Bonus Quick Bites: New Carmel Valley spot, bacon underwear, drinks and wreaths.

J&D’s Foods, makers of bacon salt and bacon sunscreen and bacon deodorant and bacon condoms and bacon-scented pillowcases and naked bacon cooking armor and bacon-gravy milkshakes, has another product conveniently ready for the holidays.

Bacon Scented Underwear (which, yes, has been trademarked, hence the caps) would be the world’s first underwear that looks and smells like bacon.

Yes, this is real, although the bacon smell is artificial.

Could be cool. I know from personal experience their bacon shaving cream was pretty damn awesome.

More food and drink news nibbles follow: 

• The former Vineyard Garden Bistro on Pilot Road in Carmel Valley will become a wine lounge/casual restaurant hybrid called Roux (659-5020), run by restaurant veteran Fabrice Roux. Opening by year's end; look for more here soon.

• The Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association got the nod from Carmel City Council to expand the 24th Annual Winemakers’ Celebration to cover more surface streets. Tickets go on sale at the beginning of the new year at montereywines.org.

• Colleague and clever rocker Ryan Masters, aka Goatfish Johnson, entertains with sharp and swampy lyrics and punk-indie-surf guitar at Cooper’s Pub 8:45pm Saturday, Dec. 5, down on Cannery Row, across from brand new Lalla Oceanside Grill. (Get a slideshow of Lalla Oceanside with "Lalla Oceanside Grill opens on Cannery Row.")

• Brophy's Tavern (624-2476) does pitchers of beer, a surprisingly uncommon play in these parts. Somehow I missed that until now. Look for word on their relocation here soon.

• Bar Cart Cocktails does a "Rye and Wreath" holiday pop-up shop at Burst + Bloom in the Crossroads noon-5pm Saturday, Dec. 5, with rye-based cocktails, recipes and bottles of autumn and winter collection syrups, bitters and tea blends, plus festive wreaths and Arrowheart Jewelry of Cachagua’s nature-inspired designs.

• Vertical Syrah tasting party 4-7pm Friday, Dec. 4—2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011—for a modest $10 (free members) at Coastview on the east side of the Carmel Valley Wine Trail, plus holiday shopping oppos and snacks.

• More holiday wine fun: Scheid Vineyards' annual complimentary wreath-making party noon-3pm Saturday, Dec. 5, at the vineyard tasting room patio in Greenfield, with Chopper Shop snacks, wines and sweet wreaths (970-8703, rain cancels).

• Gruet sparkling wine showcase at Rio Grill 5-7pm Thursday, Dec. 3, with free tastings and deals on bottles with dinner (625-5436).