Mountain Wine Auction & Grand Tasting | May 20 (1-4 p.m.)

Taste fines wines and gourmet appetizer pairings. Held at exclusive Nestldown Estate. The private and lavish mountain-top Nestldown Estate and Gardens is the ideal venue for this extraordinary event. Sample wines from all award-wining Santa Cruz Mountain wineries and savor paired appetizers created by the region's most celebrated dining rooms. Auction items include rare wines, resort packages and overseas trips, private winemakers' dinners and much more. Tickets ($65) available online: www.scmwa.com

Santa Cruz Mountain Winegrowers Assn.
831-685-8463, www.scmwa.com

Strawberry Fields Forever Bike Ride | May 20 (7 a.m.)

17 annual series of rides including a 25, 65 and 100 mile circuit. Full support services: rest stops, lunch and prizes. Proceeds benefit Aptos High School.

7301 Freedom Blvd. Aptos
831-477-1736, www.strawberryfields.org

SC Astronomy Club observation night at Bonny Doon Airfield | May 20

Required advance contact. See website for details. Bonny Doon is a private airfield. Visitors must contact a member in advance of attendance. See club website for member list and contact information. Bring own scopes.

Santa Cruz Astronomy Club
479-7789, www.astro.santa-cruz.us

Star Parties at Quail Hollow - Saturn & The Aquarids | May 22 (8 p.m.-midnight)

Indoor video presentation followed by outdoor hands-on activities and telescope viewing. Rain and cloudy skies cancel the program. Free. All ages.

Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, Ben Lomond
831-454-7930, www.scparks.com