UPPER LAKE >> Shannon Michele of Cache Creek Catering and Lake County Wine Studio present a monthly food and wine series featuring gourmet appetizers paired with select Lake County wines. Locally produced foods are proudly featured as key ingredients in recipes created by Cache Creek Catering.
The series is held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on the second Friday of each month. The per person cost is $30 and $25 for wine studio club members. Reservations are required.
Friday will feature Lake County chardonnays and locally-grown pears. The first course will be a salad of star crimson and Bartlett pears, heirloom apple, toasted almonds and apple cider vinaigrette with Brie toasts paired with Gregory Graham Chardonnay, followed by a layered lasagna of pork, roasted Bartlett pear and butternut squash with a savory Gruy?re Sage sauce paired with Shed Horn Cellars Chardonnay. The dessert course will be pear clafouti with the Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc from Ali?nor Cellars.
For reservations and additional information, contact Susan Feiler at 293-8752.
Lake County Wine Studio is both a gallery for display of arts and a tasting room, wine bar and retail shop for the fine wines of Lake County. Artist”s shows are held on a monthly basis with art and wine receptions held the first Friday and subsequent Saturday of each month.
The studio is open Monday 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 7 p.m. and Friday from 1 to 8 p.m. The art show on display for the month of September is paintings by Randall Jahn. For more information call Lake County Wine Studio at 275-8030.
The gallery is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake.
