BITS AND PIECES . . .

Speaking of Andaz, a wine dinner will be held at its signature Ka‘ana Kitchen at 6 p.m. June 20. Courses include clam dip with chicharon, foie gras and local citrus; pan chowder filled to the brim with snapper, Kona lobster, smoked mussels and chayote; duck breast with black raspberry molasses and Big Island goat cheese; Meyer lemon sorbet; adobo short ribs with quail egg; and “Spider Cake” made with wild Piilani Highway hibiscus and Upcountry honey. Wines will be poured by Chambers & Chambers Certified Sommelier James Maher. The cost is $175 per person. Call 573-1234.

By the way, Chambers & Chambers recently had a rosé wine trade tasting at Spago Maui with both Maher and his boss, Advanced Sommelier Charles Fredy, pouring the cool and refreshing varietal.

“Wailea Wine has some of the rosés we tasted, and you can order any that they do not have,” says Maher. “Aloha

Discount Liquor also has a few.”

Hot on the heels of the Kapalua Wine Festival, which had star power of the chef and winemaker kind, the Maui Film

Festival is looming larger than life at its Wailea venues and at Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. Word has it that

Taste of Wailea is sold out, except for pass holders, and that tickets to Taste of Chocolate at 10 tonight at Four Seasons Resort Maui are going as fast as you can devour a chocolate souffle with banana ice cream.

The MACC will present films Friday through Sunday, and Isana Restaurant will cater sushi rolls, garlic noodles, garden salads and grilled chicken. At the Celestial Cinema in Wailea enjoy foods by crowd-pleasing nightly caterer, Mulligans on the Blue.