WINE TASTING: The wine bar is uncorked at Bin 56 (56 Stewart Ave., Huntington 631-812-0060 www.bin56 .com) where a California wine dinner will be held featuring Napa Valley’s Cartlidge & Browne Winery on Monday, Aug. 23 beginning at 6:30 p.m. A very special menu has been prepared to complement the wine offerings: tuna wrapped oysters with saffron tomato water paired with a Cartlidge & Browne Sauvignon Blanc; pan-roasted King Kong prawn over Spanish black rice with citrus butter sauce and a Cartlidge & Browne Chardonnay; Kobe beef sirloin with mushroom potato tart and red wine shallot butter with a Cartlidge & Browne Cabernet; and for a sweet ending, Bing cherry and bitter chocolate bread pudding with lemon verbena ice cream and a Noval Black Porto, Portugal. The cost is $60 per person and reservations are a must.

SUMMER AT PORTO VIVO: Porto Vivo (7 Gerard St., Huntington 631-385-8486, www.porto-vivo.com) is celebrating summer with specials and entertainment in the bar and lounge. Hollywood Happy Hour kicks off every afternoon from 4:30-7:30 p.m. with half-price cocktails and beer. Sample some of their specialty cocktails such as: watermelon cocktail with Bacardi, watermelon, fresh mint, a splash of lime and sprite; Legend of Moscow with Stoli vodka, Canton ginger liqueur, fresh lime juice and ginger ale; Toasted Almond Joy with Malibu rum, amaretto and Appleton white rum; and 007tini with Stoli Ohranj, orange juice and sprite. In addition there are daily specials. Martini Mondays start off the week with half-priced martinis until 9 p.m. On Wednesdays, grab the guys because it's Guys’ Night Out featuring half-priced brews and cocktails until 7:30 p.m. On Thursday, attention is on the ladies with Ladies’ Night featuring $6 glasses of wine and $6 cocktails starting at 4:30 p.m. and continuing all night. Friday is Meet and Mingle night featuring half-priced cocktails until 7:30 p.m. Dance the night away as Bobby Beats Live spins the platters starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and 8:30 p.m. on Saturday. The bar menu is always available at Porto Vivo, featuring fried Long Island calamari, wood-grilled Wagyu beef sliders and a tapas sampler with crabcake, calzone, braised short rib tortelloni and broccoli rabe sausage among the selections.

DINEHUNTINGTON: Dine Huntington Restaurant Week is coming, Oct. 10-17, 2010, thanks to Long Islander Newspapers and the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce. Restaurants are signing up now… check at www.DineHuntington.com and spread the word to your favorite eateries to join today.

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