Memphis Wine & Food Happenings

Wine Tastings & Dinners

Trinchero Family Estates winery will be featured at a four-course dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday at Capriccio Grill, The Peabody's Italian steakhouse; $45. Reservations: 529-4199.


California AVA (American Viticultural Areas) will be showcased at a tasting at The Palm Court in Overton Square at 6:30 tonight; $20. Guest speaker: Le Chardonnay wine consultant John Vego.


Tamale Tour
Southern Foodways Alliance oral historian Amy Evans will lead a Hot Tamale Trail Tour through the Mississippi Delta with stops in Clarksdale, Cleveland and Rosedale on April 22; $75. For details: outreach.olemiss.edu/events/tamale_trail/ or contact Mary Beth Lasseter at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at (662) 816-2055.

Cooking Class
Bittersweet Restaurant's chef/owner Ed Dunkel will prepare "Seafood Up East Style" during a class at 6 p.m. April 27 at Mantia's, 4856 Poplar Avenue; $35. Reservations: 762-8560.