Sip a locally made rum. purchase seedlings for blue tomatoes. buy tickets (gulp!) for "suitable Chef" big name Richard Blais' upcoming dinner at Bacara inn & Spa in Goleta. Yep, there may be a great deal to do, see and taste in (and out) of Ventura County this weekend.
1). YO, HO, are trying SOME native RUM
Three spirits made in Ventura through Channel Islands Distillery may be accessible for tasting from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Wades Wines in Westlake Village.
Distillery associate Joe Freas could be on site to discuss the label's Po Uila 152-proof rum, together with its Suave Agave spirit and main highway Whisky.
Wades Wines is a sort of wine/beer/distilled spirits superstore (with a neighboring wine and craft-beer taproom) tucked away in a enterprise park. It may also be tough to discover, however you are going to be completely satisfied you did. (30961 W. Agoura street, Suite 321, 818-597-9463, http://www.wadeswines.com/Wades).
2). HUNT FOR BLUE TOMATOES
The tomato seedling sale Tomatomania! continues its run in Ventura County this weekend — and it's got a few of these in vogue blue types we've been hearing so a good deal about. (they're supposed to be da bomb when dried.)
Tomatomania will take location from 9 a.m. to five p.m. Saturday at Otto & Sons Nursery in Fillmore.
A classes on "how to develop excellent Tomatoes on your own backyard" might be offered at 10 a.m. (1835 E. Guiberson street, 805-524-2123, http://www.ottoandsons-nursery.com).
For additional Tomatomania hobbies outside of Ventura County, click on http://tomatomania.com.
3). BE A BEER GEEK (not THAT this is a foul issue)
The second bottle unlock within the brief however already storied historical past of Casa Agria forte Ales will feature two new beers for public buy when it takes region from midday to 8 p.m. Saturday at the microbrewery in Oxnard.
Faja de Oro, a bitter wheat-base beer, and El Rio, a wild saison brewed with rye, can be bought at $sixteen per 750-ml bottle. (Zarzamora, made with Faja de Oro that turned into allowed to re-ferment with local blackberries, will handiest be available to Casa Agria members.)
The tasting room additionally might be open, with eight brews attainable with the aid of the glass.
Scratch food truck will be on web site from noon to six p.m. (701 Del Norte Blvd., Suite 310, http://www.casaagria.com).
four). GARNISH YOUR personal BLOODY MARY
located next to a winery on the Westlake Village hotel, The Stonehaus is rightfully generic for its wine-bar menu of local and overseas labels served with cheese plates, sandwiches and timber-hearth pizzas.
adding to the combine is the new Bloody Mary Bar, purchasable from noon on Sundays. The $eleven can charge contains DIY entry to the drinks-condiment bar (32039 Agoura road, 818-483-1152, http://the-stonehaus.com).
5). PLAN ahead TO MEET A exact CHEF
organized as a fundraiser for The Julia child foundation, the third annual Santa Barbara meals & Wine Weekend will feature appearances by a number of modern-day appropriate cooks when it takes location April 15-17 at Bacara inn & Spa in Goleta.
amongst them: Richard Blais, winner of Bravo's "precise Chef All-Stars" collection and owner of the San Diego eating places Juniper & Ivy and The Crack Shack. Blais, the experience's headliner, will existing a 4-path grand dinner from 7:30 p.m. April 16. Tickets are $199, plus tax and tip.
cooks Zoe Nathan and Josh Loeb of the l. a.-area sizzling spots Cassia, Rustic Canyon, sweet Rose Creamery and greater will latest a important Coast farm-fashion lunch from 12:30 to 2 p.m. April sixteen ($seventy five plus tax and tip).
extra events consist of a taste of Ojai small-plates cooking classification provided from eleven:30 a.m. April sixteen ($35) by means of chef Robin Goldstein, author of the "A taste of Ojai" cookbook.
The local Tour and Tasting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 17 will consist of samples from wineries, restaurants and purveyors from Los Alamos, Santa Barbara's Funk Zone and other native meals regions ($fifty five adults, $20 toddlers).
Feeling flush? Go for the $650 weekend pass, which gives you access to all of the above in addition to discussions with ny instances food writers Kim Severson and Julia Moskin, a sneak preview of Bacara's new restaurant, Angel Oak, and a Santa Barbara County Vintners' affiliation wine tasting and reception, adopted by using a video tribute to newborn herself (8301 Hollister Ave., http://bacaraculinaryweekend.com).
Lisa McKinnon is a team of workers creator for The famous person. Her Cafe Society column appears in the Sunday existence part and Fridays in the day trip area. For between-column updates, follow 805foodie on Twitter and Instagram and "like" the fb web page VCS Eats. Please ship e mail to lisa.mckinnon@vcstar.com.
About Lisa McKinnonLisa McKinnon writes about eating places and the native food and beverage scene.
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