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Happy Independence Day! We can’t believe that it’s already July, but here we are.  The rainy season is over and the world is sunny and sparkling.  It’s such a great time of year to get out and start exploring San Diego, whether you live here or are just visiting! There are fireworks displays all over…

Father’s Day has arrived. It’s a great day to take your dad (or any dad in your life) out for a pint and tell him how much you appreciate him.  You know that, of course, and maybe you’re already doing that. But what if you want to take it to the next level, and give your…

Happy Mother’s Day! Here at San Diego Beer and Wine Tours, we love our mothers (and your mothers, too).  Everybody has one or two, whether it’s your biological mom or someone who filled that role.  We honor you, mothers and people who love them! Mother’s Day started out as an attempt to reduce deaths due…

It’s one of the hottest holidays of the year for lovers of food and drink — in the United States, at least. Cinco de Mayo (known affectionately as Cinco de Drinko) can be an excuse to drink tequila until you hit the floor, or it can be celebrated the right way: by sampling some of…

Earth Day used to be the province of hippies and environmental activists, born out of the movements of the 1970s.  Over time, people began to realize that the world needed to focus on the environment after all. In other words, the once-marginalized treehuggers actually were onto something! We’re proud to have carried on that tradition.  We think…

Happy National Beer Day! While you could argue that really, any day is National Beer Day (who wouldn’t want an excuse to tip back one or two?) there’s actually a really good reason that it’s today, on April 7th.  That reason stretches back into the last century, all the way back to Prohibition. A little history is…

Hi, everybody! You know that we’ve spent a long time trying to give our customers and clients the best experience possible when we’re out on our beer, wine, and food tasting tours.  We have been working hard for years now to figure out what everybody needs. After meeting with focus groups, tech support teams, and…

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Today’s the traditional day to celebrate your Irish roots (real or imagined) alongside hundreds of thousands of Irish and Irish-at-heart who are doing the same.  Today started out as a religious celebration (and a celebration of Ireland itself) but got exported to the United States, where it became a big, drunken holiday and…

Happy Leap Day! This special day only comes around once every four years, and it originates from Roman times, when then-emperor Julius Caesar decided to add an extra day to the year periodically to make up for discrepancies in the calendar. The tradition started in 45 B.C.E., which means that leap days have been around even longer than…

Bon soir, mes amis!  It’s almost time for one of our favorite days, Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras (same thing, but French.) The holiday is celebrated the day before Ash Wednesday, which signifies the beginning of Lent; that means it’s a great excuse to party. You don’t need to be in New Orleans…