Quick Bites: Big Sur Bakery is back, Constellation makes a huge move and Chef Duel.

Big Sur Bakery will reopen very soon, according to co-owner Mike Gilson.

He is coy about further details.

Here’s hoping it opens in time for Big Sur Food & Wine, happening this Thursday, Nov. 2-5, starting at the remade and renamed Ventana Big Sur.

An important note there: The Friday and Saturday events at Henry Miller Library (A Return to the Big Sur Jazz Festival and Wine & Swine) have been cancelled due to nasty rain forecasts. 

Guests can email elsa.bsfw@gmail.com for refunds or any questions.

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• Constellation Brands, the wine and spirits giant with a big south Monterey County presence, has become the first major alcohol manufacturer to formally expand into the marijuana business, with the purchase of a 9.9-percent stake in Canada’s Canopy Growth Corporation.

• Paul Fried, former wine director at Hyatt Carmel Highlands and Stark Reality Restaurants—and also one the Weekly's music writers—has an interesting thing going at Wine.com, where he fields any and all wine questions, whether it's a wine lover looking for a highly rated Cab or a restaurant manager working up some tasting notes for pre-shift meeting. The handy resource is available by clicking on the "Chat with a Wine Expert" tab in the bottom right-hand corner of the landing page.

• Lopez Restaurante y Cantina hosts a big bargain of a scotch and bourbon tasting 6-9pm Saturday, Nov. 4, with 25 brands to sample for $20.

• Come Nov. 9, MEarth's Sustainable Chef Dinner series features David Baron of Salt Wood Kitchen + Oysterette ($75, mearthcarmel.org). Nov. 18 it hosts a DIY pie-making workshop with Yulanda Santos of Aubergine (624-1032 for more). They're filling up fast.

• Drummond Culinary Academy at Rancho Cielo has resumed its Friday night dinner service with new Executive Chef Estevan Jimenez at the helm. It's a great deal at $35 for three courses (444-3521, ranchocieloyc.org).

• Tacos Don Beto pulls up its truck 5:30-8pm Tuesdays at Post No Bills (324-4667).

• Inga Yontz is doing her legendary pumpkin cheesecakes and olallieberry pies for the holidays ($32, 625-5436, 48 hours in advance) through Jan. 1, by way of Rio Grill.

• Executive chef Aaron Rayor directs his first La Maialata—aka massive pork dinner—on Dec. 13 at Cantinetta Luca with a five-course meal and wine pairing ($85, 625-6500, brownpapertickets.com).

• Joullian Vineyards now does a weekly bingo 4-6pm Thursday with two-for-one tastings and bottle discounts. Bingo boards are $5 and come with a half-off glass of wine (659-8100, 2 Village Drive, Carmel Valley).

• First Friday open mics rock on at The Press Club in Seaside (901-3900). Another swings around on Nov. 3, starting around 6:30pm. 

• Estéban’s Taste of Spain event lavishes flavor on the faithful Thursday, Nov. 9, including some of the best paella in Central California, plus instructional dance from Jessica Iglesias ($75, hotelcasamunras.com/dining).

• Folktale Winery and KRML’s monthly “Chef Duel” Competition returns 5:30pm Monday, Nov. 6 ($20, folktalewinery.com), with Justin Robarge (Cannery Row Brewing Company) and Dyon Foster (Hahn Winery).