Is it ever too cold to have a wine or food festival? At least in some regions the answer must be a resounding “no.” Below are a few food and wine related festivals for January 2012.

You will notice that a Chocolate and Cheese Festival has been included. With the release this week of the Wine Trail Traveler companion Food site, which focuses on cheese, olive oil, grape seed oil and vinegar, events involving these foods will be added. For a look at recipes on the Food companion site go to                                      http://food.winetrailtraveler.com/recipes/foodrecipes.php .

Enjoy your travels and food explorations!

Cheers, Kathy

Oregon Wine, Food & Brew Festival
January 13 and 14
Location: Salem, Oregon
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Carefree Fine Art & Wine Festival
January 13 – 15
Location: Carefree, Arizona
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4^th Annual Pasadena PinotFest
January 14-February 11
Location: Pasadena, California
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21^st Annual Boston Wine Expo
January 16-22
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
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Okanagan Winter Wine Festival
January 18-22
Location, Okanagan, BC, Canada
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7^th Annual Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival
January 20-21
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Unified Wine & Grape Symposium
January 24-26
Location: Sacramento, California
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Beaver Creek Food & Wine Weekend
January 26-28
Location: Beaver Creek, Colorado
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Key West Food and Wine Festival
January 26-29
Location: Key West, Florida
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51^st Qantaslink Tunarama Festival
January 26-29
Location: Port Lincoln Foreshore, South Australia
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Texas ZestFest
January 27-29
Location: Irving, Texas
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Chocolate and Cheese Festival
January 28
Location: Campbellford, Ontario, Canada
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Bring Out the Barrel 2012: Good Wine Hunting
January 28-29
Location: Placerville, California
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10^th Annual St. Louis Food & Wine Experience
January 28-29 (premier tasting on January 27)
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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31^st Annual Loyola Marymount University Wine Classic
January 29, 2 – 5pm
Location: Los Angeles, California
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