#  Harvest Wine Tasting — noon-5 p.m. Sept. 26-27. Sip wine and enjoy the charm of this renovated turn-of-the-century winery building and green lawns with tables for picnicking. $5. Fenestra Winery, 83 Vallecitos Road, Livermore; 925-447-5246, www.fenestrawinery.com.

# Market Hall's Picnic in the Street and Rockridge Out and About Street Festival — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 27. Featuring the area's businesses and services with a something-for-everyone street fair. Outside and alongside the shops and restaurants, over half a mile of College Avenue becomes the stage for local musicians, street performers, fashion shows, cooking demos, in-store workshops, wellness activities, and hundreds of merchant, artisan and community booths. Epicurean delights, demos, and tastings take place through out the day at the Chef Stage. At the half-hour it's the Kids Corner with interactive children's cooking activities in between demos from the district's chefs and local food authors. On College Avenue between Shafter and Ocean Views. 510-250-6010, www.rockridgemarkethall.com.

# Taste of Lodi — 1-5 p.m. Sept. 27. Featuring more than 40 award-winning Lodi wineries along with food selections from some of the area's finest restaurants and caterers. Wine seminars throughout the day. Chef demonstrations and
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live music. Tickets are $40 in advance; $50 at the door. Call 800-798-1810 or www.tasteoflodi.com.

# Women of Taste — 6-10 p.m. Sept. 26. Benefit for the Girls Incorporated of Alameda County includes gourmet cuisine and fine wines, and live auctions, music and dancing in the gardens of the Oakland Museum. $75-$125. Oakland Museum of California at City Center, 1000 Oak St., Oakland; 510-357-5515; www.womenoftaste.org.

# Pampas Wine Tasting Series — 5-9 p.m. Sept. 29. Featuring 46 of the finest wineries around the world and three Master Sommeliers sharing their thoughts throughout the evening. 529 Alma St., Palo Alto. $20 in advance, $30 night of the event. Reservations 650-327-1323.

# Oktobercreekfest and Brew Ha Ha — 5-10 p.m. Oct. 2 and 1-10 p.m. Oct. 3. Live music, comedy, beer, food, wine and Oktoberfest fare. Music by the The HouseRockers, 6 p.m. Oct. 2, The Karl Liebherz Band, 1-5 p.m. Oct. 3, and Take 2, 7 p.m. Oct. 3, and local comedians performing from 1 to 7 p.m. Oct. 3. www.walnutcreekdowntown.com.

# Hoes Down Harvest Celebration — Oct. 3-4. On Oct. 3, the festival will feature educational farm tours, a children's area, games, live music, local farm products and an abundance of fresh, organic food. Hay rides will continuously tour the farm. There will be workshops on tree pruning, herb gardening, solar energy, composting and more, a craft marketplace of farm-made products and an all-organic farmers' market. The children's area has arts and crafts, storytelling and music, farm animals and games, and contests with an agricultural theme. Kids will have a chance to watch a cow being milked, make felt out of wool and grind corn. Admission: $5-$20, younger than 2 free. Camping on Saturday night: $20 per car. Full Belly Farm is off state Highway 16, just past Guinda in the Capay Valley. On Oct. 4, a variety of in-depth on farm seminars will be offered on various farms throughout the Capay Valley. Admission for individual workshops: $10-$35. Advance registration is required. Space is limited. 800-791-2110, www.hoesdown.org.

# Fall Fruit Tasting — 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 10. An opportunity to sample for free, all at one table, the whole delicious range of fall fruit varieties at the Berkeley Farmers' Market. There will be apples (Fuji, Crimson Gold, Pink Lady, Royal Gala, Golden Delicious, MacIntosh, Braeburn, Granny Smith, Rome Beauty, Jonagold, etc.); Asian pears (Hosui, 20th Century, Shinko, Shinseiki, Yali, etc.); European pears (Bartlett, Olympic, Anjou, Kieffer, Warren, etc.), Fuyu persimmons, etc. Center Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Berkeley. 510-548-3333, www.ecologycenter.org.

# 9th annual Crabby Chefs Seafood Festival and Benefit — 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 11. The festival includes a colorful Iron Chef style culinary competition that culminates with a Crabby Chef being chosen, plus, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. outdoor food booths will be selling cooked crab, crab cakes, clam chowder and other seafood delights, along with beer, wine and soft drinks, with a portion of the proceeds being donated to the Cal Recreational Sports Development Funds Camp Scholarship Program. There will also be musical entertainment. The culinary competition is free, open for public viewing and will begin at 2 p.m. Spengers Fresh Fish Grotto, 1919 Fourth St., Berkeley. 510-845-7771.

# Harvest Celebration — noon-5 p.m. Oct. 17. Enjoy a gourmet lunch prepared by Executive Chef Tracy Flores (12-1:30 p.m.). Attend a class on harvest and tour our vineyards, equipment, and winery (1:30-3:30 p.m.). View art displayed by local artist Louise Gray (2-5 p.m.). Relax under the eucalyptus trees with a chair massage (12:30-5 p.m.). Public welcome. To attend the class or have lunch, advanced purchase required. Lunch $15, Wine club $12.50. Class $5, Wine Club free. Free tasting to all class and lunch participants. To reserve, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Space is limited. Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery, 3053 Marina Ave, Livermore. www.rmwinery.com. .. more http://www.contracostatimes.com/