The 10%. What's Worth Doing In LA This Weekend

Wine Stop has always been about the 10%.

Not the most advertised wine. Not the bottle with the highest score. Not the label everyone already knows.

We look for the small percentage that is genuinely worth discovering.

Now we’re applying the same idea to Los Angeles.

Every Thursday night, The 10% will highlight a few things happening around LA that we think are actually worth your time: food, wine, tastings, live music, art, culture, markets, neighborhood festivals, and the occasional event that doesn’t fit neatly into any category.

This is not meant to be a complete events calendar.

Quite the opposite.

Los Angeles already has thousands of things happening every weekend. We’ll look through them and select only a handful—the ones that seem distinctive, interesting, unusual, or simply too good to miss.

Some will be free. Some will be worth spending money on. Some will be around the corner. Occasionally, something will be good enough to justify driving across town.

We’ll also tell you what it costs, when to go, whether you need a reservation, and whether the weather might change the plan.

No paid placements. No promotional listings disguised as recommendations. Just things we’d consider doing ourselves.

The 10%: What’s Worth Doing in LA This Weekend. Every Thursday night at Wine Stop. Because drinking better is only part of living better.

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Book Early: LA Food & Wine Events Worth Planning Ahead For

Some of Los Angeles’ best food and wine events are sold out by the time most people hear about them.

So The 10% will also keep track of the annual events worth planning for weeks—or even months—in advance. These are the ones that deserve a place on your calendar before tickets disappear.

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We’ll add to this list as we find them.

LA Loves Alex’s Lemonade
One of Los Angeles’ major annual food events, bringing together leading chefs, winemakers, brewers, and mixologists in support of childhood cancer research. Tickets are expensive—and they can disappear well before event week.

GiniFest — Armenian Wine & Spirits Festival
One of LA’s most distinctive wine events, bringing Armenian wineries, spirits, food, and culture together in Glendale. If Armenian wine interests you, don’t wait until the week of the event. This one can sell out early.

The rule: if it’s important enough to sell out before we can recommend it on Thursday night, it belongs here.