Springtime in the Vineyard |
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May 30, 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM Presented by Berryessa Gap Winery. The event takes place in their vineyard under the old Oak Tree surrounded by gorgeous vista views. They will be releasing the 2008 Berryessa Gap Sunset Rosé of Primitivo and the 2008 Berryessa Gap Sauvignon Blanc. The event features wine tasting, Carne Asada, barbecued Oysters and fresh fruit. |
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Cheese Loves Beer: How to Perfect the Marriage |
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May 16, 1:00 – 5:00 PM An educational tasting at the RMI sensory theater on campus will be lead by Moshe Rosenberg, Professor and Specialist, Dairy Engineering and Technology, and Charlie Bamforth, Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences. |
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Vineyard Classic Combined Driving Event |
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May 15-17 Presented by the Nor Cal Driving Club at the Woodland Stallion Station. |
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Spring Into Local Eating |
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May 3 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Yolo Land Trust and Slow Food Yolo present "Spring into Local Eating," a fundraiser for the Yolo Land Trust. |
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Winters Farmers Market Grand Opening |
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May 3 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM 310 Main Street, Winters, CA (in Rotary Park, at Railroad and Main Streets) |
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Slow Honey |
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Sunday March 22, 3:00 – 5:00 PM Spend the afternoon tasting honey and learning the importance of bees and how they make honey from Ishai Zeldner, local beekeeper and co-owner with Amina Harris of Z Specialty Food in Woodland. |
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Lunch Under the Almond Blossoms |
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Saturday, March 14, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Presented by Yolo County Agricultural Marketing Program and Slow Food Yolo with the Esparto Chamber of Commerce. |
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The Art of Sausage Making |
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Saturday, February 7, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM A benefit for the Yolo County Land Trust, you’ll learn the art of sausage making using Yolo County raised beef and pork, instructed by local sausage makers and ranchers using their recipes, in the kitchen of Woodland's Tazzina Bistro, 614 Main Street. |
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Big Pots & Big Reds |
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January 24, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Berryessa Gap Winery & Slow Food Yolo Present
A Winter Dinner at the Winery Cooked by Star Chef Elka Gilmore.
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Winter Holiday Party |
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Saturday, December 13, 5:00 – 7:00 PM This is the annual meeting/social gathering of the Slow Food Yolo convivium, at the home of Randii MacNear and Dave Morris, the Yolo Country Estate, 36335 County Road 29, Davis. |
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Beaujolais Nouveaus Release 2008 - Parking Lot Party |
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November 20 Throughout France, and around the world, there are festivals to honor the arrival of this young wine from the Beaujolais region of France. |
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Taste of Capay 2008 |
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October 26
Benefit Dinner & Auction for Capay Valley Vision |
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Wolfskill Ranch Centennial Olive Harvest Celebration |
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October 11
A CENTENNIAL OLIVE HARVEST CELEBRATION at the HISTORIC WOLFSKILL RANCH |
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Slow Food Nation |
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August 28-September 1
Come to the table for the largest celebration of food in America. Celebrate, Learn and Act to build a food system that is sustainable, just, and delicious. Join us in San Francisco this Labor Day Weekend for an unprecedented event! |
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21st Annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival |
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October 4
21st Annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival in the Capay Valley Region |
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20th Annual Yolo Land Trust Day in the Country |
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4th Annual Village Feast |
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August 23
Presented by Slow Food Yolo and Davis Farm to School Connection as a benefit for school gardens, improved school lunches and waste reduction in the schools. |
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Slow Tomato: an Heirloom Tomato Gala |
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July 26
Slow Food Yolo and Farm Fresh to You present Slow Tomato: an Heirloom Tomato Gala to commemorate Farmer Kathleen Barsotti, an early pioneer of organic farming in Yolo County and California. |
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5th Annual Cache Creek Lavendar Festival |
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June 15
The Cache Creek Lavendar Festival is a fun day in the country with live music, wine tasting with Capay Valley Vineyards, an opportunity to pick your own lavender, lavender lemonade and lavendar mint iced tea, lavender cookies more. A French country lunch of bread, cheese, and fruit will be available, or bring your own picnic.
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SLOW DOWN ON THE DELTA |
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May 31
Talented chefs from each region will prepare a four-course meal from each county’s seasonal agricultural products. This gathering will be a wonderful opportunity to meet the chefs and farmers and enjoy the ambience of the Delta with friends under old valley oaks on the edge of the Sacramento River. |
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Black History & Multicultural Celebration |
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February 9
Share our multicultural Heritage! Potluck. Come listen, learn, share, sing, and eat! |
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The Big Tomato: A Celebration of Processing Tomatoes |
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March 15
Tasty samples from the area's favorite restaurants, wood-fired pizza, canned art sculpture, children's art center, free tomato seedlings, recipe booklets and more. |
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2008 Almond Festival |
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February 24
The 93rd annual Capay Valley Almond Festival will be held throughout the valley which in February is awash with pale pink clouds of almond blossoms. |
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10th Annual Petite Sirah Port Weekend at Bogle Winery |
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February 9-10
Come and sample port and chocolates at one of Yolo County's best-known wineries. |
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Chef's Walk |
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November 10, Central Park in Davis: Chefs Walk
Local and regional professional chefs and food service workers are invited to join Chefs Pru Mendez and Tony Grushka and market director Randii MacNear for a tour of the market. Free. RSVP: Ann Evans 530-756-4892 |
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