Category Archives: Wine

Food and Wine Classic at Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga: nearly sold out

Montalvo Arts Center hosts the ninth annual Food and Wine Classic Sunday with 21 chefs from prestigious Bay Area restaurants and 22 wineries. Held from 5:30-8:30 p.m. on June 3, the gourmet event benefits Montalvo’s arts and education outreach programs. … Continue reading

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Cooking for Solutions 2012 at Monterey Bay Aquarium with 70 chefs, 60 wineries

Monterey Bay Aquarium is holding its annual Cooking for Solutions on May 18-20, 2012. The three-day event supports the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program, which empowers seafood consumers and businesses to make choices for healthy oceans. Browse the fabulous … Continue reading

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Scotts Valley restaurant Bruno’s BBQ joins Skov Winery to benefit animals in need

Scotts Valley restaurant Bruno’s BBQ is joining Skov Winery to benefit the Santa Cruz Animal Shelter and San Jose’s Unconditional Love Animal Rescue. The Third Annual Days of Wine and Wet Noses is on Saturday, May 5 from noon-4 p.m. … Continue reading

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Surf City Vintners: 3rd Annual Dare to Pair food & wine challenge in Santa Cruz

Surf City Vintners is hosting the 3rd Annual “Dare to Pair” food & wine challenge on Sunday, April 29, 2012 in Santa Cruz. Cabrillo College is joining with Surf City Vintners to hold the event, as the competition is a … Continue reading

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Santa Cruz Homeless Garden Project events: Cigare Volant dinner/film, & kale festival

Santa Cruz’s Homeless Garden Project is hosting two events this week: “Dinner and a Movie” at Le Cigare Volant on Tuesday, and “Kalefest” on Sunday. Dinner and a Movie Dinner and a Movie, part of HGP’s Sustain dinner series, sounds … Continue reading

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Bonny Doon Vineyard: restaurant renamed Le Cigare Volant, offers new chef & expanded lunch menu

Bonny Doon Vineyard’s restaurant, formerly known as the Cellar Door, is now Le Cigare Volant and boasts a new Executive Chef, Ryan Shelton. Bonny Doon Vineyard has also expanded lunch service to its tasting room. The restaurant’s renaming officially took … Continue reading

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First Friday: Art, Food, and Drinks in Santa Cruz

Friday, April 6 in Santa Cruz is the monthly “First Friday Art Tour” with lots of art, food, and drinks to feast on. This free art tour happens every month, rain or shine, at different venues including restaurants and galleries. … Continue reading

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Home, Garden, Culinary & Wine Expo 2012 in Santa Cruz this weekend

The 2012 Central Coast Home, Garden, Culinary & Wine Expo takes place at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz from March 24-March 25 (10am-5pm each day). The trade show, which has long focused on topics including home improvement, gardening, sustainable … Continue reading

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Bonny Doon Vineyard Cellar Door offering special farm tomato dinner with wine pairings

Don’t miss the Bonny Doon Vineyard’s Cellar Door’s special four-course tomato dinner with wine pairings on Sunday, October 16 at 5pm. Tickets cost $60 and there are very few left as of press time; the price includes food and wine. … Continue reading

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Aptos restaurant Ma Maison: special cassoulet this weekend & wine dinner Oct 6

Ma Maison in Aptos. Courtesy of Patty Hinz Imagery. The charming Aptos restaurant Ma Maison is serving up cassoulet this weekend, and it’s a rare special occasion. Executive Chef Lionel Le Morvan, a native of France, only cooks the cassoulet … Continue reading

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