Eating out: Wines paired with meals

Wine dinner

Ferrari Carano meets Villaggio Ristorante at a wine dinner at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7. Menu items and pairings include carpaccio di manzo paired with Ferrari Carano pinot grigio; ravioli di zucca paired with Ferrari Carano Siena; cernia alla puttanesca paired with Ferrari Carano merlot; tagliata alla griglia paired with Ferrari Carano cabernet sauvignon; profiterole paired with adult chocolate milk. $65 per person.

Villaggio Ristorante, 1242 W. Lake St., Roselle. (630) 671-9000 or villaggioonline.com.

Winging it

Getcha some free chicken wings during the halftime of Bears games and Monday night football games at Porter’s Pub.

Porter’s Pub, 1250 Bowes Creek Bvld., Elgin. (847) 214-5877 or porterspubelgin.com.

Royster with the oyster

It’s time to royster with the oyster at Shaw’s festival that features a Louis beer and oyster dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. The menu includes Island Creek oysters on the half shell paired with a North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner; pan-seared Lake Erie walleye and oysters, clams and fennel in a bouillabaisse broth paired with Anchor Stream; charbroiled bacon-wrapped filet mignon paired with Founders Pale Ale; and triple-layer chocolate cake and homemade vanilla ice cream with North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout. $50 per person.

Shaw’s Crab House, 1900 E. Higgins Road, Schaumburg. (847) 517-2722 or shawscrabhouse.com. — Sara Hooker