It’s no secret that food and wine festivals are one of the best ways to stay on top of the culinary scene. There are so many that you’ve got to choose which are worth their weight in calories, not to mention dough. You can count on the Newport Beach Wine and Food Festival to fill the bill. This upscale beach community pulls out all the stops to match the events to their discriminating following of food and wine aficionados. Their limited-seating seminars, celebrity chef demos and wine pairing dinners whet the palate for the two days of “Grand Tasting.”

Diane Sukiennik & Michael Reiss

Diane Sukiennik is an internationally recognized writer, coach, keynote speaker, consultant, educator and licensed therapist. She is the author of The Career Fitness Program: Exercising Your Options, 11th edition, Prentice Hall, the most widely used text in colleges and universities in the subject area. A self-proclaimed 'leisurologist,' she speaks French and Spanish, is an avid world traveler and...(Read More)