THE BACHELOR: Owners of the Castello di Borghese vineyard on the North Fork are having a barrel of fun as they celebrate their cousin’s search for a bride on ABC-TV’s The Bachelor: Rome. Prince Lorenzo Borghese, a 34-year-old cosmetics entrepreneur, has taken on the on-air challenge of finding someone to share his life and a modern fairy tale ending, as well as centuries of royal tradition dating back to 1604. Prince Marco and Princess Ann Marie Borghese own Castello di Borghese, the oldest vineyard on Long Island and have set out barrels with expressions of love on them to inspire everyone to embrace romance this fall. Castello di Borghese’s Tasting Room has been transformed with a romance-inspired theme that includes hundreds of long-stemmed red roses and amoré music by some of the greatest Italian-American crooners. They will also offer a romance tasting special: the Classic Borghese Tasting, which includes five glasses of the most-cherished Borghese wines, plus an additional favorite of the wine taster. For info, including romantic getaways at Castello di Borghese, call 800-734-5158 or go to www.BorgheseWines.com.

SPEED DATING: If you’re single and between 34 and 53 you shouldn’t miss this one. Foodie late night favorite Asta Wine & Art Gallery (335 Main Street, Huntington) will be hosting “8 Minute Speed Dating” for single professionals on Wednesday October 25, at 7pm. To register go to Asta1.com; for info call 631-271-2345.

TOO GOOD TO MISS! It’s a great Halloween Party & Wine Tasting Dinner Event at Mazzi Restaurant (493 E. Jericho Tke) on Friday, October 27 at 7:30 pm featuring the prestigious Wines of Chateau St Jean of California. Each course of Chef Jack’s finest dishes will be paired with a selection by Foster’s Wine Estates of America Appetizer: Chilled Seafood Salad with “Chateau St Jean” Fume Blanc. First Course: Monkfish, Savoy Cabbage, Gigante Beans, Shitake Mushrooms with “Chateau St Jean” Single Vineyard Chardonnay. Pasta: Manicotti, three Cheese and Pork Ragu with “Chateau St Jean” Sonoma Merlot. Main Course: Slow Roasted Beef Rib Eye, Red Wine Syrup, Scallion Truffle Mashed Potatoes with “Chateau St Jean” Cinq Cepages. Dessert: Warm Apple Strudel, Cinnamon Gelato w/ “Chateau St Jean” Gewurztramiar. Dare to come in costume and you can win: dinner for 2 at Mazzi, $100.00 Gift Certificate to Rexer Parkes, or a basket of all five Chateau St Jean Wines. Reservations required 631-421-3390; $90 per person.

FALL WINE DINNER: Café Toscano (399 Jericho Tpke, Jericho, 516-931-2727) presents a Fall Wine Dinner featuring wines from Toscany, Italy’s Ruffino Estate Vineyard on October 25 at 7pm, $75/pp includes four-course dinner with wine pairing.

SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST: What could be more fun than sharing a passion for good food and wine with others who feel the same way? Welcome SlowFood Huntington, the new local branch of a national not-for-profit encouraging people to live the slow life with food as the focus. Sounds pretty good to us. Their premiere event on Sunday, October 22, from 7am until noon, with the Huntington Farmers’ Market (in the municipal lot on Rte. 25A, one block east of New York Ave) will invite children to discover the beautiful variety of locally grown produce. Young and old curious minds and foodies will be invited to talk with the local farmers and taste and purchase fresh, seasonal, local produce, artisanal food products, including baked goods, handmade pickles, fresh pastas, special olive oils and locally made jams and. A cheesemaking demo and more will make this a great time for foodies young and not so young.

FOOD FIGHT: We remember Bill Clinton jogging through the streets of Washington D.C. and stopping for a Big Mac. The former President has changed his tune. He is now leading the nationwide fight to get the fat out of our schools. The William Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association have formed an alliance to combat child obesity. Several months back we reported that Clinton and new friends had reached an agreement removing sodas from schools across the country. Now, the prez and company have gotten Kraft, Mars, Campbell Soup, Pepsi and other makers of the most popular snack foods and candy to agree to limit fat, sugar, sodium and calories in the snack foods sold in schools.

FOOD FACT: A family of three tomatoes were walking downtown one day when the little baby tomato started lagging behind. The big father tomato walks back to the baby tomato, stomps on her, squashing her into a red paste, and says, “Ketchup!”

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