Mendocino Hotel hosts weekend of wine tastings and
workshops for mushroom lovers Nov 10-11
Just
Grapes Wine Shop Offers Wine Lovers a Chance to Learn About the
Diversity of Sonoma County from the CEO of St. Francis Winery
Mendocino - Mycologist Eric Cerecedes (Mycosphere)
is pleased to join winemakers Deborah Wallow (Yorkville
Cellars) and Allan Greenwood (Greenwood
Ridge Vineyards), and chef Drew Ison (Mendocino
Hotel) in presenting MALBEC, MERLOT & MUSHROOMS,
a weekend at the historic Mendocino Hotel celebrating breakthrough
medicinal mushrooms and award-winning local wines.
Presented
by Greenwood Ridge Vineyards, Yorkville Cellars and PowerShroom.com,
the weekend includes a forage, picnic, workshops and gourmet dinner
featuring local wild and medicinal mushrooms paired with some
of the bioregion's best Malbec and Merlot.
Who
Drew Ison, Executive Chef, Mendocino Hotel
Allan Greenwood, Winemaker, Greenwood Ridge Vineyards
Deborah Woll, Proprietor, Yorkville Cellars
Eric Cerecedes, Mycologist, PowerShroom.com
What
MALBEC, MERLOT & MUSHROOMS
When
Nov 10-11, 2007
9:00a - Noon: Fungi Forage
Noon - 1:30p: Portobello Picnic
1:30p - 4:30p: Medicinal Mushroom Workshops
6:00p - 9:00p: Reception & Winemaker's Dinner
Where
Mendocino Hotel & Garden Suites
45080 Main Street
Mendocino, CA
How
Reservations required. Call (707) 937-0511.
How
much?
$28 - Fungi Forage & Portobello Picnic
$90 - Malbec, Merlot & Mushroom Dinner
(All prices per person. Rooms reserved separately.)
Medicinal
Mushroom Forage and Workshops
On Saturday morning, PowerShroom.com mycologist Eric Cerecedes
will take guests on a forage through the beautiful forests of
Mendocino, teaching them how to identify and safely use local
wild medicinal mushrooms. After a portobello picnic, the Mendocino
Hotel will host presentations of Life Force: The Healing Power
of Mushrooms, a mind-expanding overview of medicinal mushrooms,
their historical uses, modern applications and future potentials
for human health and planetary healing, followed by The Fungi
Food Group: Putting Mushrooms on the Menu, a hands-on guided session
on growing gourmet medicinal mushrooms at home.
Winemaker's
Dinner by Chef Drew Ison
On Saturday evening, Mendocino Hotel executive chef Drew Ison
will prepare special menu ode to mushrooms, featuring favorites
including the Shitake, Oyster, Morel, Chanterelle, and Lobster
along with a compliment of other local wild gourmets. Each course
will be paired with special Merlot selections from the cellars
of Greenwood Ridge winemaker Allan Greenwood and Yorkville Cellars
proprietor Deborah Woll including their renowned Pinot Gris, Semillon
and a vertical tasting of Malbecs. Menu details are available
at Mendocino
Hotel.com.
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