It’s high summer, halfway between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and there’s plenty to do, in different places, for different tastes.

Like wine? Take a “A Walk in the Vineyard” Saturday or Sunday, as the 28 member wineries of the Garden State Wine Growers Association invite visitors to picnic and taste New Jersey wine. The events run from noon to 5 p.m. Specific winery event details are available at www.newjerseywines.com.

Like food? Hit the Foodtopia Festival at Military Park in Newark. Beside plenty of tasty and varied food, there will be free hot-air balloon rides, art and jewelry merchants, live music, interactive and bocce games. Friday 11 a.m–4 p.m. www.downtownnewark.com or (973) 733-9333 extension 26.

Like opera? Enjoy Mozart’s The Magic Flute as performed by the New Jersey Opera Theater at McCarter's Berlind Theatre in Princeton. Performances this Friday (and the next two Fridays) at 8 p.m., and this Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $52–$59. More at www.njot.org. Ticket office: (609) 258-2787.

Like, uhmm, fossils? Go fossil hunting in some of the state’s best known fossil beds. Experts from New Jersey Audubon’s Rancocas Nature Center in Mount Holly expect to find sharks’ teeth, extinct squids, clam shells and prehistoric ocean-dwelling animals. Bring a picnic lunch and, we are told, a dry change of clothes. Call (609) 261-2495 or navigate to www.njaudubon.org/Calendar/calran.html.

Like shopping? Visit quaint downtown Haddonfield for the shops and for the crafts and fine arts festival. More than 235 artistsans exhibit ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, fiber, metal, paper, drawings, paintings, photography and wearable art. Area restaurants will set up outdoor cafés, musicians will entertain and puppeteers and face painters will delight the children. www.shophaddonfieldnj.com.

Or, just go to the beach. Tan and swim during the day, then a nice dinner out. You didn’t think we were going to have a summer Weekend Picks without mentioning the Shore, did you?