Wine calendar
Chocolate & Wine Cruise: Board a yacht for a two-hour cruise around San Francisco Bay while sipping wine and sampling chocolate from local chocolatiers and culinary artisans. 1-3 p.m. today. Pier 40, 89 King St., San Francisco. $60. www.tastetv.com.
Wine dinner: San Francisco’s Le Colonial welcomes wine educator Jerry Bernard Seps for a five-course prix fixe menu featuring Storybook Mountain Vineyards wine paired with Le Colonial dishes. Thursday. Le Colonial, 20 Cosmo Place, San Francisco. www.lecolonialsf.com.
Winemakers dinner: The Sea by Alexander’s Steakhouse will host a five-course prix fixe dinner paired with Beauregard Vineyard wines. 7 p.m. Friday. 4269 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Seating is limited. $200. Reservations, 650-213-1111. www. theseausa.com
‘Revenge of the Nerds’ Halloween
Party: Guests are encouraged to embrace their inner Lambda Lambda Lambda nerd or Alpha Beta preppy. The party will be held in the Tilden Hotel’s Douglas Room and pours into the hotel lobby and the Mechanics Room. Enjoy drink specials (shot and beer combos, guava ginger punch, Jello shots) and “totchos,” fried mac ’n’ cheese and other bites from the Adams College Cafeteria, plus prizes for exceptional costumes. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday. 345 Taylor St., San Francisco. www.tildenhotel.com/ dine/barlounge.
Wizards of Elixirs cocktail competition: Visit tasting stations to sample cocktails by 13 of Wine Country’s top bartenders as they vie for the people’s choice award. After the winner is crowned, stay for a Halloween costume dance party. Tickets includes tastings of competition cocktails and light snacks. 6-11 p.m. Oct. 30. Culinary Institute of America at Copia, 500 First St., Napa. $35-$40. www.perfectpuree.com/ wizards.
Premier Cruz: Cabernet producers from the Santa Cruz Mountains region offer tastes of their new releases, as well as rare and older vintages, at this event that includes small bites and an auction. 3-6 p.m. Nov. 4. Toll House Hotel, 140 S. Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos. $65. scmwa. com/event/premier-cruz. San Francisco Vintners Market: Try and buy wine on the spot from nearly 200 wineries, meet winemakers, enjoy specialty foods and music and check out seminars hosted by the San Francisco Wine School. 2-5 p.m. Nov. 4-5. Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason Center, Marina Boulevard and Laguna Street. $25-$150. www. sfvintnersmarket.com.
Wine & Food Affair: Visit participating wineries in the Alexander, Dry Creek and Russian River Valleys for a weekend of wine and food pairings. Wineries will be sharing a favorite recipe at the event (and online), along with wine pairings. Must be 21 or older. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 4-5. $30-$80. www. wineroad.com. Note: Wine country wildfires may have affected this event. Call the winery before you go.
Taste of Anderson Valley: Join more than 30 of the best producers of Anderson Valley AVA wines, all in one place. Taste wines, meet wine makers and bid on silent auction lots featuring hand signed bottles. 6-8:30 p.m. Nov. 9. Golden Gate Club Cypress Room, The Presidio, 135 Fisher Loop San Francisco. $75. avwines.com/ taste-av.html.
Football Nights: The Douglas Room at the Tilden Hotel offers cocktail and beer specials with an array of football-oriented foods during Thursday, Sunday and Monday night NFL games. 345 Taylor St., San Francisco. www.tildenhotel.com/dine/barlounge.
Pizza on the Lawn: Charles Krug is firing up the oven to bring Italian wood-fired pizzas paired with a glass of wine and served on the tree-lined lawn just outside its historic Redwood Cellar. Charles Krug Winery, 2800 Main St., St. Helena. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursdays-Mondays through Oct. 30. $19. www.charleskrug.com. Note: Wine country wildfires may have affected this event. Call the winery before you go.
ICC Open House: Watch chef demos, meet chef-instructors and a master sommelier, and take an interactive tour at the International Culinary Center’s monthly open houses. 700 W. Hamilton Ave., Campbell. For a schedule, go to http://bit.ly/2sYwVI0.