At the brand new California Wine Festival - Monterey Peninsula, the 2011 Emmy-award winning TV personality, comedian, and food and travel expert, Mark DeCarlo, will host an entertaining half-hour cooking challenge. The culinary competition will take place on Friday, October 5th at the the Sunset Rare & Reserve Wine Tasting to be held at the Grand Ballroom of the Monterey Hyatt, as a part of the new two-day Harvest Wine & Food Festival.
During the 30-minute cooking challenge, DeCarlo will take the stage to oversee the contest, banter with the crowd, and tell stories from his food and travel adventures from his popular Travel Channel series "Taste of America."
The winner of the "Great Guacamole Throw Down" will receive a $10,000 all-inclusive vacation to a luxury resort on the Mexican Riviera!
"We are very excited to have Mark DeCarlo to appear at our first Harvest Wine & Food Festival in the Monterey Peninsula," says California Wine Festival owner and founder Don Fritzen. "Mark is an extremely funny, multi-talented personality, actor, comedian, and TV and radio host. His cooking challenge show is really entertaining and lots of fun."
This is just one of the many, many fun things to see and experience at the California Wine Festival - Monterey Peninsula. You don't want to miss out on what is sure to be a delicious weekend!
For more information on this and other events at the California Wine Festival - Monterey Peninsula visit californiawinefestival.com.
With the great following that the California Wine Festival has gained down south, we've decided to spread the love up north. This October we are coming to the beautiful Monterey Peninsula! This will be the fourth in a great line of wine festivals we put out each year (the California Wine Festival - Santa Barbara, the California Wine Festival - Orange County, and the California Wine Festival - Winter Wine Classic).
The California Wine Festival - Montery Peninsula will be a two-day wine and food extravaganza celebrating historic Monterey and the wine harvest season. Wineries from regions all over the state, as well as out-of-state
wineries, will be encouraged to bring their new releases along with
other vintages of wine in the spirit of harvest. Local
restaurants and other food purveyors will serve seasonal foods that
harmonize with the harvest theme.
The Friday Rare & Reserve wine tasting will take place on October 5, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel & Spa. This newly renovated hotel complex is located near many of Monterey's most popular attractions and is literally on the prestigious Del Monte Golf Course, a Pebble Beach Company course. Special weekend rates at the Hyatt will be offered for festival attendees.
Many of California's most famous winemakers will attend and pour their finest award-winning wines at the Rare & Reserve event. Due to the limited availability of rare wines, the event is limited to 500 guests.
The Saturday event is another story! Over 2,000 quests are expected to attend and enjoy sipping over 250
different California wines, while sampling dozens of local gourmet
foods, all accompanied by live music. The 2012 Harvest Wine and Food Festival will take place on Saturday, October 6, 2012 in the heart of old Monterey, at the historic Custom House Plaza overlooking beautiful Monterey Bay. In 1846, the U.S. flag was first raised in this historic square, claiming California for the United States.
The California Wine Festival - Monterey Peninsula will continue our tradition of great festivals with what can only be called a cornucopia of wine, food, and fun, making for a perfect weekend of celebrating the bounty of harvest!
For more information on and to buy tickets for this and other California Wine Festival events please visit californiawinefestival.com!
