EVENTS/TASTINGS Great Lakes Brewing Co., Brewnuts team up on tasting Great Lakes Brewing Co. is teaming with Brewnuts on a doughnut and beer pairing. The tasting, part of the brewery’s hop college class series, is 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3. READ MORE Special Ferrante Winery dinner set The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake has scheduled a four-course vintner’s dinner with Ferrante Winery. Dinner is 6 p.m. Saturday, April 6. Ferrante Winery owner and winemaker Nick Ferrante will guide the dinner. READ MORE 111 Bistro schedules dinner with Italian wines 111 Bistro is scheduled to hold a five-course dinner featuring Carpineto, an Italian winery. The dinner is Thursday, April 18. Cocktails start at 6 p.m. READ MORE Malley’s creating special eclipse treat Malley’s Chocolates is getting into the eclipse mood and is planning to release “Eclipse Ahoy” candy for the astronomical event. READ MORE Grand River Ice Wine Festival Grand River Valley wineries – Debonné Vineyards, Ferrante Winery & Ristorante, Grand River Cellars Winery & Restaurant, Laurello Vineyards, South River Vineyards, Cask 307 Winery, and Red Eagle Distillery – are throwing an Ice Wine Festival. At each of the seven establishments, patrons receive an ice wine sample and pair appetizer. $10/person at each stop. Through March 30. Various wineries. DETAILS St. Vitus Parish schedules annual Palm Sunday dinner St. Vitus Parish’s annual Palm Sunday dinner is coming up, complete with Slovenian soup and Slovenian-style potatoes, roast chicken or beef and much more. The popular annual dinner - a fundraiser for the parish - is scheduled for Sunday, March 24. READ MORE It’s no BS: Exclusive Bourbon club is starting up Kathleen Birkel D'Angelo’s Tap Root Hospitality bought ThornCreek Winery and Gardens last year and rebranded it as Orchid House Winery. Now, D’Angelo and Co. are continuing the next evolutionary step in the libation world and are starting an exclusive club for Bourbon lovers. The Never Ordinary Bourbon Society – No BS – is accepting members. The owners spared no expense in decor or structure of the club, which opens in April. READ MORE 'Ode to Julia Child’ dinner is scheduled The Rustic Grill at StoneWater in Highland Heights has scheduled a special, multi-course dinner as an homage to iconic chef and author Julia Child. The dinner, guided by executive chef Kathryn Neidus, is Friday, April 5. READ MORE Marble Room continues wine-dinner series Marble Room Steaks & Raw Bar is continuing its wine-dinner series with a multi-course meal paired with wines from Groth Vineyards & Winery in Napa Valley, California. The dinner is Wednesday, April 3. The restaurant is at 623 Euclid Ave. READ MORE Great Lakes Brewing Co. plans 2 beers, party for eclipse Great Lakes Brewing Co. in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood is planning two beers for the solar eclipse in April: Vanilla Blackout Stout and 3:13PM Schwarzbier. The folks at Ohio’s first craft brewery also are planning a watch party for the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. READ MORE The Aviator to hold solar eclipse party The Aviator Pub and Restaurant has scheduled a solar eclipse watch party. Various admission levels exist for the celestial celebration, one of several planned for Monday, April 8, at Cleveland-area bars, restaurants, breweries and other places. The Aviator offers a neat vantage for the eclipse. It's located next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. READ MORE Cleveland International Wine Festival is scheduled The Cleveland International Wine Festival is set for Saturday, April 20. Organizers say more than 100 wines will be available for tasting, plus there are multiple classes appropriate for wine beginners as well as established oenophiles. It’s at Landerhaven event center in Mayfield Heights. READ MORE |