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The last few days of February bring us closer to spring, closer to sunny summer patio dining, closer to getting your COVID vaccination and (theoretically) closer to normalcy if you can even remember what that looked like. In the meantime, there are still food and drink events to keep you busy both in-person and in your house this weekend.
Keep reading for the best events on the culinary calendar, as well as more in the weeks ahead:
Friday, February 26 Close out the month of February with a celebration of Black beverage producers at the Fade 2 Black weekend. The festival includes three-course wine dinners on Friday, February 26, and Saturday, February 27, each with four wine pairings from Black winemakers ($115). Adrian Miller, who appears to have the preternatural ability to be in seventeen places simultaneously, will be talking about historical contributions of Black Coloradans, including Barney Ford, a restaurateur, hotelier and civil rights activist in the late nineteenth
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Wednesday, February 17
National Drink Wine Day technically falls on February 18, but you know the tea: Since March 17, 2020,
every day has been National Drink Wine Day. So we re not going to complain too much about the fact that the Colorado Wine Industry Development Board is hosting a livestream in honor of the day 24 hours early especially not since the event also honors Black History Month. Black sommeliers Kendra Anderson (formerly the owner of Bar Helix) and William Davis will join Denver author, certified barbecue judge and current CWIDB member Adrian Miller for a tasting of the Centennial State s wines, as well as discussion about racial diversity and equity in the wine industry. Register for the free webinar on Zoom, or watch it live on the Board s Facebook page.
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