Colorado Winefest, Music and Martinis, Taste of the Nation all tonight

Colorado Winefest, a sister event of the Colorado Mountain Winefest, lands at Northfield Stapleton today and continues through Saturday, June 11, with tastes from Colorado wineries and local restaurants, plus wine seminars and chef dinners. For more details, go to www.coloradowinefest.com.

The Cable Center, 2000 Buchtel Boulevard, is the site of Music and Martinis, a fundraiser for Central City Opera that will feature signature martinis, a sit-down dinner, live and silent auctions and more. It starts at 6 p.m.; call 303-292-6500 or go to www.centralcityopera.org.

And finally, Mile High Station, 2027 West Colfax Avenue, will host Taste of the Nation, featuring samples from more than thirty of Colorado's best restaurants, food trucks, cocktail artists, local wineries and microbreweries. Read Lori Midson's assessment here, or go to www.strength.org/denver.

For information on dozens of culinary events around town, visit our online Food & Drink listings -- and if you have information for a culinary event you'd like included in our online calendar, send it to cafe@westword.com.

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