage-Bordeaux style blend. Vintages will include the 2000 through 2007. In-house sommelier, George Myers, will explain how age affects wine flavor, the farming practices employed for each vintage, the winemaking techniques used on each, and finally, a taste comparison among all the selected wines.
For more details or to make reservations, please call Michelle at 951.676.8231 ext. 109 or e-mail wineclub@falknerwinery.com.
Karaoke Nights
Fridays, August 10 & August 24
No cover charge or pay $10 for taco bar and 3 wine tastes
RSVP required by August 8 or August 22
Call (951) 699-8845 for reservations
Ladies Night
Saturday, August 11
6:00p-9:30p
$10 per person, includes 1 glass of wine and appetizers
Vendors showcase their products for shopping fun. Mary Kay, Tupperware, Gigi Hill Handbags, Spa Escape Temecula, Originals by Deborah Jewelry, Demonstrations by local makeup artist.
Cigar Night
Saturday, August 18
6:30p-9:30p
$35 per person, includes food, 1 glass of wine and cigars.
Live Music Sundays
Local and Regional Touring Artists – Every Sunday, 2-5pm / June 1st – October 31st
Join us every Sunday afternoon on the patio at Leoness Cellars for a variety of great wine sipping music and an enchanting vineyard view!
August
- Sunday 5th – Tim Cash – Lively Blues and Classic Rock
- Sunday 12th – Dave and the Cousins – Hot Pop and Folk classics with tight harmonies
- Sunday 19th – Vineyard Troubadour – Variety of “good times” country, pop and folk music
- Sunday 26th – TBA
Live@Lorimar
Experience the Temecula “Music Scene” at its finest with the fusion of wine, art and live music every weekend at both our Old Town Temecula and our Wine Country Estate locations.
Lorimar Old Town
Live Music Artists every Saturday night, 6:30 -9:30pm
Lorimar Wine Country
“Sippin Sundays” – Live Music Artists from 2-5pm
“Sunset Fridays” – Live Music Artists, from 5-8pm
Sundresses and Cowboy Boots – Country Music Festival
Friday, August 3; 6:00p-10:00p. $5 at www.heyday.com; $10 at the door or online day of show.
Featuring Kanan Road and The Painted Daizies. Celebrating modern country artists such as Tim McGraw, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Lynyrd Skynyrd and so many more! Dinner available for purchase and a 2 drink minimum purchase is required.
Strangelove – Tribute to Depeche Mode
Friday, August 24; 6:00p-10:00p. $20 at www.heyday.com; $25 at the door, day of show
Dinner and wine available for purchase. Please note, there is a 2 drink minimum at this show.
Friday Night Happy Hours at Monte De Oro
5:00p-8:30p; Complimentary music. Food & wine available for purchase
- Friday, August 3 – Jason Weber
- Friday, August 17 – Nina Markert
- Friday, August 24 – Waylon Hicks
Romantics / Missing Persons Concert
Saturday, August 4
Doors open at 6:00p, concert starts at 8:00p
General Admission: $55 per person. Wine Club, $50 per person.
VIP Dinner Package (Includes a 3 course dinner, preferred parking and reserved table seating): $105 per person. Wine Club, $100 per person
Click here for tickets
STEEL MAGNOLIA – Monte De Oro’s Summer Concert (Opening Band, David Rosales)
Friday, August 10
Doors open at 6:00p, concert starts at 8:00p
General Admission: $45 per person. Wine Club, $40 per person.
VIP Package (Includes preferred parking): $50 per person. Wine Club, $55 per person
Click here for tickets
Their bracing take of “Keep on Lovin’ You” broke through as the highest charting debut single by a co-ed duo in Billboard history and climbed all the way to No. 5 on the Billboard Country Charts.
