Events

Come celebrate as the Boston Wine Festival continues its great tradition of stimulating wine events during the 18th Annual Boston Wine Festival. The Festival offers two to five wine events each week from January through April 2007. For the precise line-up of events, open the website, check the calendar and make your reservations -- before the individual events are sold out. Also, watch for the occasionally added event.

ORGANISE YOUR STAY A LA CARTE!
• 19 tasting sessions in the heart of each Appellation’s terroir.
• More than 900 winegrowers and wine merchants
• 4000 wines to taste

SAVE TIME! All the wines from one Appellation under one roof. In just 7 days, meet the 900 winegrowers and wine merchants, and taste their latest vintages !

TABLES DECOUVERTES
At most of the tastings, a special "Discovery Table" will be set up. It will give the
opportunity to the visitors to taste one special wine selected by each exhibitor.

SIGN UP TODAY
By Internet: www.vins-rhone.com
By fax: 00.33.4.90.27.24.88
You will receive your individual Pass and a detailed programme.

Annual Weekend Series - Discover why Virginia wine is drawing rave reviews from industry experts, as you experience the best of Virginia wine country. Get to know our Executive Chef with a hands on cooking class featuring seasonal local foods and ingredients.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day at a Virginia winery special event:

2007 marks the return of the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival and it's full program of over 150 events will be held across the state.

Our small region has always been a welcoming locale. Today, the Heart of Sonoma Valley is dotted with intimate cottages and inns, acclaimed bistros, the occasional shop, and the wineries that attract a devoted clientele of travelers and wine lovers.

The Marketplace - A Signature Event for Connoisseurs

Showcase of Food, Wine, Mustard, Music & Art - Celebrate the mustard season and taste mustards from around the world at The Marketplace, the Napa Valley Mustard Festival's Signature Event, on Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the COPIA - The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts in Napa. Mustards and an array of gourmet products will be showcased alongside sensational wine country cuisine, world famous wines, hearty craft brews, and fine arts and crafts. The Marketplace will provide you with the opportunity to explore the best of Napa Valley during the most beautiful time of year in the wine country, when the brilliant gold of mustard in bloom carpets hillsides, valleys and vineyards.

The Ultimate Pinot-Lovers Indulgence Main Event on Sunday - Grand Cruz Tasting of Pinot Noir at the Historic Mountain Winery. Pathway to Pinot Paradise Event on Saturday - new this year: Self-Tour at Participating Wineries

This year's Art and Wine Festival will be March 17 and 18 in Old Town Spring. Come and enjoy several Texas wineries as they offer tastes of some of their finest wines. Also, you will be able to visit with talented artists who will be showing off their original art. You will enjoy over 150 unique shops that line the streets of our charming village.

The Tenth Annual Rhone Rangers San Francisco Wine Tasting

March 17, 6:30-10:30 p.m: Gala St. Patrick's Day meets the Rhone Rangers Barbecue, tasting and Live Auction at the San Francisco Film Centre (the Presidio). Join Rhone Ranger winemakers for a kick-off celebration and live auction. Funds raised help support educational scholarships at major wine and grape institutions. $75 per person, $140 per couple.

The Main Event! Sample Rhone varietals from over 120 Rhone Ranger member wineries and artisan food products from Bay Area producers. Festival Pavilion doors open to consumers at 1:30. A trade and media tasting takes place from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. A silent auction runs from 12:00 noon until 3:30. An educational Syrah seminar featuring member wineries takes place from 11:00 a.m. to noon in the Golden Gate Room at Fort Mason.

Advance general admission: $45
Rhone Ranger members: $35
Day of event: $55

Syrah Seminar/Tasting package: $75 (no seminar tickets will be sold the day of the event). Seminar attendees get admitted to the tasting beginning at 12 noon.

A special deal is available at the Argonaut Hotel for Rhone Rangers rates during the 10th Annual Tasting in San Francisco: $169 Rhone Ranger rate. Call the hotel at 866-415-8714 and ask for a Rhone Rangers room!

Tickets available on the Rhone Rangers website by clicking here, or at the Fort Mason Box Office at (415) 345-7575. Save by purchasing in advance!

Sample wines, receive commemorative glass and Luck of the Irish glass charm.

Pro2Pac is the new food and drink processing and packaging solutions event that enables brand owners, retailers, manufacturers and processors to source innovative processing and packaging solutions.

Taking place alongside IFE, the UK’s premier food and drink event, Pro2Pac is the new London event for food and drink manufacturers and suppliers to discover the latest systems, equipment, technology and services.

IFE is the UK's largest dedicated food and drink exhibition that provides unparalleled opportunites to discover new products, companies, ideas and innovations from the UK and around the world

If you work in retail, catering, wholesale or manufacturing and are responsible for purchasing food and drink for your establishment, IFE should be an essential date in your diary.

In order to maintain professional standards, ProWein is open exclusively to trade visitors. You will automatically receive your new Trade Visitor Pass if you have already been registered as a trade visitor in the past. Those who decide at the last minute can register at the trade fair on submission of their trading licence as proof of trade visitor status.

At ProWein some 3,000 exhibitors, 75 % of whom are from outside Germany, present the best fruits of the vine: wines, spirits and sparkling wines. That is why „you can't miss ProWein“, says Stuart Pigott. 84% of international decision-makers from the wines, spirits and sparkling wines industry come to ProWein. The number of show visitors in 2006 was 32,125.

Enter your favorite recipe or just stop by to sample and vote for your favorites. Proceeds from the sampling go to hunger relief.