{"id":1595,"date":"2014-06-06T17:02:06","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2015-01-22T18:23:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T22:23:05","slug":"santa-cruz-monterey-county-food-wine-events-this-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/?p=1595","title":{"rendered":"Santa Cruz &#038; Monterey food &#038; wine events this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1597\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Terranova-event-ChardBread.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1597\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1597\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Terranova-event-ChardBread-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wine from Comanche Cellars and bread from Carmel Valley Country Bread, featured at Terranova Saturday\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Terranova-event-ChardBread-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/santacruzfoodie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Terranova-event-ChardBread.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine from Comanche Cellars and bread from Carmel Valley Country Bread, featured at Terranova Saturday<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There are many food and wine events occurring this weekend in Santa Cruz and Monterey. Below are details for three programs on Saturday and\/or Sunday, June 7-8, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Other events include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>First Friday Santa Cruz <\/strong>&#8212; See firstfridaysantacruz.com for exhibits, and note there are usually several venues offering delicious refreshments to accompany art-viewing<\/li>\n<li>Opening night of the <strong>Chaminade\u2019s annual Farm to Table Wine Dinner series<\/strong> &#8212; read schedule and details at www.chaminade.com\/santacruz_restaurants\/farmtotable<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Santa Cruz Saturday: Strawberry Festival benefiting women\u2019s center<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the Strawberry Festival June 7, which benefits the Walnut Avenue Women&#8217;s Center, you can win dinner for 2 at 12 Santa Cruz restaurants. That\u2019s the grand prize of the event\u2019s raffle which has 100 prizes. It\u2019s an annual festival for WAWC (Walnut Avenue Women\u2019s Center), which has worked to improve the quality of life for women, children, and families for more than 75 years. Read more at the WAWC web site at wawc.org. The festival raises funds for youth development services including mentoring, teen pregnancy prevention, teen dating violence awareness, educational workshops, and support groups.<\/p>\n<p>Strawberry Festival 2014 will be held at 303 Walnut Avenue in Santa Cruz from 11 a.m.\u20134 p.m.\u00a0 Admission is free, and there will be food available for purchase including BBQ, strawberry shortcake, chocolate-dipped strawberries, and strawberry lemonade. There will also be carnival games, a bounce house, and live music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monterey Saturday: Taste wine and cheer for a horse<\/strong><br \/>\nTerranova Fine Wines welcomes wine and horse racing fans to watch the Belmont Stakes at its Cannery Row store from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 7. The post time for the Belmont Stakes is 3:52 p.m., and Terranova invites guests to help cheer on California Chrome. There will be Comanche Cellars wine tasting, olive oil and balsamic tasting with The Quail &amp; Olive, and bread samples from Carmel Valley Country Bread. The tasting fee will be $10 per person and includes a sample of each wine, along with cheese and bread pairings. A la carte glasses of wine will be $10 each. Samples of olive oils and balsamics are complimentary. Bread, bottles of wine, olive oils, and balsamics will be available for purchase. There will also be a drawing for a signed magnum of Comanche Cellars wine (<em>must be present to win<\/em>).<br \/>\n315 Calle Principal, Monterey, www.terranovafinewines.com<\/p>\n<p><strong>Santa Cruz Saturday &amp; Sunday: Loma Prieta Winery event<\/strong><br \/>\nLoma Prieta Winery is having a Pinotage Club Pick-Up Party all weekend, noon to 5 p.m. each day. There will be live guitar music, appetizers, and oysters from local favorite Bill The Oyster Man. Oysters will be $1 each; please bring cash. Painter Jude Bischoff will be exhibiting his nature portraits at the winery on Sun. June 8.<br \/>\n26985 Loma Prieta Way, Los Gatos, www.lomaprietawinery.com<\/p>\n<p>Follow me on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/santacruzfoodie\">@santacruzfoodie<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many food and wine events occurring this weekend in Santa Cruz and Monterey. Below are details for three programs on Saturday and\/or Sunday, June 7-8, 2014. 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