🌱 Annual Science Of Wine Returns + Missing 12-Year-Old Boy

Get on up, Orlando! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around Orlando today.

First, today's weather:

Increasingly windy. High: 72 Low: 51.

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Here are the top five stories today in Orlando:

1. The 10th Annual Science of Wine at the Orlando Science Center is happening April 23 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Guests will have more than 150 fine wines from the world’s most important wine regions as well as favorite foods options from Central Florida. (Orlando Weekly)

2. Daytona Beach police are searching for a 12-year-old boy who has gone missing for the third time this year. Eleaser Johnson was last seen around 10 p.m. Wednesday leaving his house on North Wild Olive Avenue wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and sneakers with a black, white and gray color scheme, according to police. Johnson is around 5 feet tall. (Orlando Patch)

3. A woman was shot early Friday at a hotel in Orlando’s tourist district, according to sheriff’s officials. The shooting was reported at 1:40 a.m. at the Clarion Inn at 8444 International Drive. The victim was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and is in stable condition, deputies said. (Click Orlando)

4. The Apopka City Center unveiled the next piece of its plan, a Winn Dixie Supermarket on Main Street. Southeastern Grocers, the parent company and home of Winn-Dixie grocery stores hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at its future store location - 611 East Main Street on Thursday. (The Apopka Voice)

5. Terrell Buckley is expected to be hired as head coach of the new XFL Orlando franchise. Buckley was a two-year starter and three-year letterman at Florida State (1989–91), and left as the school's all-time leader in interceptions and interception return yards. (XFL Newsroom)

Today in Orlando:

• Yoga in the Garden at Mead Botanical Garden (9:00 AM)
• Community Connections - Census Updates and Redistricting at Internal Operations Center. (9:00 AM)
• Ocoee's Pop Up Shop & Easter Event. (10:00 AM)
• Back To Nature's Hop To It Spring Festival. (10:00 AM)
• Eggstravaganza at Lake Nona YMCA Family Center. (10:30 AM)

From my notebook:

• Orlando City defender Antonio Carlos is sidelined with a high hamstring injury. (Instagram)
• Orlando Taco Week is here. 🌮 Grab your taco passport and enjoy $5 taco specials now through April 20 all over town. (Instagram)
• Experience The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s lonely Hearts Club Band come to life with a celebration of music and modern dance by Mark Morris Dance Group in Steinmetz Hall on May 20. Get tickets today. (Facebook)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.