Cellar Tasting Credit: dreamstime.com

Grape grower Ethan Joseph offers an inside look at Shelburne Vineyard’s winter work. Visitors will tour the cellar and learn about the vineyard’s growing methods and fermentation techniques, then get a taste of the 2018 growing season with straight-from-the-barrel sips of wines-in-progress and gourmet snacks.

Cellar Tasting: Friday, February, 8, 6:30-9 p.m., Shelburne Vineyard. $30. Info, 985-8222, shelburnevineyard.com.

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Pies & Pints Night: Pie Empire’s Stephanie Choate swings by the New North End’s super-friendly neighborhood brewery with savory pies to warm frozen winter hearts. Friday, February 8, 5:30-8 p.m., Simple Roots Brewing, Burlington. Cost of food and beverage. Info, 399-2658, simplerootsbrewing.com.

Grafton Winter Carnival: Winter revelers partake in sleigh rides, downhill tubing and snowshoe tours with stops for wine and cheese. Saturday, February 9, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Various locations, Grafton. Price varies by event. Info, 843-2248, graftoninnvermont.com.

Grazing Dinner to Benefit Jr. Iron Chef VT: The Great Northern hosts an all-star lineup of visiting chefs for a small-plates supper and fundraiser for kids’ food programming. Sunday, February 10, 5:30-8 p.m., the Great Northern, Burlington. $20-60. Info, 985-8686, vtfeed.org.

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Hannah Palmer Egan was a Seven Days food writer from 2014-2019. She was a 2017 James Beard Journalism Award finalist for her coverage of Vermont's food and agriculture industries, and received food writing awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia....