2-17-2010
The Hyatt Regency holds a four-course winemaker dinner Tue, 2/23 featuring Napa Valley’s Cakebread Cellars. Now into its second generation of Cakebreads, the company is well respected and guests will try a range of wines, from Sauvignon Blanc to Pinot Noir. Price: $125 per person. Reservations: 237-6140.
“Her mouth was sweet as honeyed mead,” wrote Geoffrey Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. The alcoholic beverage, made from honey and water and fermented with yeast, has been around since 7000 B.C. from China to Greece. And now it’s made on Kauai by Nani Moon Mead. The company will give tastings (flavors include Pineapple Guava Sunset and Ginger Spice), this weekend. Here’s the schedule: Fri 2/19, 5:30–8:30pm at The Liquor Collection, Ward Warehouse; Sat 2/20, 11am–2pm at Whole Foods and 3–6pm at Foodland ‘Aina Haina; Sun 2/21, 3–6pm at Foodland Pupukea. [www.nanimoonmead.com].
Headed to the Big Island and tired of paying $2 for a single teensy avocado? Check out the free Avocado Festival, Sat 2/20, 9am–5pm, at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook. Learn how to graft and grow avocado trees, browse a farmers’ market, see a green fashion show and, of course, sample guacamole. [www.manakeasanctuary.org].
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