Is the recession over yet? Is it safe to spend major coin on food and wine festivals now? Because if it is, there's the Laguna Beach Uncorked! event happening on Saturday, March 10, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. on the Festival
of Arts grounds, which might be worth the splurge.
The general admission is a whopping $75 pre-sale (if you buy it by March 9th). Or else it's $95 at the door. Or you could just throw your money at the VIP tickets which are $125 (psst, it's limited to 150 big spenders) which includes a 10 a.m. wine
seminar with Master Sommelier, Peter Neptune, and an early 12 noon
entrance to the event. For the premium ticket price you also get a
Laguna Beach tote bag along with a commemorative wine glass that everyone who pays the general admission gets.
24 of Laguna Beach's finer restaurants and 25 wineries will be there. A full list follows.
More details, including how you can purchase pre-sale tickets can be read here.
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Food tastings:
- 230 Forest Avenue
- The Beach House
- Broadway
- Claes Ovation
- The Deck
- Dizz's As Is
- Eva's Caribbean Kitchen
- French 75
- House of Big Fish & Ice Cold Beer
- Katsuya
- K'ya Bistro Bar
- Laguna Culinary Arts
- Las Brisas
- Mosaic Bar & Grille
- Mozambique Steakhouse
- Nirvana Grille
- Royal Hawaiian
- Sapphire Restaurant & Pantry
- Splashes Restaurant
- Starfish Laguna
- Sundried Tomato
- Tabu Grill
- Three Seventy Common Kitchen + Drink
- Tommy Bahama
- Watermarc Restaurant
Wine tastings:
- Axel
- Beacon Hill
- Belasco de Baquedano
- Bernardus
- Boekenhoutskloof
- Chateau Montelena
- Domaine Serene
- Fairview
- Famille Perrin
- Frank Family Vineyards
- Fuedo Maccari
- Hedges Family Estate
- La Playa
- Louis Michel & Fils
- Marques de Murrieta
- Michele Chiarlo
- Neil Ellis
- Pazo de Barrantes
- Penfolds
- Retour
- Tenute di Nozzole
- Thompkin Cellars
- Tres Sabores
- Vincent Delaporte
Beer tastings:
- Cismontane Brewing Company
Sake tastings:
- TyKu Sake
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Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.