California Ag Leadership Foundation Hosts Winemaker Dinner at Paso Robles Winery

MONTEREY — The California Agricultural Leadership Foundation (CALF) is hosting the Dean Brown Winemaker Dinner to celebrate agriculture, winemaking, education and community. The dinner fundraiser will be held on Thursday, Aug. 29 at the Paris Valley Road Estate Winery in Paso Robles, owned by California Agricultural Leadership Program alumnus Craig Stoller. 

The menu, featured below, includes award-winning wines along with an exquisite multi-course meal prepared by chef Joe White, trained at Le Cordon Bleu and certified by the Court of Master Sommeliers.  

• Cocktail hour: Cheese and charcuterie with 2020 Sparkling. 
• First course: Burrata salad with 2021 Chenin Blanc. 
• Second course: Short ribs and scallops with 2019 Le Rendez-Vous. Vegetarian option available. 
• Dessert: Panna cotta with 2020 Fleur D’Orange. 

 The cost is $400 per person or $3,200 for a table of eight. Proceeds benefit CALF and its mission of “Growing leaders who make a difference.” For tickets, sponsorships and a detailed menu, visit the event page.  

About Dean Brown and CALF
Dean Brown was a co-founder of CALF, a nonprofit dedicated to growing leadership in agriculturalists who have the capacity and potential to advance, benefit and promote California agriculture. Since 1970, more than 1,400 California Agricultural Leadership Program fellows have become lifelong leaders who individually and collectively act as catalysts for a vibrant agricultural community and make a significant difference in the agricultural industry, their businesses, communities and families. 

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