Carol Shelton, who has held the title of most awarded winemaker in America for 12 of the past 15 years, will hold a wine tasting at 5:35 p.m. Feb. 21 at Vino in Restaurant Row. As winemaker and co-owner of Carol Shelton Wines, Shelton focuses on and specializes in red zinfandel. At the Vino tasting, guests will taste her five newly released 2004 red zins: Monga Zin, Wild Thing, Karma Zin, Rocky Reserve and Maple Zin. Cost: $32, not including tax and gratuity.

Also at Vino: The cuisine of chef Donato Loperfido will be showcased in a Valentine's Day menu, including eggplant timbales, fresh pasta filled with roast pork and escarole, pork loin medallions with porcini mushrooms, puff pastry with whipped mascarpone cheese and moscato wine. Cost: $48, not including tax and gratuity; wine pairings, $20 additional. Reservations for either event: 533-4476.

NEW IN TOWN

PAPRIKA, IHOP OPEN ON WINDWARD SIDE

Former University of Hawai'i Hebrew teacher Iris Yoeli has opened a new, health-oriented Middle Eastern restaurant, Paprika, at 35 Kainehe St. in Kailua. Both Yoeli and the chef, Isaac Leib, are from Israel; he attended Tadmor culinary school there. On the menu: hummus and tabouli, chicken shawarma and falafel, Greek salad and kebabs, bourekas (pastry filled with spinach, potatoes or cheese) and sabich (grilled eggplant wilt salad and pickles seasoned with tahini as a wrap or a plate). Entrees run $8 to $11.

Over in Windward Mall, the International House of Pancakes opened Monday on the ground floor. It's the second IHOP on O'ahu; the other is in the Ohana Malia Waikiki Hotel. Hours are 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays to Thursdays; and 6 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays.