Valle Food & Wine Fest
The three-day Fest kicks off Oct.5 with a welcome dinner that sounds fabulous. We’ll be heading down early Saturday with a couple of Valle newbies in tow. We’ve got a VERY full schedule of hot spots to visit Saturday and Sunday (we love showing newbies around!), but the crown jewel will be the Fest on Saturday night. The Fest has been getting a lot of great press; read this great preview from my colleague, the SD Union-Tribune’s Michelle Parente.

Berry Good Noche
This bi-national celebration takes place Thursday, October 18 at Troika at La Villa del Valle, right next to Vena Cava in Valle de Guadalupe. The charitable event, which features a six-course feast prepared by celebrated chefs from both sides of the border, will benefit the Berry Good Food Foundation’s Baja School Garden Initiative. The event helps further Berry Good’s mission to foster multicultural relationships among farmers, chefs, food activists, and food writers in our region.

Baja Culinary Fest
The above-mentioned Berry Good Noche kicks off this three-day celebration, now in its eighth year. There’s an impressive list of the ever-growing line-up of Baja chefs for dinners at various restaurants .And, there’s a Culinary Summit event at the Club Campestre on Blvd. Agua Caliente in Tijuana on Saturday, October 20, which features 20 food stations, eight wineries, five craft beer representatives, and music! Check info here.