JW’s, Mondavi Will Pour It On

This is definitely the week for wine dinners. The wines of Firestone Vineyards will flow for a five-course dinner Friday night at JW’s in the Anaheim Marriott, where chef John McLaughlin will prepare such delicacies as local prawns with red pepper gnocchi (accompanied by Fume Blanc) and venison chop Bordelaise (paired with Cabernet Sauvignon). Seatings will be by reservation only between 6 and 10 p.m. The cost: $60 per person, plus tax (gratuity included). The address: 700 W. Convention Way, Anaheim. (714) 750-8000.

Three different vintages (‘84, ’87 and ‘88) of the renowned Opus One, plus Robert Mondavi wines, will be poured at a dinner on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Robert Mondavi Wine & Food Center. Courses by chef Rosanne Ruiz include grilled veal wrapped in pancetta, with roast garlic bread pudding, and warm goat cheese with sun-dried tomatoes, mesclun and roasted pine nuts. The cost is $105 per person, tax and tip included. The address: 1570 Scenic Ave., Costa Mesa. (714) 979-4510.

On Wednesday, chef Robert Reash Jr. will create a five-course dinner to accompany the wines of Flora Springs at John Dominis. Offerings include hot smoked walleye pike in potato gallette with black caviar and red onion-orange butter sauce (served with a 1990 Chardonnay) and braised saddle of elk with peperonata compote and roasted apple pear coulis (with 1988 Trilogy). The reception begins at 7; dinner at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $55 per person, tax and gratuity included. The address: 2901 W. Coast Highway, Newport Beach. (714) 650-5112.

Learn the procedures, techniques and secrets of French cooking from a master chef at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Le Gourmet Bistro. The restaurant’s chef-owner, Lap Trung Huynh, will demonstrate preparations, give tips and recipes, then invite participants to savor all the dishes at a light champagne dinner. The menu includes fresh mushroom soup, chicken with ginger lime sauce, and hot baked apple tart. Cost of the class, including dinner, is $26.95. The address: Food Park, 17917 MacArthur Blvd., Irvine. Reservations: (714) 851-9614.

In Swedish tradition, Gustaf Anders will celebrate summer with a Midsommer Smorgasbord on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. As part of a daylong festival at South Coast Plaza Village in Santa Ana, the restaurant will serve such Swedish treats as whole poached salmon, pickled herring and meatballs. Swedish folk dancers will perform on the green, and the folk group Vastkustens Spelmanslag will entertain. The cost is $22 per person. Reservations: (714) 668-1737.