Complimentary Live Music
Shoot 4 Tuezday – Friday, August 3; 7:00p-10:00p
Buzz Campbell – Saturday, August 4; 7:00p-10:00p
Yeggi Watts – Sunday, August 5; 2:00p-5:00p
Billy Watson – Friday, August 10; 7:00p-10:00p
Kanan Road – Saturday, August 11; 7:00p-10:00p
Sister Speaks – Sunday, August 12; 2:00p-5:00p
JD Priest – Friday, August 17; 7:00p-10:00p
Missy Anderson – Saturday, August 18; 7:00p-10:00p
Two Fish – Sunday, August 19; 2:00p-5:00p
Nathan James – Friday, August 24; 7:00p-10:00p
4019’s – Saturday, August 25; 7:00p-10:00p
Bastos Moenho with Joe Vegas – Sunday, August 26; 2:00p-5:00p
Master Splinter and the Shredders – Friday, August 31; 7:00p-10:00p
Happy Hours Just Got Happier In August at South Coast Winery’s Vineyard Rose Restaurant
Monday – Friday
4:00pm – 5:30pm
Enjoy wine specials, draft beers & appetizers!
For information please call (866) 994-6379 x 2
Prime Rib Weekend Special – South Coast Winery Resort & Spa’s Vineyard Rose Restaurant Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays in August
Feature Includes:
Prime Rib Roast:
King Cut $36
Queen Cut $30
Loaded Salt Baked Potato, Au Jus, Creamed Horseradish,
and Iceberg Wedge Salad
Winemaker Recommended Pairing – 2004 Wild Horse Peak Meritage
For Reservations please call: (951) 587-9463 x2
Live Music at Vineyard Rose Restaurant at South Coast Winery Resort & Spa
Thursdays
5:30 pm-9:00 pm
Join us for Live Music every Thursday
night in the Vineyard
Rose Restaurant.
For Reservations please call: (951) 587-9463 x2
August Spa Special at South Coast Winery’s GrapeSeed Spa
RELAX & REVIVE PACKAGE
Escape from the day-to-day and step into the best of all worlds with this Relax & Revive Package. Three body treatments – all wrapped up into one dynamic spa service that includes – delectable exfoliating sugar back scrub, warm stones, ulitmate back & foot massage, fabulous hand treatment. Followed by an express Rose facial and Moroccan Oil Hair Treatment. You emerge refreshed, renewed and rejuvenated.
Book Now For Only $179 Per Person (Regular Value $240 Per Person)
For Reservations please call: (951) 587-9463
This special cannot be used in conjunction with any other discount. Expires August 31st, 2012
MENTION CODE: R&R
Champagne Jazz Series
RnR, featuring Rick Braun & Richard Elliot
Saturday, August 4 at 7:00p; $75 General Admission / $150 Dinner Tickets
Reservations are required. Click here for reservations.
Soul of Summer, featuring Jonathan Butler & Warren Hill
Sunday, August 12 at 5:00p; $65 General Admission / $130 Dinner Tickets
Reservations are required. Click here for reservations.
Dave Koz & BeBe Winans
Saturday, August 18 at 7:00p; $85 General Admission / $160 Dinner Tickets
Reservations are required. Click here for reservations.
George Benson
Sunday, August 26 at 5:00p; $95 General Admission / $160 Dinner Tickets
Reservations are required. Click here for reservations.
Sensory Evaluation of Wine
Saturday, August 23 at 5:30p-6:30p; $35 per person
Extend your wine vocabulary, and discover how your individual sense of smell and taste works together.
Summer Concert Series – Lee Rocker. Opening act, Casey Abrams from American Idol
Friday, August 24; doors open at 6:00p; concert starts at 7:00p
Ticket prices range from $45 to $900
Click here for tickets.
Live Entertainment; Complimentary: 11a-4p
- Saturday, August 4 – JD Priest
- Sunday, August 5 – Buzz Campbell
- Saturday, August 11 – JD Priest
- Saturday, August 18 – Mark Norris
- Sunday, August 19 – JD Priest
- Saturday, August 25 – Tony Suraci
- Sunday, August 26 – JD Priest
2k4Kids Dinner / Auction – Fundraiser
Friday, August 3
For more information, visit www.heatherdeanda.com/2k4kids/auction.htm