Where to Drink Wine This Weekend: 3 LA Tasting Events ~ Food ...

Downtown's Urbano Pizza Bar hosts Vi?a Montes Wines from Chile tonight (Thursday, June 7). Nibbles like pork belly skewers, duck confit sliders, antipasti and more accompany the tasting. The event kicks off Montes "Angels in Action" program, which benefits the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Tickets, which are still available, cost $49 and can be found?here?(7-10 PM).

Sip more than 400 wines, spirits and beer at the seventh annual L.A. WineFest at Raleigh Studios June 9 and 10. Food trucks will be on hand to feed you (costs extra), and there are a slew of panels, classes and special tastings you can tack on for an extra fee. If you can't make it out during the day, try the VIP event that starts at 5 PM on Saturday, where you'll find passed appetizers, a special library wine tasting, live music and a silent auction. Tickets (starting at $75) can be purchased here?(Saturday, 2-6 PM; Sunday, noon-5 PM).

Moe's Fine Wines celebrates seven years in Brentwood with an afternoon party. There will be a steady stream of wines being poured for tasting, plus food from Katsuya and Palmeri Ristorante. And if that's not enough, every bottle in the store will be discounted at least 10% and more. That deal runs through the month of June. Tastings are only $8 (1-6 PM).

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