RICHLAND -- A seminar on "Pairing Food and Wine for Holiday Gatherings" is planned at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Consolidated Information Center at Washington State University Tri-Cities in Richland.
The seminar will be led by Andy Perdue, editor of Wine Press Northwest magazine, and will feature Christopher Sagadin, wine steward at Yoke's Fresh Market in West Richland. It's part of the 2009-10 Community Wine Education Series being put on by WSU Tri-Cities and the WSU Viticulture and Enology program.
Cost is $35 and participants must be at least 21. Preregistration is required.
To register, call 372-7606 or go to www.tricity.wsu.edu/wine.
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