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7’6″ tall NBA Hall of Fame Inductee Yao Ming recently opened Yao Family Wines Hospitality Center for wine tasting and sports memorabilia viewing. Location: 929 Main Street, St. Helena, CA 94574

New on the California Culinary Scene

• ANAHEIM: New breweries Black Sheep Brewing, Bruery Terreux, and Unsung Brewing Company
• CARLSBAD: Campfire has Quonset hut with rustic food cooked in open flames
• COSTA MESA: Restaurant Marin features marble tables and dark-blue leather booths reminiscent of Gilded Age
• FAIRFIELD: BackRoad Vines pairs wine with Bocce Ball in 100-year-old Suisun Valley family farmhouse
• FELTON: The 1874 Cremer House eatery has 25 rotating taps
• HEALDSBURG: Offers Wine Country Summer Walking Tours
• LA JOLLA: The Hake Kitchen & Bar fine dining overlooks the Pacific
• LOS ANGELES: The Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine debuts
• MAMMOTH LAKES: Mammoth Lakes Black Doubt Brewing Co. nanobrewery serves Belgian style ales, sour beers and barrel-aged creations
• MENDOCINO COUNTY: Stone & Embers serves farm-to-fork menu
• OAKVILLE: B Cellars features Wine and Wellness: Hike the Vines tour
• OCEANSIDE: New! Asian-inspired Whet Noodle, Local Tap House, Bagby Beer Company, O’side and Urge: Gastropub, and Whiskey Bank | Cyclops Farms | Carla and Linda’s Walking Food Tours
• OXNARD: Mrs. Olson’s Coffee Hut moved to Channel Islands Harbor | La Dolce Vita joined Kitchen Restaurant as La Dolce Vita’s Kitchen
• POPE VALLEY: 1897 Pope Valley Winery added five new picnic tables
• REDDING: Armando’s Gallery House is multi-cultural restaurant with gallery and art classes
• RUTHERFORD: Peju Province Winery offers Wine and Culinary Exploration
• SAN DIEGO: Little Italy’s Po Pazzo reopens as modern Sicilian eatery Barbusa
• SANTA BARBARA: Santa Barbara County greets sixth AVA, Los Olivos District
• SANTA CRUZ: Soif Restaurant and Wine Bar renovated
• SANTA ROSA: : The County Bench Kitchen + Bar features New American
• SAN FRANCISCO: New Chart House San Francisco at tip of PIER 39 includes panoramic views of San Francisco Bay, the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz
• SAN LUIS OBISPO: SLO Brew Rock multi-million-dollar project features brewery, restaurant, bar and music venue creekside, plus overnight accommodations
• WESTLAKE VILLAGE: Westlake Brewing Company taproom with three-and-a-half-barrel system offers pinball, shuffle board, live music
• YOUNTVILLE: JCB Tasting Salon with The Surrealist Room includes a glass top table and bar that doubles as a merchandise display for JCB jewelry

NAPA

• Chef Esteban Escobar’s Napa River Basalt opens next to scenic Napa River
• Napa’s First Japanese pub, Miminashi, features an open binchotan grill.
• The Corner Napa gastropub opens in the Riverfront Building in downtown Napa
• JaM Cellars pours wine flights, wine by the glass and wine from the bottle
• Judd’s Hill Winery outdoor patio overlooking the tranquil vineyard offers tastings
• Napa Valley Distillery adds new rums and whiskies for tours and tastings
• Vintner’s Collective post-earthquake grand reopening in Pfeiffer building

PASO ROBLES

• Alta Colina offers new wine experiences
• Lone Madrone Winery has new tour
• Castoro Cellars new solar project allows the winery to operate 100% solar
• Firestone Walker offers Union Tour
• Halter Ranch debuts tasting room