Discounted Tickets to the DC Wine and Food Festival

The DC Wine and Food Festival is coming to the Ronald Reagan building February 14th and 15th. This is the 10th anniversary of the festival and looks to be a lot of fun with over 200 wineries from all over the world participating. Their are two tiers of tickets: The Grand Cru Lounge Tasting, at $125 and the regular tasting at $85. You can also get tickets for both days for $140 each.

The reason I am sharing all this with you this early is that they have a special that runs through tomorrow. You can save $15 off any of the tickets by using the following promo codes at checkout:

$15 off Saturday or Sunday tasting: HOLIDAY15
$15 off Saturday and Sunday tasting: 2DGT15
$15 off Grand Cru Wine Lounge: GCWl15

Are you looking to re-stock your wine cellar after a winter spent emptying it out? There are three really good opportunities coming up over the next three months:

1. The Virginia Wine Showcase is coming up February 9th to the Dulles Expo Center. Dezel says there may be a blogger's booth there (I won't be in the booth, I have drinking to do ;)) and Deidra will also have a booth. It looks like a lot of fun, but it is the first year this has been done...so be patient.

2. Later in the same month, and spilling over into March is the 9th Annual DC Food and Wine Festival. This festival attracts wineries from all over the world, and 1000s of people. Last year it was a little crowded, so I recommend getting there early. Also, while the sampling of wines is great, it is light on the food part (at least it was last year), so eat before you go.

3. Moving to the end of April, the St. Michael's Food and Wine Festival runs from April 24th to the 27th. I've never been but I have heard really good things about it and I am trying to set up an interview with the organizers to get more information for you all.