Eating Around: Great Grape Festival

WASH YOUR FEET!
DRINK TO THE GRAPE HARVEST
This weekend, Tarara Winery holds its 13th annual fall Great Grape Festival. Taste award-winning wines, visit up to 50 food and craft vendors, enjoy food and wine pairings at the Vintage 50 tent and listen to live music. Other activities include grape-stomping, apple-picking, hayrides and tours of the winemaker's cave. There will also be raffles for prizes donated by local businesses.

» 13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg, Va.; Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 11 a.m.-
5 p.m, $15, 21 and over; $8, ages 6-20; 703-771-7100.

OCEAN IN A BOTTLE
A WINE FOR EVERY FISH
Wine consulting group GiraMondo Wine, holds the latest installment of its Food and Wine Pairing Series, at which Women's National Democratic Club manager Gilles Syglowski will serve up roasted tomato velouté with grilled sea bass; seared Dover sole with wine-poached Yukon potatoes and a custard of baby spinach; and a dessert of poached pear tarts with a honey-walnut crème anglaise.

» Whitemore House, 1526 New Hampshire Ave. NW; Fri., 6-9 p.m., $69; 301-841-7609.

RAISE A GLASS OR TWO
GOOD WINE, GREAT CAUSE
The Foundation Fighting Blindness is hosting D.C. Taste for Sight, a wine event benefiting retinal degenerative disease research. The event will take place at the Cafritz Mansion of the Field School. The Foundation chose the location for its great views of the National Cathedral on one side and the Lincoln Memorial on the other. There will be a live jazz band and a silent auction featuring items such as bottles of wine and restaurant gift certificates.

» D.C. Taste for Sight, 2301 Foxhall Road NW; Fri., 7-10 p.m., $75 in advance, $85; 202-295-5826.

Written by Express contributor Suemedha Sood
Photo by Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post