Tonight: Telluride Wine Festival and Stone beer dinner

We're pretty sure you don't need any further reasons to drink. But just in case, here are two: Today, Telluride kicks off the Telluride Wine Festival, a multi-day event that runs through Sunday, June 27, and includes luncheons, cooking demonstrations, programs, seminars, tastings and live music. For details, go to...

By Amber Taufen

June 24, 2010

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We're pretty sure you don't need any further reasons to drink. But just in case, here are two:

Today, Telluride kicks off the Telluride Wine Festival, a multi-day event that runs through Sunday, June 27, and includes luncheons, cooking demonstrations, programs, seminars, tastings and live music. For details, go to www.telluridewinefestival.com.

Closer to home, Wynkoop Brewing Company, 1635 18th Street, presents a Beer Dinner with Stone Brewing's Greg Koch; a seasonal, four-course meal paired with both Stone and Wynkoop brews will be served. Admission is $40 and the dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Call 303-297-9999 or go to www.wynkoop.com.

For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings.

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Amber Taufen has been writing about people, places and things in Denver since 2005. She works as an editor, writer, and production and process guru out of her home office in the foothills.

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