Fine dining, culinary lovers rejoice;
one of our favorite weekends in Mendocino is here!
November 4 - 13, the annual Mushroom, Wine & Beer Festival, a celebration of the mushroom, our county’s favorite fungi. Every year in late October, as the first rains start to fall, mushrooms flourish in abundance in Mendocino County, which is home to over 3,000 types of mushrooms. It’s the perfect place to sample and pick some of the 500 types of delicious edible mushrooms such as chanterelles, porcinis, morels, and hedgehogs, and even the extremely rare candy cap mushroom, a culinary treat with an intense maple syrup flavor, which grows only along the northern coast of California (and makes for delicious ice cream!). You won’t want to miss the mushroom, winemaker, and brewmaster dinners, mushroom exhibits, guided mushroom forays, wine and mushroom pairings, and much more! Take your time to discover all that Mendocino County has to offer: gourmet restaurants, unique inns, picturesque villages, friendly wineries, outstanding breweries, majestic redwoods, and rugged seaside. Indulge yourself with a gourmet mushroom feast at an amazing winemaker or brewmaster dinner, then cozy up by the fire at the end of your perfect day in one of Mendocino County’s unique inns and rest up so you can start the next day with a cooking or painting lesson, join a foraging adventure, attend a performance, take an art walk, or simply relax and do nothing at all. Event Page: http://mendocinovisitors.com/event/mushroom-wine-and-beer-festival
Mushroom Tours: Join local mycological enthusiast, Adrienne Long, for a foraging experience. Adrienne has been leading nature tours on the Mendocino Coast for the past three years and was a student of naturalist – Dr. Ryane Snow. Meet in the Stanford Inn lobby for an introductory mushroom talk before heading out to explore the local forests and meadows. Tours last 1.5 to 2 hours. Reservations/pre-payment required. Private tours arranged on request. $35/adult | $20/child ages 2-16. 707-937-5615 www.stanfordinn.com
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