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 Friday. Locally produced foods are 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 with the exception of this month, moved to Dec. 19 due to last week”s weather, and January, when it will be held on Jan. 16. The per person cost is $30 and $25 for wine studio club members. Reservations are required.
Friday will feature Lake County Tempranillos and a winter warm up menu. The aperitif will be a taste of Lavender Blue Petite Sirah with spicy holiday party mix. The salad course will be warmed greens with roasted tomato, bacon and aged goat cheese paired with Red Lava Tempranillo, followed by portobello mushroom stuffed with Spanish picada and Iberico cheese paired with Tejada Tempranillo. The third course will be flatbread with roasted red bell peppers, sweet onion, eggplant and smoked paprika with Manchego cheese paired with Don Angel Cellars Tempranillo. The sweet ending with be chocolate almond bark.
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 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 except January.
The gallery is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake.
