UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Shannon Michele of Cache Creek Catering and Lake County Wine Studio are presenting 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.
Sept. 12 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 Gruyère Sage sauce paired with Shed Horn Cellars Chardonnay.
The dessert course will be Pear Clafouti with the Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc from Aliénor Cellars.
For reservations and additional information, contact Susan at 707-293-8752.
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 gallery is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake. It 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 707-275-8030.