MAY
27-29/HONG KONG
Vinexpo
Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center
Info: 011-33-5-56-56-01-69 vinexpo.com
30-31/CA
Carneros Heritage Fest
The Donum Estate, Sonoma
Info: 707-253-2678 carneros.com
30-31/CO
Rocky Mountain Wine & Food Festival
The Fairmont Banff Springs
Info: 212-593-5825 rockymountainwine.com
JUNE
CA
Monterey Wine Festival
Info: 800-656-4282 montereywine.com
3-5/CHINA
Interwine China
Guangzhou; China
Info: faircanton.com/interwine
5-8/CA
Auction Napa Valley
Info: 707-963-3388 napavintners.com
5-8/FL
The Sarasota-Manatee Ð Forks &Corks
Info: 941-268-5113 FreshOriginals.com
7-8/IL
Chicago Botanic Garden Wine Festival
Info: 847-835-5440 Chicagobotanic.org
8/CA
Slow Food San Francisco tasting event,
the 5th Annual Golden Glass
San Francisco
Slow Food showcases more than 300 wines at its fifth annual Golden Glass event in Fort Mason. Previously
an Italian-wine-only event, this
year's tasting features wines from Greece, Spain, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Bay Area food artisans and restaurants provide gourmet fare. There's also a silent
auction, winemaker dinners at local restaurants and two wine seminars.
Info: 650-589-SLOW (7569) thegoldenglass.com
14-22/CANADA
Niagara New Vintage Festival
Info: 905-688-0212 grapeandwine.com
19/NY
Spanish Wine Festival
Landmark on the Park, New York City
Info: 212 567-5500 x610, localwineevents.com
24/Seattle
Wine & Spirits HOT PICKS
The Paramount Theater
Wine & Spirits brings LA and Seattle's brightest
young wine talent to the Hot Picks tour, where our
70 wines hand-selected by the
magazine's critics are poured for millennial and Gen Y wine lovers. In each city, ten young wine professionals at the center of
their city's wine culture will pour favorite bottlings
paired with signature dishes from restaurants like
LA's Comme Ça and Seattle's Crush. Benefit: LA Surfrider and Puget Soundkeeper Alliance.
Info: http://wineandspiritsmagazine.com/hotpicks
26-28/CO
Telluride Wine Festival
Info: 970-728-3178 telluridewinefestival.com
26-29/HI
Kapalua Wine & Food Festival
Maui
Hawaii's longest-running wine and culinary show, Kapalua features tastings, seminars, cooking demonstrations and winemaker dinners. Highlights
this year include a cult-cabernet tasting, a cheese seminar and a rare-wines dinner. At the seafood festival, Hawaii's top chefs prepare a Pacific bounty
to pair with wine
selected by Fred Dame, MS.
Info: 800-KAPALUA kapaluamaui.com
JULY
9-11/KS
Salute
Lawrence
Info: Michelle Mason 316-838-7707 x1275
10-12/TN
L'Eté du Vin Grand Auction
Nashville
Info: 615-329-1760 nashvillewineauction.com
12-20/CA
Festival del Sole
Info: 707-226-8742
10-13/CA
23rd Central Coast Wine Classic
Shell Beach, San Simeon, San Luis Obispo
Info: 805-544-1285 centralcoastwineclassic.org
16-22/LA
Tales of the Cocktail
New Orleans
This annual cocktail and culinary festival in New Orleans' French Quarter offers more than 100 events. The festival celebrates master mixologists,
chefs, bartenders, and spirits writers with cocktail hours, seminars, luncheons and dinners. Purchase tickets to any three cocktail seminars and events, and you'll receive
a free cocktail book.
Info: 504-343-4285 talesofthecocktail.com
17-19/CA
Taste3 2008
Robert Mondavi Winery, Napa Valley
Info: taste3.com
25-27/OR
International Pinot Noir Celebration
McMinnville
Info: 800-775-4762 ipnc.org
27-29/WA
Riesling Rendezvous
Info: 425-415-3271
info@Rieslingrendezvous.com
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AUGUST
5-8/NY
Long Island Wine Symposium
Stonybrook University, Southhampton
Info: stonybrook.edu/winecenter
14-16/WA
Annual Auction of Washington Wines
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville
Info: 206-667-9463 washingtonwine.org
15-17/CA
Grape to Glass Weekend
Russian River Valley
Info: 707-521-2534 rrvw.org
26-29/AUSTRIA
World Sauvignon Congress
Graz, Styria
Info: 011-43-1-369-79-900 worldsauvignon.com
8/29-9/1/CA
Slow Food Nation
San Francisco
Info: 415-369-9950 slowfoodnation.org
30-31/CA
Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
Info: 650-697-7324 miramarevents.com
31/CA
Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction
Cline Cellars, Sonoma
Info: 707-935-0803 sonomavalleywine.com
SEPTEMBER
4-6/FL
Saratoga Wine & Food Festival
Saratoga Springs
Info: 518-584-9330 spac.org
6/CA
Napa Valley Grapegrowers Annual Harvest Stomp
Round Pond Estate, Rutherford
Info: 707-944-8311 napagrowers.org
6-7/CA
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
Info: 650-968-8378 miramarevents.com
6-7/PA
Gettysburg Wine & Music Festival
Gateway Gettysburg
Info: 717-334-8151 gettysburgwine.com
19-28/CANADA
Niagara Wine Festival
Info: 905-688-0212 niagarawinefestival.com
20-21/MD
The Maryland Wine Festival
The Farm Museum, Westminster
Info: 800-654-4645 marylandwine.com
24-28/NM
Santa Fe Wine & Chile Festival
Info: 505-438-8060 santefewineandchile.org
25-27/RI
The Newport Mansions
Wine and Food Festival
Info: newportmansions.org
26-28/GA
Wine South
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta
Info: 678-985-9494 winesouth.com
OCTOBER
TBD/CA
Wine & Spirits Magazine's Top 100 Tasting
San Francisco
Info: 212-695-4660 x 17 wineandspiritsmagazine.com
10/CA
Malt Advocate Whisky Fest
Mariott, San Francisco
Info: 800-610-MALT maltadvocate.com
13/CA
The Independent Spirits Fest
W Hotel, San Francisco
Info: 888-275-2400 celticmalts.com
24-26/WI
Kohler Food & Wine Experience
Kohler Village, Wisconsin
Info: 800-344-2838 destinationkohler.com
25-27/FL
Miami Wine Fair
Miami Beach Convention Center
Info: 305-777-2255 miamiwinefair.com
30/NY
Malt Advocate Whisky Fest
Marriott Marquis, New York
Info: 800-610-MALT maltadvocate.com
NOVEMBER
7-8/OR
Salud! Oregon's Pinot Noir Auction
Domaine Drouhin, Dayton
Info: 503-681-1850 saludauction.org
12-16/CA
San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival
Info: 619-602-9789 worldofwineevents.com
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