The San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, an international showcase of premier wine and spirits, chefs and culinary personalities, and gourmet food, returns November 18-22 and will feature over 800 wines and spirits, 70 of San Diego’s top fine dining restaurants, and 30 top-notch food companies. Now in its sixth year, this five-day festival offers wine tasting seminars, cooking classes by award-winning chefs, and an elegant Reserve Tasting. The festival culminates on Saturday at the star-studded Grand Tasting Event complete with the Chef of the Fest Competition, celebrity cookbook signing tents, a special VIP tent, live entertainment, and more. Event auctions benefit the American Institute of Wine & Food culinary arts scholarship program. (858/578-9463, www.worldofwineevents.com) JANE SHIOMI
