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The Monterey Vintners & Growers Association invites you to escape the ordinary with the 11th Annual Great Wine Escape Weekend. Now entering its second decade, the Great Wine Escape celebrates Monterey County�s world class wines and cuisine. Reflecting the diversity of the region, more than 50 award winning wineries will be pouring.
Events during the weekend include lectures on viticulture and pairing, tours of local wineries, and winemaker dinners. Not to be missed is the weekend�s finale, where celebrity chefs Kris Morningstar of Blue Velvet in Los Angeles and Rick Moonen of Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas host a cooking demonstration�a delicious way to wrap up the weekend. Then meander through Quail Lodge tasting the cuisine from over ten local Monterey restaurants and pair them with your choice of Monterey wines.
The Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association (MCVGA) brings together the talents and resources of its members, partners and community in order to promote and support leadership in the art, the science and the business of wine. Founded in 1974, they are a non profit organization representing over 85 vintners and growers in Monterey, California.
The 11th Annual Great Wine Escape Weekend will be held from Friday, November 9th to Sunday, November 11th. For more information please call (831) 375-9400 or visit the The Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association website at www.montereywines.org.
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This community-wide event Monterey's historic adobes lit by candlelight and luminarias. This is the only time of year that many of these buildings are open to the public, and open in the evening. Most of the historic buildings are in close proximity to each other so that visitors are able to walk to any or all of the historic houses. Once inside each building, docents will tell about its history.
Each house is decorated and hosts activities which match its history. For example, the Custom House, California's oldest public building, will be the site of a fandango, as this was the site of many dances since its construction in 1827. Casa Soberanes, a home typical of Mexican California, will offer musical entertainment from the 1840s, as well as Mexican hot chocolate. For those wanting to know more about the life of Robert Louis Stevenson, the Stevenson house provide tours, readings, and a bag-piper. Other historic buildings include the Larkin house, the Old Whaling Station, Casa Serrano, Colton Hall, and many more.
Christmas in the Adobes is sponsored by California State Parks in association wtih the Old Monterey Preservation Society. Tickets are now available.
Christmas in the Adobes will be held from Tuesday, December 6th to Thursday, December 8th. For more information please call (831) 647-6226 or visit the The Monterey State Historic Park website at www.parks.ca.gov/mshp.
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It's time to saddle up and ride to Old Monterey for the 9th Annual Monterey Cowboy
Poetry & Music Festival! Get ready for nine shows featuring great performers like musicians Tom Russell and Joni Harms, as well as poets like Yvonne Hollenbeck and Joel Nelson. Also, over the three days there will be a western art & gear sale, workshops, a silent auction, and Cowboy Church. Saturday night don't miss out on a western dance featuring Wylie & the Wild West.
The 9th Annual Monterey Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival is hosted by a group of volunteers who love cowboy poetry, western music,
cowboy movies and western art and gear. They formed a non-profit corporation, in partnership with the Salvation Army, in order to bring the best western entertainment and art to Monterey County.
The 9th Annual Monterey Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival will be held from Friday, December 7th to Sunday, December 9th. For more information please call (800) 722-9652 or visit their website at www.montereycowboy.com.
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