Save the date: Tarzana's Peasant Wine Bistro invites you to a Summer Wine Dinner with Baldacci Family Vineyards (located in the Stags Leap area of Napa Valley) on Monday, August 17 at 7 p.m. Seating is limited for this private event, so RSVP early.

To whet your appetite, a few of the evening's wine and cuisine pairings will include a 2013 Carneros gewürztraminer paired with crunchy shrimp with orange ginger sauce over toasted couscous; a 2012 Carneros Elizabeth pinot noir paired with orecchiette pasta with sausage ragù; and a 2010 Stag's Leap cabernet paired with spicy tri-tip roast with sweet potato fries and Burgundy sauce.

Read Ventura Blvd magazine's recent Food Issue profile of Peasant Wine Bistro executive chef Marcel Vinson for more on the restaurant's taste and dining philosophy.

Chef Marcel Vinson raises a glass.

Cost is $100 per person. RSVP to eat@peasantwinebistro.com or call 818-708-7081.